Comparison

Home Assistant vs IKAPE cafe

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

IKAPE cafe

Features
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1、Precision Weighing High-Precision Sensor: The Ikape digital scale employs advanced high-precision pressure sensor technology, with an error margin tightly controlled to ensure accuracy within an exceptionally narrow range, precise to 0.1g, making data more accurate and coffee brewing extraction more scientific. Real-time Bluetooth Connectivity 2、Seamless Synchronization: The APP seamlessly connects via Bluetooth technology to the Ikape scale, establishing a stable, low-latency wireless connection. It receives and displays weight data from the scale in real-time, eliminating the need for manual input, thus enhancing user convenience and efficiency. 3、Flow Rate Tracking Function The Ikape scale's APP features a dynamic flow rate monitoring capability, which records changes in water volume and pouring speed during the extraction process, presenting flow rate fluctuations through visual charts. This function aids users in precisely adjusting their brewing techniques to ensure consistency in brewing. Brewing Record Keeping 4、Automatic Logging Each time the digital scale is used for brewing, the APP automatically records pertinent data such as weight and flow rate, generating a detailed brewing log. Users can access historical records at any time, compare brewing parameters between different batches, and analyze factors affecting taste, thereby facilitating the refinement of their brewing skills. 5、Customizable Tags Users have the ability to add custom tags (e.g., coffee bean variety, roast level, grind setting, etc.) to each record, allowing for organized categorization and easier tracking of brewing variables.

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
IKAPE cafe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Home Assistant at 4 against IKAPE cafe's 2. IKAPE cafe's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, IKAPE cafe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Home Assistant versus IKAPE cafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantIKAPE cafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB25 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncShenzhen Langyi trading Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

IKAPE cafe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IKAPE cafe free?
IKAPE cafe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home Assistant or IKAPE cafe have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor IKAPE cafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or IKAPE cafe?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and IKAPE cafe fortnightly. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on October 26, 2026 and IKAPE cafe on October 25, 2026.

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