Home Assistant vs Kamia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Kamia
This AI-powered security camera app allows remote monitoring and control of your smart camera. It captures spontaneous moments using hand gestures or post-event requests, perfect for lifelogging with kids or pets. Voice commands via Alexa and Google Assistant offer seamless integration.
- AI-powered smart security camera
- Hand gesture event saving
- Remote monitoring and control
- Pan/Tilt panoramic view
- Fun Mode for lifelogging
- Voice command integration (Alexa, Google Assistant)
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Kamia DejavuCam PT is the world’s first ever AI-powered smart security camera with capability to hand gesture on saving the spontaneous event that just happened. Kamia lets you add, configure and monitor your Kamia DejavuCam PT so you can keep an eye on your home from anywhere. You can easily Pan/Tilt the camera through the panoramic view control. When camera is set to work in Fun Mode, it becomes an excellent and reliable tool for lifelogging, especially for those with kids or pets. Clips of spontaneous moments are saved at users’ post-event requests in Kamia app or via gestures, eliminating the need to record these instances 24/7. Live in every moment and relive your favorite memories, even the unexpected ones. Kamia also works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant so you can switch the work modes, slice video clips in Fun Mode, or view live streams with simple voice commands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Home Assistant at 4K against Kamia's 3. Home Assistant also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Kamia's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kamia 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Home Assistant's written reviews are positive against 33% of Kamia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, Kamia monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Assistant | Kamia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nabu Casa, Inc | Shenzhen Zhenyi Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Home Assistant
Kamia
In-app purchases
Home Assistant
No in-app purchases
Kamia
No in-app purchases









