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Home Remote

Home Remote

by Bouncing Ball LTD

25 ratings
176 reviews
🔧 Utilities
🌟 Lifestyle
$1.99

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About

Consolidate control of your smart home devices with a single, feature-rich application. Automate actions with schedules, location triggers, and voice commands. Supports a wide range of popular smart home brands and protocols.

✓Unified smart home control
✓Schedules and geofencing
✓Voice recognition support
✓Native support for popular brands
✓URL calls and TCP/UDP packets
✓Location triggering with beacons
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Home Remote. Based on 25 reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 10 positives and 10 negatives reviewers mention most about this Utilities app.

Positive things

  • 🚀Quick access to controls from notification center/today screen
  • ⌚Apple Watch integration and voice control
  • 🔧Highly customizable and flexible for multiple home automation systems
  • 🌍Excellent geofencing functionality
  • 💬Outstanding developer support and responsiveness
  • 📱Works with various devices (MiLight, WeMo, Hue, Indigo, etc.)
  • ⚡Fast and reliable performance
  • 🎯Simple button-to-URL mapping for easy automation
  • 💰Affordable pricing
  • 🔄Frequent updates with new features

Negative things

  • 🐛Broken after iOS updates (iOS 9, 12, 13 compatibility issues)
  • ❌No Apple Watch support in recent versions
  • 📚Poor documentation and confusing setup process
  • 🚫Lack of developer support/communication
  • 🌐Only works on WiFi, not on cellular data
  • ⚙️Complex and unintuitive user interface
  • 🔌Requires app to be in foreground for some features
  • 🎨Limited visual customization options
  • 🔍Difficult to find device bridges on network
  • ⏱️Slow signal transmission in some cases
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What's New in Home Remote

3.7

October 1, 2019

Home Remote now works with Shortcuts! You can now use Siri to trigger to your Home Remote actions!

User reviews

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No Support

Unfortunately the developer does not support this app. I have contacted them through their website 3 times with a question about geofencing and they haven’t had the courtesy to reply. Also you can’t even download the documentation from their site. All you get is a text file pointing you to some ridiculously complicated wiki reader. Would it be so hard to be able to download a pdf ?
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_Andrew_Brown__Andrew_Brown_

Dommage

Cette application fonctionnait très bien mais depuis la mise à jour iOS elle ne fonctionne plus du tout. Dommage
eric631eric631

Mi-Light

Doesn’t work with Mi-Light, can’t find the bridge on my network. Entered Mac manually and still doesn’t work
Dhiren2019ADhiren2019A

Excelente!

Só falta realizar integração com Google home pra ficar melhor ainda
pierreandrad@pierreandrad@

Just fantastic - Does exactly what it says

I've been using this app since version 1. It is excellent. A little fiddly to setup but after that it is perfect. I control all my lights using this app on my iPhone and iPad. I have not found any other app (and I have tried them all) that could even attempt to replace this.
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

13 issues

App crashes after iOS updates

Bug

Geofencing stopped working after iOS 12

Bug

MiLight compatibility broken in recent versions

Bug

Brightness settings not working with older bridges

Bug

Preset corruption when editing multiple actions

Bug

Apple Watch app crashes frequently

Bug

Widget disappears from notification center

Bug

Unable to send data via POST/PUT methods

Bug

External URLs not working on iPhone (works on iPad)

Bug

Light automatically turns off after Apple Watch commands

Bug

Device status not displayed/updated

Bug

Inconsistent command execution

Bug

App unresponsive with too many voice controls

Bug
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Requested Features

20 requests

HomeKit and Siri integration

Feature

Google Home integration

Feature

Toggle buttons with visual status indicators

Feature

Brightness slider in color picker

Feature

Support for newer MiLight bridge versions (v6, iBox 2)

Feature

Ability to control multiple zones simultaneously

Feature

Buttons accessible from Apple Watch glances

Feature

Feedback confirmation for executed actions

Feature

Cellular data support (3G/4G)

Feature

Logitech Harmony integration

Feature

FHEM support

Feature

Image-based buttons instead of text

Feature

Batch IP address updates

Feature

POST/PUT method support

Feature

French language voice recognition

Feature

Italian language support

Feature

Customizable widget appearance (size, color, shape)

Feature

Action grouping/categorization

Feature

Brightness percentage input for white light

Feature

Smooth color transitions

Feature

FAQ

What does Home Remote do?

Home Remote is designed to consolidate the control of various smart home devices into a single application. It aims to provide a unified interface for managing your smart home, offering features that might be missing in individual device apps.

What are the key features of Home Remote?

Key features include native support for popular smart home brands like LIFX and Belkin WeMo, as well as control via URL calls and TCP/UDP packets. It also offers advanced automation capabilities such as schedules, geofencing, location triggering with beacons, and voice recognition.

Is Home Remote free to use?

Yes, based on the provided information, Home Remote is available for free. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, suggesting a completely free experience for users.

What smart home devices can I control with Home Remote?

The app offers native support for a range of smart home technologies including Milight, LimitlessLED, EasyBulb, LIFX, Belkin WeMo, and Indigo. Additionally, it can control devices through URL calls and TCP/UDP packets, making it highly versatile.

How can I automate my smart home with this app?

Automation can be achieved through various methods. You can set up schedules for actions, use geofencing or beacons for location-based triggers, and even integrate voice recognition for hands-free control. Sunrise and sunset times are also integrated for automated routines.