Comparison

Logi Circle Security Camera vs Controller for HomeKit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Logi Circle Security Camera

This app provides live HD video streaming from indoor/outdoor security cameras. It offers motion detection alerts, night vision, and two-way audio. Easily review recorded footage and integrate with other smart home devices.

Highlights
  • 1080p HD video streaming
  • Night vision
  • Motion detection alerts
  • Two-way talk and listen
  • Smart time-lapse Day Brief
  • Smart home integrations
Features
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SECURITY MADE SIMPLE Meet Circle, the only indoor and outdoor, weatherproof, wired or 100% wireless 1080p HD home security camera with night vision and up to 180° field-of-view that you can set up in minutes and goes just about anywhere. Circle connects to your home’s Wi-Fi network and streams live HD video to your mobile device. After a quick setup, the app lets you stream and download unlimited amounts* of video effortlessly. Whether you’re at work, across the world or just next door, get instant visual snapshot notifications when unexpected motion is detected. Instantly see home in 1080p HD video or save and replay important events anytime. *Data rates may still apply. Product features include: FULL HD VIDEO AND NIGHT VISION See more of what's happening at home in full 1080p HD, day or night. SMART ALERTS Get an instant, customized visual snapshot notification of an event or detected motion, sent directly to your phone. Now you’ll “see” what’s happening without even opening then app. You’ll also be notified when a person is detected or when activity happens within a specific Motion Zone you've created if you have a Circle Safe Premium subscription. SMART TIME-LAPSE DAY BRIEF Recap important moments in the last 24-hours in a free 30-second Day Brief. ADVANCED EVENT FILTERING Identifies and records relevant motion activity so you can keep an eye on unwanted visitors without spending hours sorting through video footage. TALK AND LISTEN Built-in speaker and microphone lets you talk to your pet when the camera is placed indoors or to the delivery man when it's outdoors. INTEGRATIONS Connect Circle with your other smart home devices and apps, including Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa*, The Google Assistant, Magenta+ Smarthome and Logitech POP. *Alexa, Google Assistant and Magenta Smarthome availability may vary by country. UNLIMITED STREAMING, CAMERAS AND USERS Access your video footage any time. One account, unlimited cameras connected and multiple users.

About

Controller for HomeKit

Enhance your smart home experience with advanced control and automation. Visualize your home with floor plans, track device performance with charts, and create complex automations tailored to your needs. Organize devices, store setup codes, and monitor your entire smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Floor plan visualization with LiDAR
  • Device performance charts
  • Complex automations and workflows
  • Custom notifications
  • Smart folders and filters
  • Setup code storage
  • Device maintenance and logs
Features
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Logi Circle Security Camera4 screens
Controller for HomeKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against Logi Circle Security Camera's 1.8. Controller for HomeKit also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 51). Logi Circle Security Camera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Controller for HomeKit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Logi Circle Security Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Logi Circle Security Camera's written reviews are positive against 27% of Controller for HomeKit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Logi Circle Security Camera ships an update every 2 months, Controller for HomeKit every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Logi Circle Security Camera versus Controller for HomeKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogi Circle Security CameraController for HomeKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (51 ratings)4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews26.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings512.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogitech Inc.acasa Software GmbH

Customer experience

Logi Circle Security Camera

All ratings50 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative78.0%
Written reviews287 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative82.9%

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,742 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews468 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative63.7%

User reviews

Logi Circle Security Camera

From 51 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great camera quality
  • 👍 Useful features like smart location and daily briefs
  • 🔒 Secure with HomeKit integration
  • 💡 Customizable motion detection zones

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant crashes and login issues
  • 🔒 Unreliable connection and frequent offline status
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 👎 Useless after recent app update

Controller for HomeKit

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful automation features
  • 📚 Helpful backup and restore functionality
  • 🔍 Detailed logging and troubleshooting
  • 🧠 Advanced HomeKit control and customization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crash-prone
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤖 Poor customer support
  • 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive UI

Bugs and requests

Logi Circle Security Camera

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App constantly logs users out
  • Smart location feature doesn't work as expected
  • Notification previews not working
  • Incompatible with older iOS devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to view multiple cameras simultaneously
  • Improve notification customization and reliability
  • Allow portrait mode viewing
  • Provide local storage option instead of cloud-only

Controller for HomeKit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Backup and restore issues
  • Disappearing automations and accessories
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
  • Slow performance and unresponsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved documentation and tutorials
  • Better integration with Apple Home app
  • Support for more HomeKit device types
  • Ability to customize automation triggers

In-app purchases

None

Logi Circle Security Camera

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions6
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
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  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon3 Months trial$39.991 Year
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$139.99

Questions

Is Logi Circle Security Camera free?
Logi Circle Security Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Logi Circle Security Camera or Controller for HomeKit?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Logi Circle Security Camera averages 1.8 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Logi Circle Security Camera or Controller for HomeKit have ads?
Neither Logi Circle Security Camera nor Controller for HomeKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Logi Circle Security Camera or Controller for HomeKit?
Logi Circle Security Camera ships an update every 2 months, and Controller for HomeKit every 10 days. Most recently, Logi Circle Security Camera was updated on October 21, 2026 and Controller for HomeKit on October 23, 2026.

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