Comparison

Triangle vs CasaRay for Home Assistant

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

CasaRay for Home Assistant

Features
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See what is on, what is open, and what needs attention. CasaRay brings Home Assistant into native controls for your Apple devices. Start with a summary of your home, then open a group, room, or device. Control lights, locks, gates, garage doors, blinds, climate, scenes, and cameras. Check energy use, waste collection, and household presence without scrolling through every device. CasaRay Free connects one complete Home Assistant home with no device-count limit. It includes live status and controls, camera snapshots and single-camera live viewing, camera activity, basic notifications, widgets, personalization, Apple Watch status and manual controls, and selected manual CarPlay controls. On iPhone and iPad, you can also opt in to Apple Home, select accessories, pair matching devices, and use supported cameras through Apple's protected native sessions. CasaRay Plus adds Live Wall for viewing multiple cameras on iPad and Mac, searchable notification history and rules, Home Assistant dashboards inside CasaRay, advanced navigation and dashboard placement. In supported regions, Plus also includes an optional Assistant for questions and authorized home actions. It requires an eligible account. When enabled, requests and the relevant home context are sent to the connected AI provider as described in the privacy policy; Home Assistant credentials are never sent. Home Assistant credentials are stored in Keychain. Everyday home data stays on your devices unless you enable an optional service. Optional notification delivery uses the relay described in our privacy policy. Assistant is unavailable in the mainland China storefront; all other Free and Plus features remain available there. Live Home Assistant control requires an accessible Home Assistant server. Preview Mode lets you explore CasaRay without one. CasaRay is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Open Home Foundation or Nabu Casa. Home Assistant is a trademark of the Open Home Foundation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://casaray.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://casaray.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Triangle3 screens
CasaRay for Home Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Triangle at none against CasaRay for Home Assistant's 2. Triangle also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). CasaRay for Home Assistant's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CasaRay for Home Assistant sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Triangle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Triangle ships an update every 11 months, CasaRay for Home Assistant every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Triangle versus CasaRay for Home Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriangleCasaRay for Home Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrentt BlakkanEvotec Services sp z o.o.

In-app purchases

None

Triangle

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CasaRay for Home Assistant

Subscriptions2
  • CasaRay Plus Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • CasaRay Plus Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Triangle free?
Triangle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CasaRay for Home Assistant free?
CasaRay for Home Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Triangle or CasaRay for Home Assistant have ads?
Neither Triangle nor CasaRay for Home Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Triangle or CasaRay for Home Assistant?
Triangle ships an update every 11 months, and CasaRay for Home Assistant every 9 days. Most recently, Triangle was updated on November 2, 2026 and CasaRay for Home Assistant on November 7, 2026.

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