# HomeAlarm+ — Controller for Smart Alarms

> Controller for Smart Alarms (iPhone/iPad app by Chris Peel.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homealarm-plus/id1518974450 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chris Peel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1468937916)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.5 · 1 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-07-21
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homealarm-plus/id1518974450/reviews.md

## What is HomeAlarm+?

HomeAlarm+ gives you control of your Smart Home alarm system from your Apple device.  With this app you can arm, disarm and view the status of your alarm at any time and from anywhere.


SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

• Yale Sync IA Series Alarms (existing account and hardware required).


DISCLAIMER

• Requires an Internet connection

• Uses an undocumented API which may change without warning.  We will monitor any downstream API changes and update this application as necessary

CREDITS

API engineering by Jonathan Fielding (https://github.com/jonathan-fielding).

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medium Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Giant Tip | $9.99 | one-time |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.3 — 2021-07-30

- New Widget
- Minor tweaks to other widgets
- Better handling of expired tokens

### 2.2 — 2021-07-20

Major Update!

Version 2.2 brings the following new features and improvements:

• New settings panel
• MacOS support added
• Widget now calls the API autonomously, so will update more frequently
• Medium size widget
• New widget styles
• Test mode, so you can try out the app even if you don't have the right hardware installed
• Completely rebuilt backend
• Stability and reliability tweaks
• UI improvements
• Enhanced the amount of information available

### 2.1 — 2020-12-02

- Additional widget layout added

- Widget can now display time last updated

- Stability enhancements and bug fixes

### 2.0 — 2020-11-18

COMPLETELY REWRITTEN FROM SCRATCH!

Previous versions of this app were developed in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio (Xamarin).  As of Release 2.0, the application is now developed using XCode 12 and SwiftUI.  As such, some functionality has been removed temporarily, however this will be replaced in subsequent releases.  It does mean that it has been possible to add new features, such as iOS 14 Widgets!

### 1.2 — 2020-10-21

• New name, same great features

• Renamed 'Home' and 'Away' to 'Arm' and 'Partial Arm'

• Fixed bug which could cause the Today Widget to crash if the main application hadn't already been launched

• Improved Today Widget wording when access token has expired

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## More apps by Chris Peel

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All apps by Chris Peel: https://appshunter.io/developer/1468937916

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