Homebridge for RaspberryPi vs SimplePi for Raspberry Pi

Finally it's here and the only one in the entire AppStore - Homebridge App! With Homebridge you can easily and cheap turn your entire home into a futuristic smart home. Everything is controlled by you and your iPhone while Homerbidge works as a bridge between Apple's HomeKit on your iPhone / iPad and your devices like your TV, light, game console, jalousies, and and and. All you need is a tiny and cheap PC called "RaspberryPi" - But don't worry this App will support you with supported projects and a bunch of software, which will be installed by this App, so you will be guided and don't need any deep PC-nerd-experinces. With the great Homebridge-App you'll have fun to: • Setup your brand new RaspberryPi (1, 2, 3, 3+ and Zero) with our preconfigured version of the open source installer "NOOBS". • Install and setup all relevant software on your RaspberryPi with just a single tap on the App • Automatically configure your RaspberryPi's WiFi, etc. • Install amazing Plug-Ins for Homebridge from our tiny Plug-In store • Coming soon: Follow awesome Homebridge-Projects, supported with shopping-lists and 1-click-installations and setup Control. Your. Pi. • Reboot your Pi • Restart Homebridge • Update all required software components (OS, Node, NPM, Homebridge, Plugins, etc.) • Easily manage your Wifi-networks • View all Homebridge-PlugIns (NPM) at a glance • View all Homebridge error- and system-logs. • Debug-Mode: Homebridge is not working, also after using our famous Auto-Repair function? Run Homebridge in the debugger to quickly determine, where the problem is. • Networkscanner to easily find and identify your devices • Create backups of your settings and configurations • Fallback: Enjoy a build in SSH-Terminal, if you like. Easy Setup plugins First of all, you can add every NPM plugin you like using the Homebridge App and a graphical and easy to use generic interface. However we've prepared a nice and shiny specialized interface for the most popular and important plugins including: • Fritz! • WeMo • Wake on LAN • Domoticz • HarmonyHub • HomeAssistant • HomeMatic • Hue • LiFx • People (Wifi device trigger) • Relay • Remote Outlet • Sonos • Synology • Telldus • Tradfri Let's get nerdy: Each member of our developer team loves the RaspberryPi with all varieties. But sometimes it's very exhausting and frustrating to set up the whole software and keep track everything is running, so we build this amazing App! What we do for you: • setup your brand new RaspberryPi or connect to your existing one • setup Homebridge incl. service, configuration and all kind of plugins available with NPM • manage your SystemCtl or init.d service • edit your config.json graphically just from the App without any terminal, etc., also for not supported plugins and platforms • keep track of your Pi, the homebridge-service, homebridge-pin, homebridge-logs, etc. so everything is just working and can be restarted / repaired if necessary coming soon: connect your Pi to the HomeKit Homebridge on a Mac There are already users, which are using this App with a Homebridge server running on a Mac. However we strongly recommend using the App with a RaspberryPi (1, 2, 3, Zero) and do not support servers, running on other machines including the Mac. We need your help! Did you see awesome Homebridge-Pi projects or Homebride-plug-ins, we should implement in our App for easy setup? Just text us to: support@nvw-dev.com

SimplePi is the Swiss army knife utility app for monitoring, controlling, and managing your Raspberry Pi using your iPhone and iPad. MONITOR ACTIVITY See what is going on with your Raspberry Pi. CPU, Memory, Temperature, Disk Usage, and Clock activity are shown in beautiful and easily understandable graphs. CONTROL Run commands on your Pi with a single tap. Want to have your own commands? No problem. SimplePi lets you add as many commands as you wish. Additionally, you can manage your commands in groups. TERMINAL SHELL Access your Pi from a shell terminal with colored output and hardware keyboard support. The on-screen keyboard comes with fast access to commonly used special keys like ctrl and arrow keys. WIDGETS Monitor your Pi and run commands right from the Home Screen with various widgets. VIEW COMMAND RESULTS View and export command results and logs automatically. The results history allows you to view the results of previous commands. DETAILED STATS Detailed Stats for CPU and Memory give you an insight on which processes are running, how much memory is active, and much more. FILE BROWSER Browse Files and Folders in a file browser-like experience. View and export files of various formats. MANAGE MULTIPLE PI SimplePi can manage multiple Raspberry Pi. Configure each Raspberry Pi and connect to them simultaneously. KEY AUTHENTICATION Public Key authentication gives you the flexibility to authenticate in your preferred way. Key files can be imported via iTunes or from other apps. ICLOUD SYNC Sync Commands, Hosts, Keys over iCloud APP LOCK Lock the app using FaceID, TouchID, or a custom passcode HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Run commands directly from your Home Screen on iOS 14 Siri Shortcuts Integrate commands into automated worflows using the Shortcuts app (requires iOS14 or later) NOTE: SSH needs to be enabled on your Raspberry Pi for SimplePi to work correctly. SimplePi has been tested with the latest releases of * Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) * Raspbmc * OpenElec * Xbian * Pidora * Arch Linux SimplePi works on all Raspberry Pi models. NOTE (only for Xbian users): Automatic start of xbian-config needs to be disabled. You can do this when connecting via SSH and selecting Config > Settings > Xbian Config > NO. There are many different configurations out there. If you encounter problems with one of the distributions above or want to have your distribution support, please contact us.