# HomeRun 2 for HomeKit — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of HomeRun 2 for HomeKit by Pearce Media Limited, rated 3.70/5 from 44 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homerun-2-for-homekit/id1527725746/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homerun-2-for-homekit/id1527725746.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (11 of 39) ### 4/5 — G *2025-04-19* V ### 4/5 — Brilliant concept and execution lacks stability *2025-02-07, version 1.1.18* The watchface grids on this app are first class and when they are working it's really good. Cons:Functionality is limited to scenes only and the app can be unstable. If it crashes generally a reinstall is needed which wipes all the grids as they are not backed to iCloud. Also switches in scenes do not have the ability to sense when a device switches off and work randomly. The Developer explained this is due to Apple not sharing this capability with app outside Apple apps. Hopefully this might resolve one of these days. It would also be really good to be able to trigger shortcuts which is not possible at the moment ### 2/5 — HomeRun *2023-10-19* Upgraded to plus for 1 month as couldn’t control more than one device. After paid upgrade still doesn’t work so unless fixed I shall cancel subscription and get a refund. Nice idea poorly executed and no instructions **Developer response:** Hi, please reach out via support so I can help you. ### 2/5 — Latest version killed widgets *2023-08-16* Please fix **Developer response:** This bug has been fixed as of the latest version (1.1.13) ### 2/5 — Not dependable, app or Apple - who knows *2022-10-17* I use HomeRun primarily to allow me to control lights in my bedroom at night when my phone is not handy. Randomly the watch app stops working. The period of the random behavior can be weeks or a couple of months . But it occurs and there is no obvious way to figure out why it is failing. Typical of apps these days. Just FYI **Developer response:** Hi, Please reach out to support for help. This is due to an Apple bug where the Watch and Phone have issues caused by OS updates that break linked identifiers. This has been fixed as of the latest update. ### 4/5 — Bien mais ne fonctionne plus ! *2022-09-09* Bien mais vient de s’arrêter brutalement de fonctionner sans explication. Achat le 11 décembre 2020 pour 3,49 €. Le dev petit-il m’expliquer pourquoi ? **Developer response:** Hi, HomeRun 1 was sunset in June 2020. HomeRun 2 was released at this point as a new version of the app and seperate upgrade/sale price. Please reach out to me via support and I'll be more than happy to discuss this further. Thanks, Aaron ### 3/5 — too complicated *2022-01-29* no tutorial or instructions. not user friendly. **Developer response:** Hi, Reach out to our support and I’d be more than happy to help you. We find it rare that a user requires a guide for the app but I’d love to hear what you need guidance with so I can think of a way to make it clearer in the future. - Aaron ### 3/5 — Words not allowed *2021-10-23* Grabbed this to set up a HomeKit widget in my iPhone. Generally works well but it doesn’t let you actually use text to label your widget buttons, just a single icon. I have four buttons that control different lights and for the life of me I can’t keep track of which icon does what. **Developer response:** Hi, HomeRun doesn’t advertise text buttons as a feature at this time. I do plan to add support for text in buttons in the future, but it is a hard problem to fit well on such a small interface such as the Watch. The purpose of the icons/colours is to choose a combination that you can remember and associate with a set scene. ### 4/5 — Complications *2021-10-12* I cannot get the complications to work at all. I can’t even figure how they're supposed to work. How about some instructions?? I can find anywhere at all. All I can set up is the HomeRun app icon as a complication - the infograph complication doesn’t work. Update: thanks for the response, Developer. A reboot did the trick. I’m still figuring out how to set the complications to change over time (I’ll get there in the end, but some instructions somewhere would have been welcome…!). Nice app though. **Developer response:** Hi, Simply create a complication within the iOS app, then select that named complication in the Complication list on your Watch to utilise it. If it doesn't show on the list, try rebooting your device, Apple's complication system can be a bit buggy in refreshing reliably. If this fails, please feel free to reach out to me via the support links in the app as always. - Aaron ### 3/5 — Dev bit off more than they could chew on v2 *2021-06-22* The original version of this app was probably the most used app on my watch, so I was excited to grab this sequel to it. Sadly, this one needed a bit more time in beta. There are several annoying interface bugs, including it being nearly impossible to arrange actions in your grid, and glitches on the complication ring schedule tool (if you rotate things enough the icon in the arc will start glitching around). Several other features just straight up don’t work despite restarts and reinstalls. Fingers crossed this gets ironed out, but I’d hold off on a sub until it gets polished. **Developer response:** Hi, I'd love to have you reach out via the in-app support channel so that I can actually help you. Reviews aren't a good channel for support as developers cannot reply more than once. - Aaron ### 2/5 — Not so Dead *2021-06-04* After the developer reached out, I was able to get past the get started screen. But I still encountered a number of bugs in the app. Simple things, like button responses not registering (the save button didn’t do anything). Honestly, I just deleted the app. Sorry dev, but I can’t deal with this kind of thing. Original review: Dead on Arrival. Can’t get passed the “get started” button after granting home data access. Not really off to a good start. **Developer response:** Hi, This is a bug with HomeKit permissions. Please go into settings of your device, and toggle HomeKit access to On for HomeRun. This should fix it. If not, please reach out via in-app support so that I can help you further! - Aaron ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Funktioniert leider nicht mehr. *2026-05-09* Ich nutze HomeRun mehrere Jahre. Mir ist auch bewusst, dass Apple es nicht einfach macht. Aktuell kann man keine Buttons editieren. Man muss sie immer löschen und komplett neu anlegen. Jetzt klemmte es mal wieder. App gelöscht und komplett neu installiert. Jetzt funktionieren nicht mal neu eingerichteten Buttons. Abo gelöscht. ### 1/5 — i have no idea… *2025-02-24* …how to use this app, how it’s supposed to work, or how to even figure out either of those things bc there are no clear, user-friendly instructions to be found. 🤷‍♀️ ### 1/5 — Too buggy to use *2024-05-06* Used to love v1 but v2 is buggy and unusable. The complication editor with the draggable rings around the clock doesn’t respond smoothly to touch and the icons sometimes appear in random places. There are no available scenes from the action set or grid options when I try to select what I want each segment to do. This is not to mention that it is super tedious to set up actions in the first place, needing to set up each scene THREE times if I want common actions to appear in a grid, widget, and complication. **Developer response:** Please reach out to support. In our testing, this works as expected. If no scenes are showing, this signals to me that HomeKit access was not granted. ### 1/5 — App not working again *2023-09-09* And the problem has happened again 😑 Previous review: Latest update has stopped the widgets working. Now I just have multiple blank green squares - have restarted the phone, deleted and readded the widgets but still doesn’t work. It’s now completely useless. Shouldn’t break the basic functionality from a small bug fixing update! **Developer response:** This bug has been fixed as of the latest version (1.1.13) ### 1/5 — crippled app *2023-02-05* This app used to be great until the developer released v2 and then basically killed most of the functionality unless you pay …. someone didn’t think this through because I won’t be using this app just like many other people. Good luck! **Developer response:** Hi, The majority of the features are actually free in v2. You get everything that v1 offers for free in fact. ### 1/5 — Overengineered junk *2022-10-01* All I want to do is make a lamp turn on at a given time. Neither the Apple Home App nor this subscription-based third party app can manage that simple request. Brilliant. **Developer response:** Hi, This review is unrelated to any features of my app. To turn on a light at a given time, you can use the Apple Home app with automations. ### 1/5 — Broken *2022-01-02* This app is completely broken. Sync doesn’t work properly. Apple Watch app doesn’t realizes the subscription und of course there is no option for starting the sync manually. Just like Apple’s design. Complications are not listed in the complications list. **Developer response:** Please reach out to me via support so that I can help you. ### 1/5 — Redundant *2021-10-29* Why the first app, it does little to want to sign up for the upgrade, and leaves the impression that the upgrade will be no better the HomeKit at the moment. **Developer response:** Hi, I’m not sure why you finding the app not worth paying for is worthy of a one star review? Many other customers have happily paid for the app. Under the paid features you gain many things such as widgets, multiple grids, multiple complications. - Aaron ### 1/5 — Sorry but it needs a lot of polishing. *2021-06-05* Full of bugs Can’t even add 2nd item in the first grid (already subscribed) Buttons are non-responsive (cancel and save buttons) 1st version is way more functional and bugs free compared to 2nd version **Developer response:** Hi, Could you please reach out to me via the in-app support? I cannot aid you via reviews. These sound like bugs but I need more information to look into them. - Aaron ### 1/5 — Ripoff of homewidget *2021-06-03* Ripoff of homewidget **Developer response:** Hi, HomeRun predates HomeWidget by nearly 3 years. HomeRun 1 launched in November of 2018. HomeWidget launched in 2021. HomeRun 2 has been in development since July last year long before HomeWidget existed. This is not a rip off at all, the apps do not look similar in any way nor at the functions actually the same. Please consider updating your review to be correct. Thanks, Aaron ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 👋👌 *2022-07-12* You have more stares then Musk. ### 5/5 — Nice app *2022-01-08* Works well! ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2021-06-18* This app has allowed me via iPhone and Watch to greatly increase my use of my HomeKit items because it’s so easy to setup and use in multiple ways. Grids, widgets, complications (based on time of day!) all let me get the most use of all the lights, switches etc I’ve purchased. Thank you!!! ### 5/5 — Excellent app! *2021-06-10* I truly enjoy developers that bring functionalities and integration such as these to HomeKit. Good job! ### 5/5 — Love how it works and the widgets *2021-06-10* Very easy to navigate in the app. Really love the complications and also the fact that it offers option forever buy as well. ### 5/5 — Awesome 👏 *2021-06-10* Extremely useful, fantastic to use 🔥 ### 5/5 — Powerful App *2021-06-07* I’ve used HomeCam and HomePass. HomeRun is another stellar app with powerful features to make HomeKit even better. ### 5/5 — Nice features *2021-06-06* Pretty cool ### 5/5 — A home run for HomeRun *2021-06-06* Brilliant app for controlling your HomeKit Home. Super functionality in the iPhone app is complemented by the excellent Apple Watch app. This is a great app for people who love HomeKit, really well designed and executed, and it’s great value too. ### 5/5 — Good application *2021-06-05* Great app but the medium and big widgets are really strange.. MAJ: Hello thanks for the answer, the actions are cut at the top and bottom by the carder of the widget, which is strange ^^ But the app is really good! **Developer response:** Hi, I'd love to hear via the in-app support about what you find weird with the medium/large widgets? - Aaron --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-23.*