Comparison

Controller for HomeKit vs ēdn

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

ēdn

Control and monitor your indoor garden with ease. Adjust settings, track plant growth, and reorder seeds and supplies directly through the app.

Highlights
  • Setup and control indoor garden
  • Monitor plant growth
  • Order seeds and supplies
  • Quickly change settings
  • Track plant progress
Features
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The new ēdn app allows you to easily setup, control, and monitor your SmallGarden. Quickly change setting, track your plant growth, and even order new seeds and supplies.

Screenshots

Controller for HomeKit4 screens
ēdn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against ēdn's 2.2. Controller for HomeKit also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 30) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). ēdn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Controller for HomeKit sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ēdn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.7K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Controller for HomeKit's written reviews are positive against 32% of ēdn's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 10 days, ēdn monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Controller for HomeKit versus ēdn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterController for HomeKitēdn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.7K ratings) — better2.2 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews26.0% of reviews32.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better30
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeracasa Software GmbHEDN, Inc.

Customer experience

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,726 ratings
Positive75.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews457 reviews
Positive26.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative64.3%

ēdn

All ratings30 ratings
Positive23.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative73.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral2.7%
Negative64.9%

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

ēdn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 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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  • 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-time2
  • Controller Essentials Lifetime$99.99
  • Controller Essentials Lifetime$139.99
None

ēdn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ēdn free?
ēdn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Controller for HomeKit or ēdn?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while ēdn averages 2.2 from 30 ratings.
Do Controller for HomeKit or ēdn have ads?
Neither Controller for HomeKit nor ēdn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Controller for HomeKit or ēdn?
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 10 days, and ēdn monthly. Most recently, Controller for HomeKit was updated on October 12, 2026 and ēdn on October 4, 2026.

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