My Home Controller vs Hubitat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Home Controller
Control your home's security system, lights, locks, and thermostats remotely. View security cameras and manage energy consumption for a more comfortable and efficient lifestyle. This app offers local control within Wi-Fi range.
- Remote security system control
- Control Z-wave enabled devices
- View system cameras
- Manage lights, locks, and thermostats
- Energy saving features
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The Honeywell My Home Controller iOS app allows homeowners to control the system anywhere on premises within their Wi-Fi coverage areas. The app provides local control of the security system, and if so equipped, control of Z-wave enabled lights, locks, thermostats, and more. It also adds the ability to view system cameras from your device. And it’s a terrific way to help you save money on your energy and utility bills, conserve resources and live a more comfortable, efficient lifestyle.
Hubitat
Control and monitor your smart home devices remotely. Set up location-based automation and receive important alerts directly to your phone. This app enhances your existing home automation system.
- Access Dashboards
- Monitor and control devices
- Arm/disarm Safety Monitor
- Change Modes
- Define Geofence for Presence
- Receive Push Notifications
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App is an accessory to the Hubitat Elevation home automation system. Users of Hubitat Elevation can use the Mobile App to: - Access Dashboards to monitor and control devices, arm or disarm Hubitat Safety Monitor, change Modes and more. - Define a Geofence for Mobile Presence detection based on phone location. The Geofence center defaults to your hub location but can be dragged to any location and the radius set. - Receive Push Notifications from Hubitat Elevation apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hubitat at 168 against My Home Controller's 11. Hubitat also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). My Home Controller's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for My Home Controller against 2.8 for Hubitat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat has 168 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of My Home Controller's written reviews are positive against 28% of Hubitat's.
My Home Controller ships an update every 4 months, Hubitat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Home Controller | Hubitat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (11 ratings) — better | 2.8 (168 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 28.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resideo Technologies, Inc. | Hubitat, Inc. |
Customer experience
My Home Controller
Hubitat
Bugs and requests
My Home Controller
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hubitat
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes on startup consistently
- Geofence detection fails to send events to hub
- Geofence shows incorrect location (off by km)
- Login screen keyboard covers continue button
- App hangs at 'Loading User Data' screen
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- Dashboard doesn't load after backgrounding
- Local LAN mode not working, stuck on cloud
- Hub discovery doesn't work on iOS
- Duplicate rooms and devices displayed
- Incorrect device status reporting
- Notifications show 'invalid token' error
- App doesn't support screen rotation
- Email verification code not received
- Presence detection broken after updates
- App unable to connect to hub after updates
- Geofence size resets to default
- What's New screen cannot be dismissed
- Layout issues with overlapping buttons on iPhone 7
Requested features
15 requests- Native iOS app with proper UI/UX design
- Dark mode option
- Widget support for quick device access
- Ability to add/discover devices from mobile app
- Automation and scene creation from app
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- iPad landscape view support
- Drag-and-drop dashboard tile customization
- Multiple geofence locations
- Motion sensor activity logging in dashboard
- Improved dashboard responsiveness and layout
- Manual IP address entry for hub connection
- SMS-based account verification
- Battery usage optimization for geofencing
- Real-time notifications with better visibility
- Detailed user manual and in-app help
In-app purchases
My Home Controller
No in-app purchases
Hubitat
No in-app purchases
