Comparison

Home Assistant vs HOMYHUB

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

Head to head
About

Home Assistant

Control your smart home devices from anywhere with this open-source solution. Automate routines, monitor your home's status, and integrate thousands of devices for enhanced privacy and sustainability.

Highlights
  • Control thousands of smart devices
  • Automate home routines
  • Discover and configure new devices
  • Securely share location for automation
  • Receive home status notifications
  • Build custom widgets
  • Integrate with voice assistants
Features
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The Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability. It runs locally in your home via a device like the Home Assistant Green or Raspberry Pi. This app connects to all the most powerful features of Home Assistant, - One app to control the whole home - Home Assistant is compatible with the biggest brands in the smart home, connecting to thousands of smart devices and services. - Discover automatically and quickly configure new devices - such as Philips Hue, Sonos, and IKEA Tradfri. - Automate everything - Make all the devices in your home work in harmony - have your lights dim when you start watching a movie, or turn off your heat when you’re away from home. - Keep your home’s data in the home - use it privately to see past trends and averages. - Connect to open standards with hardware add-ons - including Z-Wave, Zigbee, Matter, Thread, and Bluetooth. - Connect anywhere - If you would like to access this app while away from home, the most secure and simple way to get started is Home Assistant Cloud. The app unlocks your smartphone or tablet as a home automation tool. - Securely share your location, using it to automate heating, security, and so much more. - Get notifications on what's happening in your home, from detecting leaks to doors left open, you have full control over what it tells you. - Carplay functionality lets you open a garage or disable the security system from the dash of your car. - Build your own widgets to control any device in your home with a tap. - Integrate Home Assistant's functionality into Shortcuts, for example have your phone’s morning alarm turn on the coffee machine. - Apple Watch compatibility can show your home's temperature on a watch face or quickly activate devices. - Text or talk to your local voice assistant on your device. - Mac compatibility allows you to control your home from your desktop, but also to share data to build automation, like having your streaming lights turn on when your camera is active. Join the over 1 million users and empower your home with better privacy, choice and sustainability. Compatible with: Airthings, Amazon Alexa, Amcrest, Apple HomeKit, Apple TV, ASUSWRT, August, Belink WeMo, Bluetooth, Bose SoundTouch, Broadlink, BTHome, deCONZ, Denon, Devolo, DLNA, Ecobee, Ecovacs, Ecowitt, Elgato, EZVIZ, Fritz, Fully Kiosk, GoodWe, Govee, Growatt, Hikvision, Hive, Home Connect, Homematic, HomeWizard, Honeywell, iCloud, IFTTT, IKEA Tradfri, Insteon, Jellyfin, LG Smart TVs, LIFX, Logitech Harmony, Lutron Caseta, Magic Home, Matter, MotionEye, MQTT, MusicCast, Nanoleaf, Netatmo, Nuki, OctoPrint, ONVIF, Opower, Overkiz, OwnTracks, Panasonic Viera, Philips Hue, Pi-hole, Plex, Reolink, Ring, Roborock, Roku, Samsung TVs, Sense, Sensiba, Shelly, SmartThings, SolarEdge, Sonarr, Sonos, Sony Bravia, Spotify, Steam, SwitchBot, Synology, Tado, Tasmota, Tesla Wall, Thread, Tile, TP-Link Smart Home, Tuya, UniFi, UPnP, Verisure, Vizio, Wallbox, WebRTC, WiZ, WLED, Xbox, Xiaomi BLE, Yale, Yeelight, YoLink, Z-Wave, Zigbe

About

HOMYHUB

Transform your garage into a smart space. Control, monitor, and manage access to your garage door from anywhere using your smartphone. It offers easy installation and integrates with various smart home devices and voice assistants.

Highlights
  • Remote garage door control
  • Real-time access monitoring
  • Unlimited user access sharing
  • Easy installation
  • Smart home integration
  • Military-grade encryption
Features
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The garage is no longer a place only for your car, boxes or your bikes. The possibilities are endless and HOMYHUB makes it possible for you. Now with HOMYHUB open your garage from your phone. ANYWHERE & ANYTIME. Our simple to install smart devices will turn your garage opener into a smart one. Enabling you to CONTROL, MONITOR and MANAGE ACCESS though your smartphone. Features : - Get HOMYHUB working in just a few minutes, regardless of how tech savvy you are. - Fits onto any automated garage opener, whether a gate, barrier, shutter or garage door. - Unlimited users can use the app for a single garage. - Share timely or permanent access to your garage from anywhere and anytime. - Monitor by whom and when your garage has been opened or closed in REAL TIME. - Monitor if the garage door is open or close in REAL TIME. - Works simultaneously with traditional garage remotes, keys or fobs. - Integrates with Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Tapo cameras, CarPlay, Tesla, Ford, Apple Watch and more! - Open opportunity to new generation services. - HOMYHUB uses military grade encryption to keep your garage safe. With HOMYHUB unlock the full potential of your garage and make it a smarter place in your life. Learn more at homyhub.com

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
HOMYHUB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HOMYHUB at 85% against Home Assistant's 54%. HOMYHUB also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Home Assistant's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 3). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HOMYHUB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Home Assistant's written reviews are positive against 85% of HOMYHUB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, HOMYHUB every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Home Assistant versus HOMYHUB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantHOMYHUB
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.1K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.1% of reviews84.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.1K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB96 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncHomyHub LTD

Customer experience

Home Assistant

All ratings4,037 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews516 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral8.9%
Negative37.0%

HOMYHUB

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.4%

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

HOMYHUB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HOMYHUB free?
HOMYHUB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or HOMYHUB?
HOMYHUB is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while HOMYHUB averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or HOMYHUB have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor HOMYHUB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or HOMYHUB?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and HOMYHUB every 3 weeks. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on November 6, 2026 and HOMYHUB on November 2, 2026.

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