Controller for HomeKit vs ProGrade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Experience and control your Apple Home in a whole new way with Controller for HomeKit. Our app combines all the familiar HomeKit features with numerous additional enhancements, offering you a user-friendly interface, unparalleled control, and flexibility. * CONTROLLER AI: Describe a scene, automation, or workflow in everyday language – Controller builds it for you. * FLOOR PLAN: Create a detailed floor plan of your home using the LiDAR sensor on your iPhone or iPad and control your HomeKit accessories directly through the floor plan. * CHARTS: See how your Apple Home evolves over time. Charts in Controller for HomeKit show how values like temperature, humidity or battery usage change – across all your devices and brands. * COMPLEX AUTOMATIONS: Utilize advanced triggers and conditions for custom automations that are perfectly tailored to your needs. * WORKFLOWS: Optimize your daily routines with workflows that go beyond the capabilities of Apple Home. * NOTIFICATIONS: Create custom notifications to stay informed about important events in your home. * BACKUPS: Secure your setup and restore it easily when needed. * SMART FOLDERS: Organize your devices and automations effortlessly with smart folders and custom filters. * SETUP CODES: Securely store your HomeKit and Matter codes in the app, so they are always at hand and never lost. * MAINTENANCE: Keep track of your setup, quickly identifying which batteries need to be replaced, which devices are unreachable, or which automations are broken. * LOGS: Monitor all activities and changes in your smart home. * WIDGETS: Control your devices faster and easier with convenient widgets or quickly jump into your floor plan. Unlock the full potential of your smart home with Controller for HomeKit. Download the app now and experience how simple and intuitive home automation can be. For more information, visit our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy-en/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ProGrade
Monitor your BBQ's real-time temperature directly from your mobile phone. This app connects wirelessly to your BBQ devices, providing instant temperature readings for perfect grilling.
- Real-time temperature monitoring
- Connects to BBQ devices
- Mobile phone control
- Wireless connectivity
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ProGrade connects with BBQ devices through the network, and can obtain real-time BBQ temperature through the mobile phone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against ProGrade's 2.1. Controller for HomeKit also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 99) and device support (5 vs 2). ProGrade's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Controller for HomeKit sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ProGrade asks for nothing beyond the download.
Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.7K ratings behind it against 99, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 26% and 26% positive.
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 10 days, ProGrade every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Controller for HomeKit | ProGrade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (2.7K ratings) — better | 2.1 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.0% of reviews — better | 25.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 99 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | acasa Software GmbH | VELONG ENTERPRISES CO., LTD |
Customer experience
Controller for HomeKit
ProGrade
User reviews
Controller for HomeKit
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat 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
ProGrade
From 99 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📶 Works over Wi-Fi remotely
- 👍 Easy setup for some users
- 🎯 Accurate temperature readings
- 🏠 Connects to home Wi-Fi
- 💰 Good value for price
Room to improve
- ⏳ App not updated in years
- 🚫 Lacks background app refresh
- ⚠️ No warnings when screen is off
- 📱 Incompatible with newer iOS versions
- ❌ Account creation issues
Bugs and requests
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
ProGrade
Reported bugs
35 issues- App not updated in 4 years
- Does not work with iOS 15/16/17
- Account does not exist error
- Requires GPS location access
- Requires re-pairing every time
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- Low success rate for readings
- Wi-Fi connection unstable
- Cannot change from Celsius to Fahrenheit
- Slow to connect to Wi-Fi
- Privacy concerns with location services
- Battery drain due to location services
- Probes and power switches fail
- Does not support 5GHz Wi-Fi
- Password retrieval issues
- Temperature sync issues
- Incorrect temperature readings
- Constant re-syncing required
- Does not work with iPhone X
- Wi-Fi does not stay connected
- Thermometer not supported by app
- Does not work with 5G
- Ambiguous instructions
- Unit will not take a charge
- Unit defaults to Celsius
- Wi-Fi function does not work
- Temperature does not read on phone
- Hit or miss connectivity
- Servers may be overwhelmed
- Disconnects from home Wi-Fi
- App is unreliable
- Preset temperatures are incorrect
- App crashes frequently
- Pairing issues
- Wi-Fi not connected message
- No warnings when screen is off
Requested features
7 requests- Enable background app refresh for alarms
- Add option to change temperature units to Fahrenheit
- Allow monitoring of multiple thermometers simultaneously
- Remove mandatory GPS/location permission requirement
- Improve account creation process
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- Add dark mode option
- Provide advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Controller for HomeKit
- 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
- Controller Essentials Lifetime$99.99
- Controller Essentials Lifetime$139.99
ProGrade
No in-app purchases
Questions
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