Comparison

Home Assistant vs Cubinote

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

Cubinote

This app allows business professionals to print ideas, pictures, drawings, and text directly from their phone. It facilitates easy sharing and printing within an office network, ideal for professional labels, study notes, or teaching materials.

Highlights
  • Print ideas, pictures, drawings, and text from phone
  • Share content within office Wi-Fi network
  • Print from any location globally
  • Create professional labels and bookmarks
  • Ideal for study notes and teaching materials
Features
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Cubinote is ideal for business professionals who wish to take collaboration and communication to the next level by printing ideas, pictures, drawings and text directly from their phone. You can share Cubinote in your office so that anyone on your Wi-Fi and wireless network can print from any location in the world. Great for professional labels, study notes, bookmarks or teaching ideas. Send study notes or homework guides home with your students, without a photocopier!

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
Cubinote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Home Assistant at 54% against Cubinote's 0%. Home Assistant also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (4K vs 13). Cubinote's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Home Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4K ratings behind it against 13, 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 0% of Cubinote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, Cubinote every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Home Assistant versus Cubinote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantCubinote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings) — better1.5 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews54.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.410.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB31 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncKnectek Labs Inc.

Customer experience

Home Assistant

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

Cubinote

All ratings13 ratings
Positive7.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

Cubinote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cubinote free?
Cubinote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or Cubinote?
Home Assistant is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Cubinote averages 1.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or Cubinote have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor Cubinote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or Cubinote?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and Cubinote every 6 weeks. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on November 2, 2026 and Cubinote on November 2, 2026.

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