Comparison

Controller for HomeKit vs WristControl for HomeKit

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

WristControl for HomeKit

Control your HomeKit devices and scenes directly from your smartwatch. Manage scenes, favorite accessories, and all compatible devices with customizable views and icons. Run scenes directly from watch complications.

Highlights
  • Control HomeKit devices and scenes
  • Scenes tab with grid or list view
  • Favorites tab for quick access
  • All accessories tab with hiding option
  • Customizable icons for scenes and accessories
  • Scenes as watch complications
  • Standalone watch app functionality
Features
Currently charting
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. With this app you can control your HomeKit devices and scenes better than ever! The application consists of 3 tabs: - Scenes: Add any existing HomeKit scene, and trigger with a simple tap. You can choose between a compact grid view with icons only, or a more detailed list view with names too. - Favorites: Choose from list of compatible accessories for quick access. Tap on accessories to turn them on/off - All: All compatible accessories will be shown here, but you can hide any if you want - Option for list or grid view for accessories - For all scenes and accessories you can choose from over 270 icons - Reorder accessories and scenes - Every scene can be turned into a complication, using the complication to open the app will automatically run the scene. - Support for home selection - Standalone watch app: every functionality and setting available right on your watch, even when your phone is out of range - Complication with custom icon and color to launch the app

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Controller for HomeKit at Free against WristControl for HomeKit's $0.99. Controller for HomeKit also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 26) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). WristControl for HomeKit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (58% vs 28%). On ads and iOS requirement 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; WristControl for HomeKit costs $0.99 up front. Controller for HomeKit sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. WristControl for HomeKit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Controller for HomeKit's written reviews are positive against 58% of WristControl for HomeKit'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 2 weeks, WristControl for HomeKit every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Controller for HomeKit versus WristControl for HomeKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterController for HomeKitWristControl for HomeKit
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better3.8 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews57.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better26
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#179 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeracasa Software GmbHAndras Solyom

Customer experience

Controller for HomeKit

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

WristControl for HomeKit

All ratings26 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative26.9%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative34.6%

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

WristControl for HomeKit

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
None

WristControl for HomeKit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WristControl for HomeKit free?
WristControl for HomeKit costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Controller for HomeKit or WristControl for HomeKit?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while WristControl for HomeKit averages 3.8 from 26 ratings.
Do Controller for HomeKit or WristControl for HomeKit have ads?
Neither Controller for HomeKit nor WristControl for HomeKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Controller for HomeKit or WristControl for HomeKit?
Controller for HomeKit ships an update every 2 weeks, and WristControl for HomeKit every 2 months. Most recently, Controller for HomeKit was updated on October 27, 2026 and WristControl for HomeKit on October 27, 2026.

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