Comparison

Controller for HomeKit vs Aquarium TV Screen

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

Aquarium TV Screen

Transform your screen into a serene underwater world with stunning 4K HDR aquariums. Customize your viewing experience with adjustable speeds, filters, and special effects. Perfect for relaxation and ambiance on your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • 4K 3840x2160 10-bit HDR video
  • 30 original fireplaces in 4K HDR
  • Adjustable video speed
  • Scene filters
  • Digital or analog clock
  • Indefinite video repeat
  • Special effects
Features
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Aquarium TV Screen: aquariums in 4K. Enjoy putting an aquarium on your 4K television to relax. Also now if you have an AppleTV or Mac, you can enjoy them on all your devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac and AppleTV) for the same price. Main features: - 4K 3840x2160 10-bit HDR video - 30 original fireplaces in 4K HDR - 4K or HD video quality - Speed ​​function: change the speed of the video - Filters to change the appearance of the scene - Digital or analog clock (place it where you want) - Possibility of repeating the video indefinitely - Random play mode (suffle mode) - Silent mode - Special effects (snow, rain, streamers, ...) - Quotes / Quotes - Made exclusively for iPhone and iPad Finally an application that includes aquariums for your relaxation in superior quality. Isn't it really amazing? Learn to relax with this fantastic app and enjoy the best Aquariums on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or AppleTV. We will increase the contents daily. Privacy Policy: http://jewelsapps.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): http://jewelsapps.com/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Controller for HomeKit4 screens
Aquarium TV Screen2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Controller for HomeKit at Free against Aquarium TV Screen's $0.99. Controller for HomeKit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 4). Aquarium TV Screen's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Controller for HomeKit is free to download; Aquarium TV Screen costs $0.99 up front. Controller for HomeKit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Aquarium TV Screen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Controller for HomeKit against 4.0 for Aquarium TV Screen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of Controller for HomeKit's written reviews are positive against 17% of Aquarium TV Screen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, Aquarium TV Screen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Controller for HomeKit versus Aquarium TV Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterController for HomeKitAquarium TV Screen
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2.8K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeracasa Software GmbHJewelsapps S. L.

Customer experience

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,765 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews486 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral9.7%
Negative61.9%

Aquarium TV Screen

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

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

Aquarium TV Screen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions6
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon3 Months trial$39.991 Year
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99
2 purchases

Aquarium TV Screen

Subscriptions2
  • Aquarium Full Version$0.991 Month
  • Aquarium Full Version$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aquarium TV Screen free?
Aquarium TV Screen costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Controller for HomeKit or Aquarium TV Screen?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Aquarium TV Screen averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Controller for HomeKit or Aquarium TV Screen have ads?
Neither Controller for HomeKit nor Aquarium TV Screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Controller for HomeKit or Aquarium TV Screen?
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Aquarium TV Screen every 2 months. Most recently, Controller for HomeKit was updated on October 27, 2026 and Aquarium TV Screen on October 13, 2026.

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