Comparison

Controller for HomeKit vs Slow Motion Cities 4K

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

Slow Motion Cities 4K

Experience the world from your home with stunning 4K slow-motion cityscapes. Enjoy endless loops, customizable effects, and background playback on your devices. Perfect for relaxation or as a dynamic wallpaper.

Highlights
  • 4K and HD video playback
  • Endless loop and shuffle modes
  • Background playback
  • Sleep timer
  • Playback speed control
  • Apple TV and Chromecast compatibility
  • Visual effects and display layouts
Features
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Slow Motion Cities 4K More than 100 cities around the world. Relax your eyes with this fantastic 4K Slow Motion Cities! Introductory offer at 50%. Take advantage today and download it. Do you want to travel the world from your home? or maybe put it as a wallpaper on your Apple TV ??, now with Slow Motion Cities 4K it is possible. Download this application and enjoy with your partner or friends the relaxing 4K images of great cities in the world on your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. For those of you who have an Apple TV and the Slow Motion Cities 4K application, now you can take it anywhere with your iPhone or iPad and play it on any television. Main functionalities: Playback • 4K and HD videos • Endless loop playback • Shuffle mode • Background playback while using other apps • Sleep timer: video automatically stops when you fall asleep • Playback speed (0.25x to 2x) Large Screen • Compatible with Apple TV via AirPlay • Compatible with Chromecast to view the aquarium on your HDTV Customization • 5 visual effects for your favorite fireplaces: snow, powder snow, rain, sparkles, and confetti • 4 display layouts: list, grid, single circle, or double circle • Bookmark your favorite videos for quick access • Dark mode support • Clock: display the clock on screen (digital/analog) • Appointments: display text on screen • Calendar: display upcoming calendar events Content • Over 100 different cities • New content added regularly Privacy Policy: http://kissappsl.com/pages/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): http://kissappsl.com/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Controller for HomeKit4 screens
Slow Motion Cities 4K3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Controller for HomeKit at Free against Slow Motion Cities 4K's $0.99. Controller for HomeKit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Slow Motion Cities 4K's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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; Slow Motion Cities 4K costs $0.99 up front. Controller for HomeKit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Slow Motion Cities 4K sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, Slow Motion Cities 4K every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Controller for HomeKit versus Slow Motion Cities 4K: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterController for HomeKitSlow Motion Cities 4K
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews28.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeracasa Software GmbHKISSAPP, 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%

Slow Motion Cities 4K

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

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

Slow Motion Cities 4K

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
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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-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99
2 purchases

Slow Motion Cities 4K

Subscriptions2
  • Slow Cities Full Version$0.991 Month
  • Slow Cities Full Version$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slow Motion Cities 4K free?
Slow Motion Cities 4K costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Controller for HomeKit or Slow Motion Cities 4K have ads?
Neither Controller for HomeKit nor Slow Motion Cities 4K shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Controller for HomeKit or Slow Motion Cities 4K?
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Slow Motion Cities 4K every 3 months. Most recently, Controller for HomeKit was updated on October 27, 2026 and Slow Motion Cities 4K on October 27, 2026.

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