Comparison

AmpliFi WiFi vs Controller for HomeKit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AmpliFi WiFi

Easily manage your AmpliFi Wi-Fi network and devices. Monitor network speed, create guest networks, and control screen time for connected devices.

Highlights
  • Connect and manage AmpliFi Wi-Fi devices
  • Monitor network diagnostics
  • View connected devices summary
  • Track upload/download activity
  • Create guest networks
  • Control screen time
Features
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The AmpliFi app simplifies the process of connecting and managing all of your Amplifi Wi-Fi devices, including: Alien, HD, Gamer’s Edition, Instant, and Meshpoint products. The AmpliFi app offers the simplest way to add, monitor, configure, and upgrade your network. You’ll be able to: - View key diagnostic information, like a connected devices summary, upload/download activity, your IP address, and real-time network speed data. - Create an in-home guest network for visiting family and friends, or give them remote access to your local network via the AmpliFi Teleport VPN app. - Control your family’s screen time with the ability to pause connected devices. Please visit help.amplifi.com for more information about AmpliFi Wi-Fi products, or for troubleshooting recommendations from the Ubiquiti support team and user community.

About

Controller for HomeKit

Enhance your smart home experience with advanced control and automation. Visualize your home with floor plans, track device performance with charts, and create complex automations tailored to your needs. Organize devices, store setup codes, and monitor your entire smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Floor plan visualization with LiDAR
  • Device performance charts
  • Complex automations and workflows
  • Custom notifications
  • Smart folders and filters
  • Setup code storage
  • Device maintenance and logs
Features
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS A week in your own home tells you more than any screenshot. Choose a yearly subscription to Controller Essentials or Controller Plus: the first 7 days are free, so you can see what Controller gets out of your devices. Rather pay once? Controller Lifetime gives you everything in Controller Plus, forever, with no subscription. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AmpliFi WiFi4 screens
Controller for HomeKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AmpliFi WiFi at 4.7 against Controller for HomeKit's 4.1. AmpliFi WiFi also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (53% vs 28%). Controller for HomeKit's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Controller for HomeKit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. AmpliFi WiFi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AmpliFi WiFi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.3K and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of AmpliFi WiFi's written reviews are positive against 28% of Controller for HomeKit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AmpliFi WiFi ships an update fortnightly, Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AmpliFi WiFi versus Controller for HomeKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmpliFi WiFiController for HomeKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.3K ratings) — better4.1 (2.8K ratings)
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews — better28.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6.3K — better2.8K
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB219 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUbiquiti Inc.acasa Software GmbH

Customer experience

AmpliFi WiFi

All ratings6,269 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral11.2%
Negative36.0%

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,765 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews486 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral9.7%
Negative61.9%

User reviews

AmpliFi WiFi

From 6.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Reliable and fast
  • 👍 Easy to use app
  • 🔒 Secure and stable
  • 💡 Useful features like VPN and teleport
  • 🚀 Excellent coverage and performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App connectivity issues after updates
  • 🔍 Lacking advanced features and customization
  • 👤 Remote access and account management problems
  • 🔍 Unintuitive app UI and navigation

Controller for HomeKit

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful automation features
  • 📚 Helpful backup and restore functionality
  • 🔍 Detailed logging and troubleshooting
  • 🧠 Advanced HomeKit control and customization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crash-prone
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤖 Poor customer support
  • 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive UI

Bugs and requests

AmpliFi WiFi

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes and connection timeouts
  • Device management and pairing issues
  • Unreliable firmware updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Per-device bandwidth monitoring
  • Improved mesh network management
  • iPad-native app experience
  • Advanced settings and diagnostics

Controller for HomeKit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Backup and restore issues
  • Disappearing automations and accessories
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
  • Slow performance and unresponsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved documentation and tutorials
  • Better integration with Apple Home app
  • Support for more HomeKit device types
  • Ability to customize automation triggers

In-app purchases

None

AmpliFi WiFi

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions6
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
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  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon3 Months trial$39.991 Year
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99

Questions

Is AmpliFi WiFi free?
AmpliFi WiFi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AmpliFi WiFi or Controller for HomeKit?
AmpliFi WiFi is rated higher. AmpliFi WiFi averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 from 2.8K ratings.
Do AmpliFi WiFi or Controller for HomeKit have ads?
Neither AmpliFi WiFi nor Controller for HomeKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AmpliFi WiFi or Controller for HomeKit?
AmpliFi WiFi ships an update fortnightly, and Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. Most recently, AmpliFi WiFi was updated on October 31, 2026 and Controller for HomeKit on October 29, 2026.

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