Comparison

Home Assistant vs Clepsydris

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

Clepsydris

Track board game sessions, time turns, and analyze your gaming habits with detailed statistics and achievements. Sync across devices, integrate with BoardGameGeek, and share results. Offers multiple scoring modes and timers.

Highlights
  • Log game sessions with scores and player times
  • Advanced turn and game timers
  • Multidevice sync via QR code
  • Six scoring modes
  • Detailed statistics and charts
  • Badges and achievements
  • BoardGameGeek integration
Features
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Clepsydris is the ultimate companion for board game enthusiasts. Track every play, time every turn, and uncover deep insights about your gaming habits. All wrapped in a beautiful, ad-free interface. **Track Every Detail of Every Play** Log your board game sessions with scores, player times, locations, expansions, team compositions, roles, notes, and photos. Whether it's a quick filler or an all-day marathon, Clepsydris captures it all. **Powerful Game Timers** Turn your phone into a chess clock for board games. Track total game time, per-player time, and per-round time. Advanced bank time modes include Fischer increment, Bronstein delay, cumulative rollover, and per-turn budgets. Perfect for timed tournaments or friendly competition. **Multidevice Sync** Start a game on one device and let other players join by scanning a QR code. Everyone's timers stay synced in real time. **Play With Friends** Add friends by scanning a QR code and link them to your local players. Get a heads-up when a friend starts a game with you and jump in with live shared timers. When a friend finishes a game with you, their play is pulled into your own history automatically. **Six Scoring Modes** Highest score, lowest score, manual ranking, cooperative, solo, and no-score. With optional tiebreakers. Fits virtually any game. **Beautiful Statistics** Dive into rich, filterable charts and stats across every dimension: by game, player, location, date range, and player count. See win rates, score timelines, points-per-minute efficiency, position distributions, H-index, personal records, and more. **Variant Stats** Break down games by variant — deck, faction, clan, or role — based on the player details set in each play. See win rates, matchups, and who plays each variant. **Badges & Achievements** Earn badges for being the fastest player, the most efficient scorer, setting personal bests, and more. Build your collection over time and compare with friends. **BoardGameGeek Integration** Connect your BGG account to import your full play history and collection. New plays are automatically synced back to BGG. **Share Your Results** Generate beautiful shareable screenshots of your play results, or share plays directly with other Clepsydris users via QR code. **Cloud Backup & Photos** Back up your entire database to the cloud. Take photos during gameplay and store them securely. Restore on any device. More Features You'll Love - Dark and light themes - Tablet-optimized layout - Track rules explanation and setup time separately - Quick-add mode for logging past plays without timers - Rematch button to instantly replay with the same group - Dashboard timeline with daily, weekly, and monthly views - Player management with avatars, colors, and merging - Cleanup tool to merge different spellings of player details or fix a typo across all plays in one tap - Location tracking with custom icons - 9 languages supported - Completely ad-free Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
Clepsydris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home Assistant at none against Clepsydris's 5. Home Assistant also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 20) and device support (4 vs 2). Clepsydris's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 54%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Clepsydris sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Home Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Clepsydris. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Home Assistant's written reviews are positive against 80% of Clepsydris's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, Clepsydris fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Home Assistant versus Clepsydris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantClepsydris
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings) — better4.7 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncMaciej Brazewicz-Dosiolko

Customer experience

Home Assistant

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

Clepsydris

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Clepsydris

Subscriptions4
  • Into the clouds - photos$0.491 Month
  • Into the Clouds$0.993 Months
  • Clepsydris Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • Clepsydris Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Stats$2.99

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clepsydris free?
Clepsydris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or Clepsydris?
Home Assistant is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Clepsydris averages 4.7 from 20 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or Clepsydris have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor Clepsydris shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or Clepsydris?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and Clepsydris fortnightly. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on October 26, 2026 and Clepsydris on October 14, 2026.

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