Comparison

Yoswit vs Hemera for Home Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Yoswit

Control home appliances and lights remotely using smart electronics and Bluetooth. Easily install by plugging in switches or screwing in converters, then manage everything from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity
  • Smart electronics integration
  • Remote control of appliances
  • Easy installation
  • Customizable iOS app
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The concept is simple but breakthrough. It is the marriage of smart electronics and Bluetooth 4.0 (also sometimes referred to Bluetooth low energy / BLE). Every Bluetooth Smart product utilizes BLE as the wireless connection to the on board processor, real time clocks, memory and more. Installing the product is as easy as plugging the switch to different home appliances or screwing the converter to light bulb. This can be simply controlled from any Bluetooth Smart Ready enabled Mobile device, with customizable apps for IOS

About

Hemera for Home Assistant

Features
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Hemera is a fast, native Home Assistant client built entirely in SwiftUI. It connects to your Home Assistant server over WebSocket for real-time updates and gives you a clean, intuitive dashboard to monitor and control your entire smart home. CURATED HOME DASHBOARD Pin your most-used devices to a customizable home screen. Drag to reorder, resize tiles, and build the layout that works for you. Every change syncs instantly. ROOM-BY-ROOM CONTROL Browse all your Home Assistant areas in one view. Tap into any room to see every device — lights, covers, climate, switches, sensors — organized by category. PRECISION CONTROLS Adjust light brightness and color temperature with smooth sliders. Open or close blinds to any position. Set your thermostat target temperature, fan mode, and preset. Toggle switches and trigger scenes or automations with a single tap. REAL-TIME STATE Entity states update the moment they change on your server. No polling, no manual refresh — Hemera maintains a persistent WebSocket connection so your dashboard always reflects reality. DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Adaptive layouts that feel at home on any screen size. Compact tile grids on iPhone, spacious multi-column layouts on iPad. Full Dark Mode support. OPEN SOURCE Hemera is free and open source under the MIT license. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your data stays between your device and your Home Assistant server.

Screenshots

Yoswit4 screens
Hemera for Home Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Yoswit at 15.6 against Hemera for Home Assistant's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yoswit ships an update fortnightly, Hemera for Home Assistant weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Yoswit versus Hemera for Home Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYoswitHemera for Home Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperlinCogN Technology Co. LimitedAdam Borbas

In-app purchases

None

Yoswit

No in-app purchases

None

Hemera for Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yoswit free?
Yoswit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hemera for Home Assistant free?
Hemera for Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yoswit or Hemera for Home Assistant have ads?
Neither Yoswit nor Hemera for Home Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yoswit or Hemera for Home Assistant?
Yoswit ships an update fortnightly, and Hemera for Home Assistant weekly. Most recently, Yoswit was updated on September 19, 2026 and Hemera for Home Assistant on July 23, 2026.

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