Comparison

SUPLA vs SimonGO

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SUPLA

Control home automation devices like gates, garage doors, and lighting. Monitor sensors for temperature, humidity, and consumption, with customizable charts. This open-source system offers a free and simple way to manage your smart home.

Highlights
  • Control gates, garage doors, and doors
  • Manage roller shutters and lighting
  • Monitor temperature and humidity sensors
  • Track electricity, gas, and water consumption
  • Generate consumption and sensor charts
  • Control dimmers and heaters
Features
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SUPLA for iOS is part of a project developed based on an open software and open hardware. Control modules for Raspberry Pl and ESP8266/ESP32/Arduino platforms can be built to operate building automatics. The system allows to: - Open and close the gate - Open and close garage doors - Open the door - Open the gateway - Open and close roller shutters - Control RGB lighting - Control light brightness level - Turn the power on and off - Turn the lighting on and off - Monitor status of roller shutters, the gate, garage doors, the door and the gateway - Monitor liquid sensor - Monitor distance sensor - Monitor depth sensor - Present temperature and humidity from a connected sensors - Monitoring of electricity, gas and water consumption - Generating charts of temperature, humidity and consumption of electricity, gas and water - Varilight dimmer control (V-Pro Smart) - Control of Heatpol Home+ heaters Supla is open, simple and free! For details, please go to www.supla.org

About

SimonGO

Features
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SimonGO is a control application for modern equipment that will be part of your smart home. Standard operation of lighting, blinds and other devices via a switch key has been enhanced with control functionality using mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets. Visit simon-go.com for more details.

Screenshots

SUPLA4 screens
SimonGO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SUPLA at every 3 weeks against SimonGO's every 2 months. SimonGO's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SUPLA ships an update every 3 weeks, SimonGO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SUPLA versus SimonGO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSUPLASimonGO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAC SOFTWAREKontakt-Simon S.A.

In-app purchases

None

SUPLA

No in-app purchases

None

SimonGO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SUPLA free?
SUPLA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimonGO free?
SimonGO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SUPLA or SimonGO have ads?
Neither SUPLA nor SimonGO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SUPLA or SimonGO?
SUPLA ships an update every 3 weeks, and SimonGO every 2 months. Most recently, SUPLA was updated on October 1, 2026 and SimonGO on September 19, 2026.

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