Savant vs HomePro Security
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Savant
Effortlessly manage your entire smart home from lighting and climate to entertainment and security. Personalize your environment with custom scenes and schedules, and gain intelligent control over your home's energy usage. Monitor and manage power consumption, even with solar panels or backup batteries.
- Unified smart home control
- Customizable scenes and schedules
- Real-time lighting visualization
- Intelligent energy monitoring
- Remote security access
- Multi-room audio/video control
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It’s the app that all other smart home apps have been modeled after. Innovative and beautifully designed, the Savant Pro app is the easiest and most intuitive way to manage your smart home. Control your lighting, climate, entertainment and security with a single app on your iOS device. Savant is the only smart home platform that also allows you to monitor and manage how power is used throughout your home. UNIQUE AND PERSONAL Get ready for next-level personalization. Automate your home with Savant Scenes to capture the perfect music, climate, lighting and security for every occasion. Create a schedule around your Savant Scenes or activate them manually using your voice, iOS devices, in-wall touch panels, Savant Pro Remotes, and keypads. The Savant Pro app also lets you customize your views—your rooms and home become the app, and with Savant’s award-winning TrueImage feature, you can visualize your lighting in real-time with images that update live as you adjust the settings. LIGHTING FOR LIFE Savant’s patented Daylight Mode adjusts color temperature to match the sun throughout the day, harmonizing with your natural circadian rhythm. And our impeccably designed keypads let you recall different lighting scenes that you’ve created in the app with just a single touch. INTELLIGENT CONTROL OVER ENERGY USE The Savant Power System is a truly smart energy solution that gives you personalized control over energy consumption, whether you’re 100% on the grid or you have solar panels, a generator or a backup battery. The Savant Power System lets you monitor and prioritize different electrical loads across your home, manage consumption during a grid outage, and gain insights about your historical usage. SECURITY AND SAFETY FROM ANYWHERE With Savant, you can control locks and garage doors, access your security and door entry systems, and access your cameras from anywhere. The app sends you customized notifications for critical events, such as extreme temperatures or motion alerts. AUDIO AND VIDEO EVERYWHERE Savant is an industry leader in audio and video switching technology. Get high fidelity digital audio pumped throughout the home with our newly re-designed music interface, which supports Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Deezer, Sirius XM, TuneIn and more. Want to play video games while watching the big game? With the Savant Pro app, you can tile multiple video streams onto one screen, making it perfect for sports or news events. YOUR PERFECT CLIMATE Control virtually any climate system with Savant. Set climate schedules and control the temperature and lights for pools and spas. Create Savant Scenes to capture the perfect climate, lights and music for any occasion, accessible at the touch of a button through your thermostat. Ready to design your Savant smart home? Visit savant.com to find an authorized dealer.
HomePro Security
Control your entire smart home system from your phone. Remotely manage security, cameras, lighting, locks, and climate. Receive alerts and create custom scenes for convenience and security.
- Remote security system control
- Video doorbell and camera access
- Smart lighting and lock management
- Thermostat control with geofencing
- Customizable smart scenes
- Real-time alerts and notifications
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The HomePro Mobile app puts your smarthome system in your pocket with easy access to your entire home from inside a single app. (Features vary based on your configuration, but any and all of the benefits below can be added to your system, contact your HomePro rep for details) With the HomePro app you can: -Remotely arm and disarm your security system -Answer your video doorbell from anywhere, and view recorded clips from your phone -Live stream indoor and outdoor cameras to your mobile device and speak to pets and children using Live Talk -Access and view disarm photos captured by your touchscreen panel camera so you’ll know when people get home -Peek in on your panel camera instantly or capture photos the next time the camera detects motion -Remotely access and control your smart lighting to save energy and give the appearance that you’re home even when you’re not -remotely unlock doors for a friend or neighbor stopping by while you’re not home, and remotely lock it again when they leave -Create new codes for anyone who should access your home so you never have to make copies of your keys, and remotely manage your codes so you can prevent unwanted access after code abuse. -Automatically adjust the thermostat when you leave home using geoservices, saving energy and making your arrival more comfortable by automatically resuming your schedule as you return -Get alerts when you leave a door, window, medicine cabinet, or garage door open, and remotely close garage doors so you don’t have to turn around and go back to close it manually. -Receive in app notifications or text messages when a smoke detector, flood detector, carbon monoxide detector, or security sensor is tripped -Create unlimited customizable smart scenes to easily control multiple actions with a single touch, like “Leaving” which locks your doors, turns off all your lights and appliances, adjusts the temperature, closes your garage and arms your security system, keeping your home secure and energy efficient while you are gone. -View a snapshot of your day with easy timelines that keep you aware of what’s happened in your home even though you missed it earlier -Trigger an emergency panic right from the app if suspicious characters attempt an attack
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Savant at 4.4 against HomePro Security's 2.8. Savant also leads on ratings volume (8.2K vs 178) and review sentiment (37% vs 22%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Savant holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Savant has 8.2K ratings behind it against 178, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Savant's written reviews are positive against 22% of HomePro Security's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Savant | HomePro Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.2K ratings) — better | 2.8 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews — better | 22.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 178 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 377 MB | 349 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Savant Systems Inc. | HomePro Inc. |
Customer experience
Savant
HomePro Security
User reviews
Savant
From 8.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Impressive home automation control
- 🔒 Reliable and secure system
- 👍 Elegant and intuitive app interface
- 🚀 Quick and responsive app performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
- 🔌 Compatibility issues with software updates
- 👎 Difficult to use and navigate
- 💰 Expensive system and high maintenance costs
HomePro Security
From 178 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to navigate interface
- 🏠 Centralized home automation control
- 📱 Remote access to security system
- 📹 Camera monitoring capability
- 🔒 Comprehensive security features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- ⏱️ Slow command execution and delays
- 🔌 Poor connectivity and sync issues
- 😤 Non-responsive customer support
- 💰 High costs and expensive service calls
Bugs and requests
Savant
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lighting and shades control not working
- Doorbell and camera integration issues
- Syncing problems between app and hardware
- Unreliable Wi-Fi connectivity
Requested features
4 requests- Voice control integration
- Improved music playback and volume control
- Customizable scenes and automation options
- Better integration with third-party smart home devices
HomePro Security
Reported bugs
17 issues- App fails to send commands to panel
- Cannot arm/disarm system through app
- App immediately disarms when attempting to arm
- Login screen freezes and won't load
- Password reset emails not received
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- Doorbell camera feed not showing in app
- Slow video loading and playback
- Sensors not syncing with alarm system
- Door lock status not reflecting in app
- Notifications arriving 5+ minutes late
- App crashes when accessing video files
- Rules/scheduling feature shows blank screen
- Cannot bypass sensors through app
- Inconsistent device connectivity
- App logs out unexpectedly
- Command verification errors
- Delayed sensor status updates
Requested features
13 requests- Bulk delete feature for videos
- Dark mode for app interface
- Ability to view all cameras simultaneously
- Landscape mode for video viewing
- Zoom functionality for images and videos
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- Video demo tutorials for setup
- Instant camera feed notifications
- Ability to reorganize device viewing order
- Payment option within the app
- Integration with third-party platforms
- Smart home device compatibility (Samsung Family Hub, etc.)
- Rules/scheduling feature that works reliably
- Improved password reset functionality
In-app purchases
Savant
No in-app purchases
HomePro Security
No in-app purchases
Questions
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