# HomeFreeze for Homekit — Your Safety Net

> Your Safety Net (iPhone/iPad app by Julian Christopher Siebert.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homefreeze-for-homekit/id6759217068 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Julian Christopher Siebert](https://appshunter.io/developer/1830495244)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: $3.99 (on sale, was $8.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-02-16
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homefreeze-for-homekit/id6759217068/reviews.md

## What is HomeFreeze for Homekit?

HomeFreeze is the backup and monitoring tool that Apple never built for HomeKit. It captures your entire smart home configuration -- homes, rooms, accessories, scenes, automations, zones, and service groups -- so you always have a reference point if something goes wrong. Please be aware of API and Backup/Restore limitations of Apple.

FULL CONFIGURATION SNAPSHOTS
Create point-in-time backups of your complete HomeKit setup, including accessory metadata, services, characteristic values, scene actions, automation triggers, and more. Compare any two snapshots side-by-side to see exactly what changed, with tap-to-expand details for every modification.

RESTORE ASSISTANCE
Recreate rooms, zones, scenes, and service groups from any backup. HomeFreeze tells you exactly what to set up so you can rebuild your smart home with confidence.

LATENCY MONITOR
Measure how quickly every accessory responds and identify slow devices that could impact your automations. Results are color-coded (green, orange, red) with per-device scene and automation tags so you know exactly which workflows are at risk. Run continuous measurement iterations for more reliable averages. Save sessions to history for trend comparison.

SLEEPING DEVICE DETECTION
Battery-powered devices like Tado TRVs and sensors that report as unreachable due to sleep mode are displayed separately from truly unreachable devices. No more false alarms -- know the difference between a real problem and normal behavior.

ISSUES & IMPACT ANALYSIS
When devices go unreachable or become blocked, HomeFreeze shows you the full impact: which scenes won't execute and which automations are affected. Tap the issue count on the Dashboard for instant diagnostics.

MATTER & THREAD TOPOLOGY
Visualize your Thread network with an interactive topology diagram showing border routers, routers, and end devices. Discover Thread Border Routers via live mDNS scanning with network name, Thread version, and Extended PAN ID details. Monitor border router availability in the background.

CODE VAULT
Securely store HomeKit, Matter, and Thread setup codes. Scan QR codes from device packaging, attach label photos, and organize entries with tags. Protected by Face ID / Touch ID and AES-256-GCM encryption with keys stored in the iOS Keychain.

HOME MANAGEMENT
Browse your complete HomeKit environment in real time. View every service and characteristic for any accessory. Rename, reorder, and delete rooms, scenes, and automations directly from the app. Your custom order is saved per home.

BATTERY MONITORING
See all battery-powered accessories in one place with current charge levels, low-battery warnings, and color-coded status indicators.

PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Get alerted when health checks find problems -- unreachable devices, blocked accessories, low battery, stale backups, latency issues, border router changes, or HomeKit configuration changes. Configure thresholds, enable individual alert categories, and send test notifications. Smart throttling keeps notifications helpful, not noisy.

ACCESSORY STATISTICS
Pie charts showing the distribution of your accessories by manufacturer and category for each home.

SCHEDULED BACKUPS
Set daily, every-3-day, or weekly automatic backups via iOS background tasks. Never forget to back up your setup.

IMPORT & EXPORT
Export any snapshot as JSON. Import backups on any device running HomeFreeze, with full support for encrypted backup containers and password-protected files.

APPEARANCE
Glass-morphism dark mode design with Auto, Light, or Dark mode settings.

LOCALIZATION
Fully localized in English and German.

PRIVACY FIRST
No tracking. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No server. Your data stays on your device. Period.

## Chart rankings

- #183 in Top Paid · Utilities (US App Store)


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.3 — 2026-09-05

• Fixed: the "HomeFreeze Not Running" alert appeared a few minutes after every time the app was closed. It now only appears when HomeFreeze really has not run in the background for over 2 days, e.g. after being force-quit from the App Switcher
• Updated the related notes in Notification Settings and Help

### 1.7.2 — 2026-09-02

• Fixed: automatic backups and background health checks had silently stopped running since 1.6.0 – they now run on schedule again
• Fixed a crash when the system woke HomeFreeze in the background
• More robust notification handling

### 1.7.1 — 2026-08-05

• Much faster launch – the app no longer waits on HomeKit before showing up
• New: Lock Screen widget in three sizes – backup status right on your Lock Screen
• New: Diagnostics in Settings – crash and freeze reports stay on your device, and sharing them is your choice
• Settings are now fully translated
• Encrypted export and import no longer freeze the interface
• Stability improvements around backups and the Code Vault

### 1.7.0 — 2026-07-04

ENCRYPTED EXPORT
Export backups as password-protected .hfbackup files (AES-256). Vault exports now use a hardened key derivation (PBKDF2).

RELIABLE AUTOMATIC BACKUPS
Scheduled backups now respect your chosen interval and run dependably in the background.

SMARTER ANALYSIS
The security audit now analyzes backup snapshots correctly, scene conflicts are no longer falsely flagged, and sleeping battery devices no longer lower your health score.

POLISH
Permission prompts moved into onboarding, health score appears on first launch, complete German localization including notifications, and many smaller fixes.

### 1.6.2 — 2026-06-12

• Notifications now work in the background — health checks run periodically, so alerts about unreachable devices, low batteries, or Thread network changes arrive without opening the app
• Scheduled backups now also run after the app has been closed
• Completed German translations across Matter discovery, vault import/export, reliability, and uptime views
• Improved VoiceOver support throughout the app
• Fixed duplicate devices appearing in Matter network discovery

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