HOMYHUB vs Simon iO
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
Simon iO
Control your smart home devices, including lights and blinds, from anywhere. Receive notifications, schedule routines, and customize device functionalities like lighting levels and power control. This app enhances your iO universe with a world of possibilities.
- Configure iO devices and experiences
- Control lights and blinds
- Receive notifications
- Schedule routines
- Adjust lighting levels
- Power control for devices
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* [IMPORTANT] This application is only compatible with the new HUB PRO iO (installations from 2020) The Simon iO app allows you to easily configure this entire new iO universe: from the iO devices, to the desired experiences. Experiences that you can change as many times as you want, since the process is really simple. Control lights, blinds and weather from inside and outside the home, receive notifications and schedule schedules will also be possible from the Simon iO app. Increasing the functionalities of your iO devices such as soft lighting of lights, regulation levels, beacons, power off delay and power control will also be possible. In short, a world of possibilities that are now at your fingertips. For further information please contact with: sat@simon.es
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HOMYHUB at 85% against Simon iO's 29%. HOMYHUB also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HOMYHUB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of HOMYHUB's written reviews are positive against 29% of Simon iO's.
HOMYHUB ships an update every 3 weeks, Simon iO every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HOMYHUB | Simon iO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HomyHub LTD | Simon |
Customer experience
HOMYHUB
Simon iO
In-app purchases
HOMYHUB
No in-app purchases
Simon iO
No in-app purchases
