Comparison

Home Assistant vs On Pro

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

On Pro

Control your home's smart devices remotely for a more convenient and comfortable life. Manage lighting, security, appliances, and environmental systems with intuitive controls. Create custom scenes and automations for a personalized smart living experience.

Highlights
  • Intelligent device control
  • Smart scene creation
  • Automation logic
  • Personalized settings
  • Member management
  • Room and function classification
Features
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Want to realize that when you leave home, everything at home is still under your control? While busy with work, do you want to know when the child is home? Want to know if the old man is still turning on the light waiting for you to go home? Want to make your home full of wisdom? Come and experience the on Pro smart family and create a smart, healthy, convenient and comfortable life experience for everyone. On Pro smart home is an app based on HDL link technology to develop and produce smart home devices in the whole house, which can intelligently control all devices in your home. On Pro covers a variety of smart system home experiences, such as smart lighting system, smart health environment system, smart security system, smart home appliance control system, and takes full care of every member of the family. In addition, it also has fast operation pages, simple operation methods and life experience suitable for all ages. Smart life, master it with one hand! On Pro smart home · make your life better ——Function introduction—— Intelligent device control Easily master the addition and operation of multiple devices, and the interaction logic of on Pro is clear. Whether through room classification or function classification, you can quickly touch the devices you want to control. Intelligent scene According to the needs of the scene, set a variety of scenes and create a variety of atmosphere. Automation logic Automation makes your furniture have the ability to automatically judge and run tasks, and the space has a sense of science and technology. Personalization Realize more personalized settings such as residential management, floor selection, security status, random switching day / night mode, etc. Member management Share the control of space and equipment with your family and friends and feel the smart and comfortable experience together.

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
On Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Home Assistant at 4K against On Pro's 2. Home Assistant also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On Pro's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

On Pro 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, On Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Home Assistant versus On Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantOn Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.412.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB247 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncHDL Automation Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Home Assistant

All ratings3,967 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews510 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral8.6%
Negative37.3%

On Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

On Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is On Pro free?
On Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or On Pro?
On Pro is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while On Pro averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or On Pro have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor On Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or On Pro?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and On Pro every 2 weeks. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on October 20, 2026 and On Pro on October 11, 2026.

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