Tuomi vs HomeWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuomi
This app reads and displays information stored on NFC tags. Simply hold your iPhone near a tag to instantly access details, perfect for museums or informational exhibits.
- Reads NFC tag information
- Displays tag content
- Utilizes iOS 11 NFC framework
- Works with iPhones and iPads
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Tuomi NFC scanner provides users with information that is contained within the tag. After holding the iPhone near to an NFC tag, an iPhone user is provided with information e.g. at a museum, a visitor could hold an iPhone near an exhibit to receive detailed information about it. Please note: the new iOS 11 framework enables iPhone to detect and read NFC tags, but it does not enable to write the NFC tags.
HomeWatch
Monitor and control your HomeKit devices with a glanceable status display. This app offers customizable views for rooms, scenes, and individual devices across Apple platforms, including widgets and menu bar items.
- Glanceable room status with color-coded indicators
- Control scenes and devices within rooms
- View camera feeds, weather, and website content
- Customizable home and lock-screen widgets
- Menu bar items for Mac with real-time updates
- Extensive interface customization options
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I made an app for my Apple Watch to see a glanceable status of our home and to control our HomeKit devices. It worked so well on the watch, that I expanded it to a dashboard app for all our Apple devices. I have now added a configuration interface to make it compatible with any HomeKit enabled home setup. I hope some of you will find it useful. HOME VIEW The circle / grid with icons on the home view shows a color coded status of the rooms of the home: red when a door is open, yellow when a window is open, orange when the heating is on, cyan when lights are on and green when nothing is on. On the iPhone, iPad, tvOS and Mac the app also shows the time, date, cameras, feeds, events, reminders, a website and weather information. When there is rain, it will show a rain graph. ROOM VIEWS When a room is selected, the circle layout will show the scenes you can control in that room. The grid layout also shows the devices that can be controlled in that room. Additionally the room view has an information section. To the right it can show any characteristics from your devices. Below is a detail view that can show a camera view, a website, a temperature, humidity and climate history graphs. WIDGETS Fully customisable lock-screen and home-screen widgets. Tap / Clicking a widget item to go directly to a room view, execute a scene or launch any url-scheme. Customisable complications on the Watch can have actions to go directly to a room view and execute any scene. MENU BAR ITEMS On the Mac any HomeKit characteristic can be added to the menu bar and is kept up to date. CUSTOMISATION The interface can be fully customised. The user can add their own background images and icons from the photo library. Customise gradient overlays, icons, fonts, colours and more. Make it your own…
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tuomi at 100% against HomeWatch's 60%. Tuomi also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.6). HomeWatch's advantage is device support (6 vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tuomi ships an update every 3 weeks, HomeWatch every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Tuomi | HomeWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TUOMI S.A. | Peter Vogels |
Customer experience
Tuomi
HomeWatch
In-app purchases
Tuomi
No in-app purchases
HomeWatch
No in-app purchases
