Comparison

Home Assistant vs TV Remote Controller

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

TV Remote Controller

Control your LG Smart TV with your phone. This app offers a touch pad, navigation, voice control, and media playback for webOS and Netcast models. Easily switch inputs, launch apps, and even turn your TV on and off.

Highlights
  • webOS and Netcast TV support
  • Touch, navigation, and number pads
  • Mouse control
  • Voice control
  • Media playback
  • App launching
  • Wake on LAN
Features
Currently charting
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=== THIS APP WORKS ONLY WITH WEBOS LG TVS === The best app for control your LG TV! LG TV Remote will control your big TV screen! Broaden your Smart TV experience with the LG TV Remote app. The remote control function enables you to operate the LG webOS and netcast TVs. Features: - Netcast and WebOS are supported - Three powerful pads: touch, navigation, numbers - Control mouse - Full VoiceControl support - Basic navigation like back, exit, ok - Mute and volume change (also by pressing on physical buttons of iPhone) - Media control: play/pause - Remote keyboard - Switch between tv inputs - 6 nice color themes (including 2 dark themes) - Search in google and kino.pub services - List apps and launch - Turn tv off - WOL(wake on lan) - Very quick reconnect - Clear and light design with few color themes - Auto pause when you answer to call (This feature unavailable in China region) - Extension for quick opening urls If you have any idea how to improve this app. Please contact me and I will try to add this functionality ;-) This app supports only LG webOS Smart TV released on and after 2014 and LG Netcast Smart TV released on and after 2012. You can use LG TV Remote after pairing your TV and mobile device on the same Wi-Fi network.

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
TV Remote Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Home Assistant at Free against TV Remote Controller's $0.99. Home Assistant also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). TV Remote Controller's advantage is chart position (#103 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Home Assistant is free to download; TV Remote Controller costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Home Assistant against 4.7 for TV Remote Controller. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.9K and 2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Home Assistant's written reviews are positive against 57% of TV Remote Controller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, TV Remote Controller every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Home Assistant versus TV Remote Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantTV Remote Controller
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (3.9K ratings)4.7 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews57.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better2K
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#103 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncAlexey Siginur

Customer experience

Home Assistant

All ratings3,861 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews498 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral8.6%
Negative37.6%

TV Remote Controller

All ratings2,030 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive57.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative37.8%

Bugs and requests

Home Assistant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

TV Remote Controller

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App gets stuck during connection attempts
  • Unexpected app crashes
  • Fails to detect LG TV on some networks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add keyboard support
  • Implement TV power on/off functionality
  • Improve cursor/pointer responsiveness
  • Add channel list feature

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

TV Remote Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TV Remote Controller free?
TV Remote Controller costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or TV Remote Controller?
Home Assistant and TV Remote Controller are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.9K and 2K ratings respectively.
Do Home Assistant or TV Remote Controller have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor TV Remote Controller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or TV Remote Controller?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and TV Remote Controller every 5 weeks. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on September 23, 2026 and TV Remote Controller on September 22, 2026.

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