Home Assistant vs PetRecs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Assistant
Control your smart home devices from anywhere with this open-source solution. Automate routines, monitor your home's status, and integrate thousands of devices for enhanced privacy and sustainability.
- Control thousands of smart devices
- Automate home routines
- Discover and configure new devices
- Securely share location for automation
- Receive home status notifications
- Build custom widgets
- Integrate with voice assistants
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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
PetRecs
Manage all your pet's health and care information in one app. Track vaccinations, medications, vet visits, weight, and create a photo journal. Receive timely reminders for treatments and store all important medical records.
- Health and care tracking
- Vaccination and medication reminders
- Medical record storage
- Weight logging and charting
- Photo journal
- Daily notes and audio memos
- Supports any pet type
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PetRecs is the complete health and care companion for your pets — whether you have one dog or a whole menagerie. Keep everything in one place: vaccination records, medications, vet visit notes, weight history, and photos. Never miss a heartworm pill or a rabies booster again. TREATMENTS & REMINDERS Track recurring and one-time treatments with flexible intervals — daily, monthly, quarterly, annual, or any custom schedule. Attach prescription instructions and images directly to each treatment. Get notified when the next dose is due. MEDICAL RECORDS Store vet visit summaries, lab results, and other records with multiple document attachments per record — scan paper documents with your camera, import photos, or attach PDFs. WEIGHT LOG Chart your pet's weight over time with notes at each entry. PHOTO JOURNAL Build a photo album for each pet, with captions and dates. DAILY LOG Keep a running journal of notes, observations, and audio memos for each pet. WORKS FOR ANY PET Dogs, cats, rabbits, birds — PetLog works for any animal. Each pet has their own complete profile with breed, age, sex, microchip ID, and color. Your data stays on your device and syncs privately across all your Apple devices via iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home Assistant at none against PetRecs's 1. Home Assistant also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). PetRecs's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. PetRecs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Home Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.
PetRecs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, PetRecs every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Assistant | PetRecs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.1K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Nabu Casa, Inc | Jim Ramsey |
Customer experience
Home Assistant
PetRecs
In-app purchases
Home Assistant
No in-app purchases
PetRecs
- Share Pet Records$2.99









