# Wallflower for HomeKit — Smart Home Control Panel

> Interactive wall-mounted smart home control panel for iPads and iPhones. (iPhone/iPad app by nxtbgthng GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wallflower-for-homekit/id1406806705 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [nxtbgthng GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/517227703)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.70/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 76 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2019-05-22
- Data updated: 2026-07-30
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wallflower-for-homekit/id1406806705/reviews.md

## What is Wallflower for HomeKit?

Wallflower turns an iPad or iPhone into an interactive control panel on the wall, for everyone to use.

* Wallflower is optimized for running 24/7 on your wall.

* Based on HomeKit: It supports lights, thermostats and ACs, switches, outlets, contact sensors (doors, windows), and sensors for temperature, humidity, air quality, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon dioxide, light intensity, air pressure and noise. And much more!

* The interface is optimized to be looked at from far away. When it is not in use for a while, some elements are hidden and the interface is simplified. Those elements show up again, when you approach the device. When it's dark in the room, Wallflower can turn the display way down.

* All sensor data is drawn into the same graph: Values from multiple sensors are merged intelligently.

* If you want to provide your guest with Home Wifi, provide a convenient button where they can join via QR code.

* Weather is displayed in a compact text form, including weather alerts if there are any. Detailed weather information, including charts, are just a tap away.

* Along with it, you can select calendars to display, so for example your family calendar is always in view for everyone, in the place where everyone looks. This way there is a quick glanceable way to see what's up, even while walking by.

* All issues for your smart home (like empty batteries, network problems, …) are conveniently displayed on the top.

* There is no tracking in the app. And no extra analytics beyond the anonymized basics that the AppStore provides for the users that opted in. There's no invasive 3rd party frameworks either. We don’t want your data, your home is yours, and yours alone.

* Settings are protected against unauthorized tinkering via a passcode or - if your device supports it - with your face or fingerprint. And after a while of not using it, it turns back to the main screen.

* Last, but not least: Wallflower makes a great and very accurate wall clock.

Wallflower requires a subscription to display weather, calendar or run with complex setups. However, you can try the home features without a subscription for one device of each kind (and 2 lights) at the same time. So you can try everything out as long as you want, and if you have a simple setup that might even be all you need!

And if you're not a fan of subscriptions, there is a one-time option to pay for the home features.

## Key features

- HomeKit device control
- 24/7 optimized operation
- Large-view, proximity-aware interface
- Integrated sensor data graphing
- Guest Wi-Fi QR code sharing
- Weather and calendar display
- Smart home issue alerts
- Accurate wall clock

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium | $47.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly | $7.49 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Home, Sweet Home | $64.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 76)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wallflower-for-homekit/id1406806705/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Verbesserungen

*2026-02-21, version 2.3*

Es fehlt etwas an Flexibilität bei der Gestaltung der Raumansicht. Ich würde mir wünschen, Buttons für Lampen z.B. präsenter zu haben. Ein Manko ist auch dass sich Fenster offensichtlich nicht steuern lassen, auch wenn es physisch und auch über die HomeKit App funktioniert. Das grundlegende Design finde ich dagegen sehr gelungen.

### 5/5 — Macht was es soll

*2025-10-04, version 2.2.1*

Die App läuft auf einem ipad als Steuerzentrale und hängt zentral im Wohnbereich. Da ich unterschiedlichste Geräte in meinem Zuhause habe (ca. 60 steuerbare Geräte, Sensoren, Temperaturanzeigen, Lampen, Stereo, etc.) und mir Homekit einfach nicht weit genug gegangen ist, testete ich mich so durch den Markt der dafür geeigneten Apps. Man muss sagen dass nach wie vor nur wenig am Markt ist und Wallflower sticht sehr positiv hervor. Bislang (2 Jahre bereits) keine Abstürze oder Inkompatibilität. Gerne zahle ich dafür den Jahrespreis, zumal bislang ständig eine Weiterentwicklung läuft. Mamch andere App ist mittlerweile ein Geldgrab geworden…

### 1/5 — unserious developer

*2025-09-27, version 2.2.1*

I bought this app three and a half years ago, thinking I'd be fine...
Version 1 wasn't perfect, but it met my expectations.
But over the past year and a half, the app has lost all its appeal.
First, I lost my lifetime subscription (€69), and now it's impossible to reactivate my purchase.
Then, I wrote to the developer a year and a half ago to tell him about the problems with version 2.
At first, he replied, but since then, I haven't heard anything, and I've lost my purchase.
So, run away.

### 1/5 — Für alte Geräte nicht nutzbar

*2025-05-01, version 1.2*

Leider nicht mehr nutzbar, da iOS17 nun Vorraussetzung ist und alle meine „alten“ Geräte das nicht haben. Die Idee war super, aber ich hänge mir kein neues Handy ins Wohnzimmer. Schade, damit landen die Geräte nun auf den Schrott. Das Programm war ein Lichtblick…

### 5/5 — Best Room Controller

*2025-02-02, version 2.2.1*

Wallflower is an outstanding room controller with a beautifully designed interface. It provides a clear, distraction-free overview of all essential controls per room. Only showing the active devices and hiding the inactive ones until needed is very well solved. Cameras, weather, and calendar overview are immediately visible with one click for more details. The alternating graph implementation for sensors like temperature, CO2, and humidity is the best I've seen so far in a room controller. There could be more variety in icons for different types of devices, though. I'm using it now in various rooms in my KNX-controlled house (with a KNX-HomeKit bridge), and I can confidently say it's the best iPad room controller I've seen.

### 5/5 — Super Idee

*2025-01-05, version 2.2.1*

Ich liebe den Ansatz ein altes iPhone oder iPad Mini zu einer Steuerzentrale zu machen. Leider ist das Abo in meinen Augen nicht gut kalkuliert und es bleibt bei einem Testlauf.

### 2/5 — Sehr gute App, aber..

*2025-01-02, version 2.2.1*

..das Bezahlmodell ist eine Unverschämtheit. Ja es gibt einen Einmalkauf für 70€, ABER dieser enthält nicht einmal alle Funktionalitäten. Für profane Features wie Kalender oder Wetter brauche ich dennoch ein Abo. Ohne mich..

### 1/5 — Vulnerability With Home Alarms

*2024-12-07, version 2.2.1*

I wanted to use this to repurpose my old iPhone 12 Pro Max as a home dashboard mounted on the wall.  Which means you’d use its great functionality to allow interaction without authentication.   But this allows anyone INCLUDING A BURGLAR to turn a home alarm you’ve bridged into HomeKit off with no authentication.   The developer could fix this easily enough as they already have an option to require a passcode to change app settings.  They could require that passcode to turn off a home alarm.  (Apple lets you voice command Siri to arm a connected home alarm.  But if you tell Siri to turn off the alarm it will require you to continue on an iPhone that presumably is locked or wouldn’t be there for a burglar to begin with.  So Wallflower as is defeats the protection Apple intended for the way they expect someone to use an iPhone.  But Wallflower developers could fix this security hole easily enough.)

### 5/5 — Ein durch und durch tolle App

*2024-11-17, version 2.2.1*

Eine App, auf die ich längst gewartet habe, um mein altes iPad an der Wand als Steuer- und Infozentrale einzurichten. 

Sie funktioniert einwandfrei und das längere Gespräch mit dem Entwickler Herrn Poetsch hat mein Kenntnisse für den ganzen HomeKit-Bereich auch erheblich erweitert. An dieser Stelle noch einmal vielen Dank dafür!
Ich wünsche und hoffe, dass die neue Version (für die mein iPad leider zu alt ist) wieder so funktionstüchtig und einfach bedienbar bleibt, wie die jetzige. Weiter so!

### 1/5 — Basic is nothing

*2024-07-09*

You have to get premium to have ANY features

## Frequently asked questions about Wallflower for HomeKit

### What does Wallflower for HomeKit do?

Wallflower transforms an iPad or iPhone into an interactive control panel for your smart home. It's designed to be wall-mounted and provides a clear, easy-to-read interface for controlling HomeKit-enabled devices, viewing sensor data, checking weather, and displaying calendars.

### What HomeKit devices does it support?

It supports a wide range of HomeKit devices including lights, thermostats, ACs, switches, outlets, contact sensors, and various environmental sensors like temperature, humidity, air quality, particulate matter, VOCs, CO2, light intensity, air pressure, and noise.

### How much does Wallflower for HomeKit cost?

The app offers a free trial for basic home features, allowing control of one device of each kind and two lights. Full functionality, including weather, calendar display, and complex setups, requires a subscription or a one-time purchase option for home features.

### What are the privacy features of this app?

The app prioritizes user privacy with no tracking or invasive third-party frameworks. It only uses basic anonymized analytics provided by the AppStore for opted-in users. Your home data is kept private and secure.

### Can I use this app for guests?

Yes, the app includes a convenient feature to provide guests with Home Wi-Fi access via a QR code. This allows them to easily join your network without needing to manually enter credentials.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.3 — 2026-01-14

* Added Support for Matter based HomeKit Thermostats

### 2.2.2 — 2025-12-22

* Fixed an issue with QR codes for Guest Wifi

### 2.2.1 — 2024-10-09

* Fixed an issue where touches are sometimes not recognized on the main screen

### 2.2 — 2024-08-16

Added support for HomeKit Cameras

### 2.1 — 2024-03-04

Headline feature of Wallflower 2.1 is something a lot of users asked for: A way to have the display completely off at night and turn on on demand.

For this Wallflower has a new setting that it does no longer prevent the display from locking, either always, between certain times, or when Guided Access mode is on.

But how does it unlock then? Glad you asked: You can set an iPad or iPhone into only displaying Wallflower by using „Guided Access“ from the systems accessibility features. If your device locks in this mode, unlocking does not require authorization. And receiving notifications bypasses the Lock Screen completely, the App just turns on and does not display the notification. So if you get a motion sensor and set the home app to receive notifications, a sleeping iPad on the wall just wakes up and displays Wallflower. Magic!

Also this release contains lots of bug fixes around light sensors, Weather updating, AppStore updates and others!

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