HOMYHUB vs Meross
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HOMYHUB
Transform your garage into a smart space. Control, monitor, and manage access to your garage door from anywhere using your smartphone. It offers easy installation and integrates with various smart home devices and voice assistants.
- Remote garage door control
- Real-time access monitoring
- Unlimited user access sharing
- Easy installation
- Smart home integration
- Military-grade encryption
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The garage is no longer a place only for your car, boxes or your bikes. The possibilities are endless and HOMYHUB makes it possible for you. Now with HOMYHUB open your garage from your phone. ANYWHERE & ANYTIME. Our simple to install smart devices will turn your garage opener into a smart one. Enabling you to CONTROL, MONITOR and MANAGE ACCESS though your smartphone. Features : - Get HOMYHUB working in just a few minutes, regardless of how tech savvy you are. - Fits onto any automated garage opener, whether a gate, barrier, shutter or garage door. - Unlimited users can use the app for a single garage. - Share timely or permanent access to your garage from anywhere and anytime. - Monitor by whom and when your garage has been opened or closed in REAL TIME. - Monitor if the garage door is open or close in REAL TIME. - Works simultaneously with traditional garage remotes, keys or fobs. - Integrates with Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Tapo cameras, CarPlay, Tesla, Ford, Apple Watch and more! - Open opportunity to new generation services. - HOMYHUB uses military grade encryption to keep your garage safe. With HOMYHUB unlock the full potential of your garage and make it a smarter place in your life. Learn more at homyhub.com
Meross
Control and manage a wide range of smart home devices remotely. Set schedules, create custom scenes, and integrate with voice assistants for automated control. Access troubleshooting guides, firmware updates, and community forums for support.
- Remote device control
- Custom schedules and scenes
- Voice assistant integration
- Firmware updates
- In-app hardware guides
- Consumer forum
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Meross app can help you set up and manage smart WiFi bulb, plug, switch, garage door opener, thermostat, air purifier, sensor, humidifier and so on. Meross app offers you special value that other platform apps can not offer such as in-app hardware guide and troubleshooting, in-app setup guide and dedicated troubleshooting, firmware update, cloud service maintenance notice, digital user manual, consumer forum, and new product release information. With Meross app, you can 1. Turn on and off your devices remotely from anywhere with internet. 2. Set schedules and scenes for your devices so that they can run automatically as you wish. 3. Link your devices to your voice assistant platform. 4. Check and update your devices to the latest firmware. 5. Share great product experience with others and discuss about how to use products in Forum. 6. Find information about special offer and new product release. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HOMYHUB at none against Meross's 8. HOMYHUB also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Meross's advantage is ratings volume (7.9K vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Meross sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. HOMYHUB asks for nothing beyond the download.
HOMYHUB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meross has 7.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of HOMYHUB's written reviews are positive against 77% of Meross's.
HOMYHUB ships an update every 3 weeks, Meross every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HOMYHUB | Meross |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better | 77.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HomyHub LTD | Chengdu Meross Technology Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
HOMYHUB
Meross
Bugs and requests
HOMYHUB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meross
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unreliable garage door status reporting
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16 updates
- Inconsistent device discovery and pairing
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more smart home platforms
- Improve app interface and allow for more customization
- Enhance scheduling and automation features
- Provide more detailed energy consumption reporting
In-app purchases
HOMYHUB
No in-app purchases
Meross
- 10 SMS for a month$0.991 Month
- 优惠测试-月$1.991 Month
- 优惠测试-年$1.991 Year
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- 优惠测试-周$1.997 Days
- 30 SMS for a month1 Month trial$2.491 Month
- 100 SMS for a month$6.991 Month
- 30 SMS$3.49
- 100 SMS$9.99
