Comparison

Home Assistant vs EVSEMaster

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

EVSEMaster

Manage your smart charging piles with this app. Monitor status, control charging, view records, and perform wireless upgrades via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Monitor charging pile status
  • Control charging start/stop
  • Configure charging modes
  • View and statistics charging records
  • Wireless firmware upgrades
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
Features
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EVSE Master APP is an app for smart charging piles. The APP is connected to the charging pile through Bluetooth or WIFI for data interaction. Its main functions are to monitor the status of charging piles, control the start and stop of charging piles for charging, charge mode and other functions, check and statistics charging records, firmware wireless upgrade and other functions. This APP communicates data through Bluetooth or WIFI LAN of mobile phone. The communication mode is connected through Bluetooth channel for the first time. After setting the parameters of WIFI communication, it communicates with WIFI channel. When both kinds of communication are effective, APP automatically switches to WIFI first. EVSE Master APP是一款智能充电桩用的手机APP。 该APP通过手机蓝牙或者WIFI与充电桩相连,进行数据交互。 其主要功能是监控充电桩状态、控制充电桩启停进行充电、进行充电方式等功能设置、查看及统计充电记录、固件无线升级等功能。 该APP是通过手机蓝牙或者WIFI局域网进行数据通信的,通信方式以首次连接通过蓝牙通道,之后设置WIFI通信参数后,进行WIFI通道通信,当两种通信都有效时,APP自动切换为WIFI优先。

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
EVSEMaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Home Assistant at 54% against EVSEMaster's 23%. Home Assistant also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). EVSEMaster's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13 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

EVSEMaster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Home Assistant's written reviews are positive against 23% of EVSEMaster's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, EVSEMaster every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Home Assistant versus EVSEMaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantEVSEMaster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews — better22.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413 — better
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncNanjing Shenqi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Home Assistant

All ratings3,967 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews509 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative37.1%

EVSEMaster

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral22.6%
Negative54.8%

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

EVSEMaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EVSEMaster free?
EVSEMaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or EVSEMaster?
EVSEMaster is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while EVSEMaster averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or EVSEMaster have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor EVSEMaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or EVSEMaster?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and EVSEMaster every 5 weeks. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on October 12, 2026 and EVSEMaster on October 11, 2026.

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