Comparison

Controller for HomeKit vs ProGrade

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS A week in your own home tells you more than any screenshot. Choose a yearly subscription to Controller Essentials or Controller Plus: the first 7 days are free, so you can see what Controller gets out of your devices. Rather pay once? Controller Lifetime gives you everything in Controller Plus, forever, with no subscription. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time temperature monitoring
  • Connects to BBQ devices
  • Mobile phone control
  • Wireless connectivity
Features
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ProGrade connects with BBQ devices through the network, and can obtain real-time BBQ temperature through the mobile phone

Screenshots

Controller for HomeKit4 screens
ProGrade3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against ProGrade's 2.1. Controller for HomeKit also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 99) and device support (5 vs 2). ProGrade's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Controller for HomeKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ProGrade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 2.8K ratings behind it against 99, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Controller for HomeKit's written reviews are positive against 26% of ProGrade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, ProGrade every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Controller for HomeKit versus ProGrade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterController for HomeKitProGrade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better2.1 (99 ratings)
Positive reviews28.7% of reviews — better25.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.8K — better99
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeracasa Software GmbHVELONG ENTERPRISES CO., LTD

Customer experience

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,777 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews487 reviews
Positive28.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative61.8%

ProGrade

All ratings99 ratings
Positive23.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative68.7%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive25.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative69.7%

User reviews

Controller for HomeKit

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

5 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions4
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
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  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99
None

ProGrade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProGrade free?
ProGrade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Controller for HomeKit or ProGrade?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while ProGrade averages 2.1 from 99 ratings.
Do Controller for HomeKit or ProGrade have ads?
Neither Controller for HomeKit nor ProGrade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Controller for HomeKit or ProGrade?
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, and ProGrade every 8 days. Most recently, Controller for HomeKit was updated on November 9, 2026 and ProGrade on November 4, 2026.

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