Comparison

At Home vs HomeWatch

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

Head to head
About

At Home

Unify control of your smart home devices from lights and thermostats to blinds and sensors. This app offers seamless integration with HomeKit, Adax WiFi, and Tibber, providing a clean overview and effortless management of your connected home.

Highlights
  • Unified smart home device control
  • HomeKit, Adax WiFi, Tibber integration
  • Device and sensor group management
  • Customizable timers and schedules
  • Siri Shortcuts support
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Geo-fencing support
Features
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Control your smart home – all in one app The first app to support the Telldus Live! service on Apple Watch and Apple TV – now expanded with HomeKit, Adax WiFi and Tibber integration. With At Home, you get a clean, unified overview of all your devices and sensors. Control lights, dimmers, thermostats, blinds and more – quickly and effortlessly. Key features • Expanded support for HomeKit and Adax WiFi devices • Easy control of devices, dimmers and color lights • Full support for thermostats, blinds and projector screens • Sensor history with comparison between similar sensors • Siri Shortcuts support • Favorites for quick access to your most-used devices • Timers – schedule devices by date and time (multiple timers supported) • Enable/disable Telldus Live! events and schedules • Create and control device and sensor groups • Smart dimming – remembers last brightness level • Rename devices and sync with Telldus Live! • iCloud sync for automatic login across devices (including Apple TV) • Apple Watch complications with fast access to selected sensors • Geo-fencing support on iPhone and iPad • And much more HomeKit support • Works with Philips Hue and IKEA Trådfri lights and accessories • Control color and color temperature from your iPhone • Supports HomeKit cameras, switches and sensors • Apple Watch and Apple TV support for basic control and presets • Seamless integration with Homebridge (no duplicate devices) • Shared homes via iCloud are supported • Scenes (“Moods”) available across all devices • Wide range of supported sensor types Tibber support • Live power consumption via Tibber Pulse • View electricity price for the next 48 hours • Show consumption history Adax support • Control Adax WiFi panel heaters directly in the app Requirements At Home uses the Telldus Live! service. To use Telldus features, you need: • A Telldus Live! account • Compatible Telldus hardware • Devices added to your Telldus Live! account Visit www.telldus.com for more information. HomeKit support is optional – the app can be used without a Telldus account.

About

HomeWatch

Monitor and control your HomeKit devices with a glanceable status display. This app offers customizable views for rooms, scenes, and individual devices across Apple platforms, including widgets and menu bar items.

Highlights
  • Glanceable room status with color-coded indicators
  • Control scenes and devices within rooms
  • View camera feeds, weather, and website content
  • Customizable home and lock-screen widgets
  • Menu bar items for Mac with real-time updates
  • Extensive interface customization options
Features
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I made an app for my Apple Watch to see a glanceable status of our home and to control our HomeKit devices. It worked so well on the watch, that I expanded it to a dashboard app for all our Apple devices. I have now added a configuration interface to make it compatible with any HomeKit enabled home setup. I hope some of you will find it useful. HOME VIEW The circle / grid with icons on the home view shows a color coded status of the rooms of the home: red when a door is open, yellow when a window is open, orange when the heating is on, cyan when lights are on and green when nothing is on. On the iPhone, iPad, tvOS and Mac the app also shows the time, date, cameras, feeds, events, reminders, a website and weather information. When there is rain, it will show a rain graph. ROOM VIEWS When a room is selected, the circle layout will show the scenes you can control in that room. The grid layout also shows the devices that can be controlled in that room. Additionally the room view has an information section. To the right it can show any characteristics from your devices. Below is a detail view that can show a camera view, a website, a temperature, humidity and climate history graphs. WIDGETS Fully customisable lock-screen and home-screen widgets. Tap / Clicking a widget item to go directly to a room view, execute a scene or launch any url-scheme. Customisable complications on the Watch can have actions to go directly to a room view and execute any scene. MENU BAR ITEMS On the Mac any HomeKit characteristic can be added to the menu bar and is kept up to date. CUSTOMISATION The interface can be fully customised. The user can add their own background images and icons from the photo library. Customise gradient overlays, icons, fonts, colours and more. Make it your own…

Screenshots

At Home4 screens
HomeWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HomeWatch at Free against At Home's $5.99. HomeWatch also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

HomeWatch is free to download; At Home costs $5.99 up front. At Home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HomeWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomeWatch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of At Home's written reviews are positive against 60% of HomeWatch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

At Home ships an update monthly, HomeWatch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
At Home versus HomeWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAt HomeHomeWatch
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB61 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMagne RoaldPeter Vogels

Customer experience

At Home

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

HomeWatch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

At Home

One-time1
  • Automations and Weather$1.99
None

HomeWatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is At Home free?
At Home costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is HomeWatch free?
HomeWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, At Home or HomeWatch?
HomeWatch is rated higher. At Home averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while HomeWatch averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do At Home or HomeWatch have ads?
Neither At Home nor HomeWatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, At Home or HomeWatch?
At Home ships an update monthly, and HomeWatch every 2 months. Most recently, At Home was updated on November 9, 2026 and HomeWatch on November 3, 2026.

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