# HomeSense for HomeKit

> Unified smart home control for various brands and HomeKit devices. (iPhone/iPad app by Revery Codes.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homesense-for-homekit/id1179172260 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Revery Codes](https://appshunter.io/developer/936889272)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: $14.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.31/5 from 68 App Store ratings · 12 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 25 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2016-12-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-14
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homesense-for-homekit/id1179172260/reviews.md

## What is HomeSense for HomeKit?

HomeSense turns your iPhone or iPad into a command center for your automated home. HomeSense supports Caséta Wireless, Lutron RadioRA 2, Lutron RadioRA 3, Lutron HomeWorks QS, Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting, Sonos speakers, Honeywell Lyric Thermostat and HomeKit, providing seamless integration between these systems. See the state of your connected devices, rooms, and convenient summary of your whole home, and control lights, fans, shades, thermostats, edit schedule and more. With Notification Center widget, favorites, home and room scenes, HomeSense is flexible, convenient and easy to use.

HomeSense for HomeKit supports the following types of HomeKit accessories: outlets, switches, lights, fans, shades, blinds, thermostats, door locks, garage door openers, faucets, cameras, and sensors. Control and editing for other systems is available via main HomeSense app or separate purchase.

Common Features
- See and control lights, ceiling fans, shades, blinds and thermostats from the application.
- Home overview shows the state of every room and makes it easy to see what rooms have lights or fans on.
- Add often used controls or scenes to the Favorites. Any light, fan, shade, or even individual keypad button can be added to Favorites to appear on a separate screen. Tap to toggle, or tap and hold to open the detail view.
- Create your own home and room scenes that can combine devices from different systems.
- Turn off all lights and fans in a room with a single gesture - just choose “All Off” action on the room.
- Set up additional actions for a room to be recalled quickly from actions menu.
- Organize your home: manage rooms, rename controls and keypad buttons, hide unwanted devices.
- Today widget lets you access selected controls or scenes without launching the app.
- Change switch type - choose if switch controls an outlet, light or fan.
- Adjust device defaults - set default brightness, fade-in and fade-out time for dimmers, set default speed for fans.
- iCloud sync keeps your home configuration up-to-date on all of your devices.

Caséta Wireless Features
- View and edit Pico button programming and scheduled events.

Lutron RadioRA 2 and HomeWorks QS Features
- View and edit keypad button programming, scheduled events and thermostat schedules.
- Change schedule and energy saving (“Green”) mode.

Philips Hue Features
- View and edit scheduled events, including events relative to sunrise or sunset.

HomeKit Features
- Supported devices include outlets, switches, lights, fans, shades, blinds, thermostats, door locks, garage door openers, faucets, and sensors.
- Scheduled events support both weekly events, as well as time triggers with repeat intervals, from 5 minutes up to one month.

Sonos Features
- Play, pause, and control volume.
- Select a playlist or a station to play from your Sonos favorites.
- Group speakers to play music to more than one rooms.

Requirements
- For Caséta Wireless, Smart Bridge or Smart Bridge Pro connected to home WiFi network.
- For Lutron, professionally installed system connected to home WiFi network.
- For Philips Hue, Philips Hue lights with bridge connected to home WiFi network.
- For Lyric, Lyric Round Wi-Fi Thermostat, Lyric T5 or Lyric T6 Pro Wi-Fi Thermostat with working Internet connection.

Trademarks
Lutron, HomeWorks, RadioRA are trademarks of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc registered in the US and other countries.
Caséta, RadioRA 2, RadioRA 3, GRAFIK RA are trademarks of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

Lyric, Lyric Round are trademarks of Honeywell International Inc.

PHILIPS is a registered trademark of Koninklijke Philips N.V.

Sonos and Sonos product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonos, Inc.

## Key features

- Unified control of smart home devices
- Create custom scenes and schedules
- Notification Center widget for quick access
- iCloud sync across devices
- Supports Caséta Wireless, Philips Hue, Sonos, and HomeKit
- Organize and manage rooms and devices

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $14.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Control Access for Caséta Wireless | $19.99 | one-time |
| Control Access for Philips Hue | $9.99 | one-time |
| Control Access for Lutron | $19.99 | one-time |
| Control Access for Honeywell Lyric | $4.99 | one-time |
| Control Access for Sonos | $7.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 12)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homesense-for-homekit/id1179172260/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Stopped working after update!

*2021-08-01, version 3.2.1*

Stopped working after an app update. Today Widgets no longer populate. Deleted, reinstalled, removed entries then added - still blank! Contacted support three times (once a week, since the last update) but never heard back. Please fix!

Update: Fixed!  Rating changed.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2021-05-28, version 3.1.0*

I delete scenes but they aren’t deleted. Siri doesn’t launch the scenes you create in here from HomeKit you have to do it as an app shortcut and it doesn’t work. This app is bad.

### 1/5 — Broke Down Palace

*2020-12-06, version 3.0.3*

Doesn’t work. Open and it says it can’t connect to HomeKit.  Delete, reinstalled, still nothing.

### 5/5 — Thoughtful design, feature packed

*2020-05-28, version 2.12.8*

Very clever app that pleases both power users like me and the non-technical members of the household. To be able to use existing HomeKit scenes and layer on other systems like Sonos is fast and intuitive to configure. I’d love to see a ‘Now Playing’ and weather widget and more icons and layout customization but overall the use of screen space on various devices is sensible.

### 3/5 — Good App Layout

*2020-05-02, version 2.12.7*

Good app layout.  The con, no HomeKit camera support yet.  A scene cannot be toggled, have to create an on scene and an off scene independently.

### 1/5 — Fade in automation doesn’t work

*2019-03-14, version 2.10.3*

Have tried to add it for both LIFX bulbs and the Lutron dimmer. Neither display the option. Only reason I bought it, doesn’t seem to do anything HomeKit can’t.

### 1/5 — misleading description - in app purchases for each smart home feature

*2018-08-29, version 2.9.6*

they charge you 7.99 for the initial app but you can’t even control your hue lights without an in-app purchase for another 9.99.  it recognizes and imports your homekit home, then tries to get you to pay more money to control them.

### 5/5 — Sorry

*2018-08-17, version 2.9.5*

Didn’t fix my HomeKit not responding errors or my thermostat .. sorry just the truth. Sad face .. can’t add that.

### 5/5 — Great app! Got Sonos and HomeKit working in a scene.

*2018-06-26, version 2.9.4*

Fantastic customer Support answered my email right away. 
You can make Scenes like “party” which turns out lights and turns on a Sonos playlist. HomeKit can’t do that because it doesn’t connect to Sonos. 
Thank you!!!

### 5/5 — Simply the best

*2018-01-02, version 2.8*

If you have more than a couple HomeKit devices, this is THE single app to get.  The interface is graphical and a lot easier to find current status and change what’s going on with your devices than most of the rest — including Apple’s standard HomeKit app.  Widgets make it easy to access your most frequently used scenes.  The app is well thought-out to make great use of an iPad’s larger display, and is just as easy to use on a smaller iPhone.  Support is always responsive, and the recent addition of Garage Door support allows me to now use this as my primary app for my growing number of HomeKit devices around my home.  Apple Watch support is the only thing this app does not (yet?) have, although Siri via native HomeKit works from my wrist until then.  After just a couple. O this of use, its already worth the money I spent on the app without question.

## Frequently asked questions about HomeSense for HomeKit

### What smart home systems does HomeSense support?

HomeSense offers integration with Caséta Wireless, Lutron RadioRA 2, Lutron RadioRA 3, Lutron HomeWorks QS, Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting, Sonos speakers, and Honeywell Lyric Thermostat, in addition to HomeKit accessories.

### What types of HomeKit accessories can HomeSense control?

HomeSense supports a wide range of HomeKit accessories including outlets, switches, lights, fans, shades, blinds, thermostats, door locks, garage door openers, faucets, cameras, and sensors.

### Can I control my devices without opening the app?

Yes, HomeSense includes a Notification Center widget that allows quick access to selected controls or scenes without needing to launch the main application.

### How does HomeSense help organize my smart home?

You can organize your home by managing rooms, renaming controls and keypad buttons, and hiding devices you don't frequently use, providing a personalized control experience.

### Does HomeSense offer any trial period?

The provided data indicates HomeSense is a paid application priced at $14.99, with no mention of a trial period. Users can purchase it directly on supported Apple devices.

### How often is HomeSense updated?

The latest version of HomeSense was released on May 29, 2025, indicating active development and regular updates to improve functionality and compatibility.

### Is HomeSense available on Android devices?

Based on the supported devices listed (iPhone, iPad, iPod), HomeSense is currently only available for iOS and Apple ecosystem devices.

### What is the user sentiment for HomeSense?

HomeSense has a strong user rating of 4.3 stars from 68 ratings, suggesting a generally positive reception among its user base.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.7.2 — 2025-05-29

- Fixed presentation of the contextual menu on long press gesture on room, scene and device lists throughout the app.

### 3.7.1 — 2025-03-23

- Increased number of actions on the new Home Screen and Today View widgets,
- RA3: If a load device’s associated zone is located in another room, place that device in that other room.

### 3.7.0 — 2024-10-21

- NEW! Added new Home Screen and Today View widget, replacing old Today View widget when running on iOS 17 or later,
- New widget supports toggling devices on and off, and setting scenes,
- New widget does not display current state of the controls,
- This release requires iOS 17.0 or above.

### 3.6.6 — 2024-05-15

- Fix drawing of desktop widget on iOS 15 and iOS 16,
- This is the last release supporting iOS 12.0.

### 3.6.3 — 2023-11-20

- Changed HomeKit logic to improve accessory status updates,
- Tweaked UI layout for the newer iPhone Pro Max devices.

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