Comparison

Controller for HomeKit vs Level Home

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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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/

About

Level Home

Control your smart lock remotely using your phone. Grant and revoke access for guests, and monitor entry activity from anywhere. Integrates with popular smart home platforms for seamless automation.

Highlights
  • Remote lock/unlock
  • Share access with guests
  • Activity history tracking
  • Smart home platform integration
  • Voice control
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The Level Home app lets you use your phone to lock and unlock your door. With award-winning design and engineering, Level Bolt and Level Lock+ are bringing the next generation of smart locks to your home. Easily share access with friends, family, and people you trust. Track activity history from anywhere to see who’s come and gone. Level works with smart home platforms such as Apple Home, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa from anywhere via app, voice, or automations.

Screenshots

Controller for HomeKit4 screens
Level Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Level Home at none against Controller for HomeKit's 10. Level Home also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 26%). Controller for HomeKit's advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 236) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Level Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Controller for HomeKit against 4.2 for Level Home. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.7K ratings behind it against 236, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of Controller for HomeKit's written reviews are positive against 46% of Level Home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 10 days, Level Home fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Controller for HomeKit versus Level Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterController for HomeKitLevel Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.7K ratings)4.2 (236 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.3% of reviews46.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better236
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeracasa Software GmbHLevel Home Inc.

Customer experience

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,726 ratings
Positive75.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews453 reviews
Positive26.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative64.0%

Level Home

All ratings168 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews350 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative47.4%

User reviews

Controller for HomeKit

From 2.7K 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

Level Home

From 236 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Responsive and fast
  • 🔒 Secure and reliable
  • 👍 Sleek and minimalist design
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly app
  • 👍 Easy installation and setup

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity and sync issues
  • 🔋 Battery drain and lack of low battery notifications
  • 🔒 Inconsistent and unreliable locking/unlocking
  • 👎 Buggy and unstable app updates
  • 👎 Poor customer support

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

Level Home

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch after iOS updates
  • Locks randomly stop responding or get stuck
  • Inconsistent behavior with auto-unlock and touch-to-unlock features
  • Guest access and sharing not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add battery level indicator and low battery notifications
  • Improve connectivity and reliability of locking/unlocking
  • Enhance app UI/UX and make it more intuitive
  • Provide better customer support and timely bug fixes
  • Add more customization options and smart home integrations

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
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  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Essentials Lifetime2 variants$99.99
None

Level Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Level Home free?
Level Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Controller for HomeKit or Level Home?
Level Home is rated higher. Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Level Home averages 4.2 from 236 ratings.
Do Controller for HomeKit or Level Home have ads?
Neither Controller for HomeKit nor Level Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Controller for HomeKit or Level Home?
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 10 days, and Level Home fortnightly. Most recently, Controller for HomeKit was updated on September 23, 2026 and Level Home on September 23, 2026.

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