Home Assistant vs ParivarWall
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
ParivarWall
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ParivarWall is one shared space for everything a family has to keep track of. See who's home and who's on their way, plan the week together, split the chores, and know your kids arrived safely — without handing your family's life to an advertising company. Features: • Family Wall — see everyone's status at a glance, and set a status for anyone in the household • Shared Calendar — events with reminders, recurrence, attendees, comments and reactions • Shopping Lists — everyone adds, anyone ticks off, updates land in seconds • To-dos & Chores — assign tasks and set them to repeat • Rewards — give chores a points value and approve reward requests • Food Calendar — plan the week's meals from your own recipes • Family Tree — parents, partners and children, with per-member permissions • Schedules — recurring routines like school runs and bedtimes • Location for kids, with safe zones — only a child's device shares a position, and adults are told when they arrive at or leave a place you've set up ParivarWall Pro Location sharing for children is part of ParivarWall Pro, an optional monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription with a three-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. One subscription covers everyone in the household. Everything else remains free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Private by design No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your household syncs through our backend hosted in the European Union and protected so only members of your household can read its data. Delete Account erases your account from our servers, not just from your phone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://parivarwall.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home Assistant at none against ParivarWall's 2. Home Assistant also leads on device support (4 vs 1). ParivarWall's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads 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. ParivarWall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Home Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, ParivarWall every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Assistant | ParivarWall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nabu Casa, Inc | Vimlesh Pandey |
In-app purchases
Home Assistant
No in-app purchases
ParivarWall
- ParivarWall Pro — Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- ParivarWall Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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