Controller for HomeKit vs X10 WiFi
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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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/
X10 WiFi
This module enables remote control of X10 home automation devices via your home's WiFi network. Manage your X10 devices from any location with internet access, offering convenience and enhanced control.
- WiFi connectivity
- X10 device control
- Remote access
- Internet connection required
- Works with old and new X10 devices
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This is the WM100 WiFi module for X10. This HUB communicates with your homes WiFi router. Control your X10 (both old and new) from anywhere you have an internet connection!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against X10 WiFi's 2.7. Controller for HomeKit also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 66) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). X10 WiFi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment 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 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. X10 WiFi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 28% and 28% positive.
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, X10 WiFi every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Controller for HomeKit | X10 WiFi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better | 2.7 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.4% of reviews — better | 27.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 66 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | acasa Software GmbH | X10 |
Customer experience
Controller for HomeKit
X10 WiFi
User reviews
Controller for HomeKit
From 2.8K 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
X10 WiFi
From 66 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Long-time X10 users appreciate the app
- 👍 Easy setup for some users
- 👍 Works well with older X10 modules
- 👍 Adds flexibility to classic X10 system
- 👍 Can control devices remotely
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues
- 🐛 App not updated for newer iOS
- 🐛 Unreliable performance
- 🐛 Poor customer support
- 🐛 Outdated interface
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
X10 WiFi
Reported bugs
25 issues- App doesn't work with newest iOS
- Floodlight not working
- Time changing incorrectly
- Cannot turn lights on/off
- App doesn't sync with internet time
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- QR code scan fails
- App fails to register user
- WM100 not working with iOS 15
- App only supports one X10 Wi-Fi unit per device
- Daylight Savings Time not handled correctly
- Hub WiFi problems, requires re-syncing
- QR code configuration fails on newer iPhones
- Wi-Fi module won't sync with current iPhone software v13
- App no longer registers ON/OFF after firmware update
- Device stopped connecting after a year
- History and data sync only work intermittently
- App will not set up using current operating system
- App unable to identify home WiFi network
- App not seeing SSID for Network
- App doesn't connect to Wi-Fi
- App broken after updating to iOS 11.3
- App will not connect to home system after scanning QR code
- iPad iOS 11.3 sync issues
- Does not work on iPad iOS 11.3
- Sync feature fails and errors out
Requested features
12 requests- Widget companion
- Dark mode support
- Support for newer iOS versions
- Widgets for basic functionality/scenes
- Ability to reorder devices
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- Suspend timers function
- Organize scenes and timers
- HomeKit support
- Local control option
- More sophisticated programming (e.g., brightness levels, timed alarms)
- Integration with other home automation systems (e.g., Wink)
- Temperature control based on local weather
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 Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99
X10 WiFi
No in-app purchases
Questions
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