Comparison

Home Assistant vs Hubitat

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 entire smart home from one app, locally and privately. Automate devices, receive notifications, and manage your home's data securely. Integrates with thousands of smart devices and open standards.

Highlights
  • Control entire home from one app
  • Discover and configure new devices
  • Automate device actions
  • Local data privacy
  • Connect to open standards (Z-Wave, Zigbee, Matter)
  • Remote access via Home Assistant Cloud
  • Location-based automation
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

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.

Highlights
  • Access Dashboards
  • Monitor and control devices
  • Arm/disarm Safety Monitor
  • Change Modes
  • Define Geofence for Presence
  • Receive Push Notifications
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
Hubitat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Home Assistant at 4.7 against Hubitat's 2.8. Home Assistant also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Hubitat's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 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 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4K ratings behind it against 168, 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 28% of Hubitat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, Hubitat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Home Assistant versus Hubitat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantHubitat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings) — better2.8 (168 ratings)
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews — better28.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better168
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.412.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncHubitat, Inc.

Customer experience

Home Assistant

All ratings4,010 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews514 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative37.2%

Hubitat

All ratings163 ratings
Positive40.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative49.1%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral11.8%
Negative60.2%

Bugs and requests

Home Assistant

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

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

Hubitat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hubitat free?
Hubitat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or Hubitat?
Home Assistant is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Hubitat averages 2.8 from 168 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or Hubitat have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor Hubitat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or Hubitat?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and Hubitat every 2 months. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hubitat on October 22, 2026.

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