Triangle vs HomeBar for HomeKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Triangle
Effortlessly manage your HomeKit lighting with an intuitive, visual interface. Control individual bulbs, entire rooms, or custom groups with instant adjustments and scene saving. An undo button ensures creative freedom.
- Visual light control with triangles
- Instant Groups for custom lighting control
- Scene creation and saving
- Undo functionality for lighting changes
- Eyes-Free Color Picker
- Home and accessory management
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Control your HomeKit lighting with ease. Triangle presents your home in refreshing clarity. Lightbulbs and rooms are shown as brilliant triangles that you swipe and tap to create immersive lightscapes. Adjust a single bulb, your entire home, or anything in-between. Instant Groups let you control what you want, fast. So go ahead and play around — there's an Undo button if things get ugly! HomeKit Support • Supports HomeKit enabled lightbulbs, such as Philips Hue Instant Groups* • Control any combination of lightbulbs or rooms together • Control your entire home at once • Exclude a room or lightbulb by tapping its name Scenes • Effortlessly save your lighting as a scene you can set later • Scenes are beautifully presented in color so you can locate them quickly • Scenes are available to all other HomeKit apps • Scene names are also understood by Siri Undo • Reverse changes to brightness, color, and on/off state of lightbulbs 3D Touch** • Press firmly on a room triangle to peek in and see each lightbulb; press harder to pop fully into the room Eyes-Free Color Picker • Keep your focus on the lights, not the app • In the color picker, swipe below the triangle to easily change colors without looking • Color-temperature mode helps you set colors from a more conventional white light spectrum Home & Accessory Management for HomeKit • Create homes and rooms • Pair new accessories and assign them to rooms • Quickly switch between multiple homes • Manage home sharing invites — allow others to control your home’s accessories *Patent-pending, 2018 **Requires an iPhone with 3D Touch functionality. Music in app preview by dross: https://drosstapes.bandcamp.com
HomeBar for HomeKit
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HomeBar is the AI-powered companion that turns your HomeKit setup into a home that actually feels smart. Describe an automation — "when it starts raining, close the garage and turn off the sprinklers" — and HomeBar builds it. Get daily summaries of what's working, see which device is dragging down your reliability, automation and device logs track every change, and track every watt across your home. Pair it with HomeBar for Mac to unlock the full experience, or use it standalone for powerful on-the-go control that goes far beyond what Apple's Home app offers. AI-POWERED AUTOMATIONS Describe what you want in plain English -- "Turn off all lights when I leave home, but only on weekdays" -- and HomeBar's AI builds the automation for you. Powered by Claude, the AI Automation Builder translates your intent into precise HomeKit triggers, conditions, and actions. SMART DEVICE FILTERS Build custom device views using natural language. Type "lights that are on upstairs" or "devices using more than 100 watts" and HomeBar creates the filter instantly. Save it for one-tap access. INTERACTIVE WIDGETS Home Screen widgets with device toggles, dimmer sliders, and scene activation. Lock Screen widgets for quick device state and scene launch. StandBy mode dashboard with sensor readings at a glance. DEEP DIAGNOSTICS & LOGS See exactly why your automations fail. A searchable log of every automation attempt shows which conditions passed or failed, and why. Push notifications alert you to repeated failures even when you're away from your Mac. DEVICE HEALTH DASHBOARD One screen showing every device that needs attention -- unreachable accessories, low battery, firmware updates, and broken automation references. Push notifications for new issues. ENERGY MONITORING & COST INTELLIGENCE Track real-time power draw, per-device energy breakdowns, and projected costs against your utility rate. Weekly AI recommendations tell you exactly where to save. AI ANOMALY DETECTION Proactive monitoring catches what you miss -- doors left open, energy spikes, sensors going offline. Daily smart summaries and pattern-based automation suggestions delivered right to your iPhone. MATTER NATIVE HomeBar surfaces Matter device data that HomeKit's own UI doesn't show -- real-time power, energy, and cluster data from Thread and Wi-Fi accessories. SENSOR HISTORY & CHARTS Interactive time-series charts for every sensor. Works with all brands, not just Eve hardware. Compare sensors across rooms with swipe-to-zoom and CSV export. BACKUP & RESTORE View and manage HomeKit backups created on your Mac. Full restore guidance with per-device checklists. NFC AUTOMATION TRIGGERS Tap a standard NFC tag to trigger any HomeKit scene or automation. No custom hardware needed -- just writable NFC tags. SIRI SHORTCUTS Full Shortcuts integration for building custom workflows with HomeBar actions. SYNCS WITH MAC CloudKit sync keeps your automation logs, sensor history, and folder assignments in perfect sync between Mac and iPhone. Delta sync minimizes cellular data usage. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT All data stays on your device. No cloud accounts required. AI features send only device names and types -- never audio, video, or location. PRICING HomeBar is free to download with powerful core features. Unlock Pro ($3.99/mo or $34/yr) for advanced automations, diagnostics, and backup. Go Max ($8.99/mo or $74/yr) for unlimited AI, energy monitoring, anomaly detection, and 90-day history. One subscription works across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY https://homebar.industries/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Triangle at none against HomeBar for HomeKit's 5. Triangle also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). HomeBar for HomeKit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. HomeBar for HomeKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Triangle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Triangle ships an update every 11 months, HomeBar for HomeKit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Triangle | HomeBar for HomeKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brentt Blakkan | Andrew Gould |
In-app purchases
Triangle
No in-app purchases
HomeBar for HomeKit
- HomeBar - Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- HomeBar - Max (Monthly)$8.991 Month
- HomeBar - Pro (Annual)$33.991 Year
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- HomeBar - Max (Annual Subscription)$73.991 Year
- HomeBar - LIfetime$119.99
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