HSBuddy vs Brook Hill UMC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HSBuddy
Control your HomeSeer home automation system from your mobile device and Apple Watch. Manage devices, run events, view camera feeds, and create custom dashboards. Automate tasks with Siri shortcuts and widgets.
- Control and edit devices
- Run and edit events
- View camera feeds
- Customizable dashboards
- Siri shortcuts
- Home Screen widgets
- Push notifications
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HSBuddy is a free application for iOS® that turns your mobile device into the ultimate companion for your HomeSeer® home automation system. With the included Apple Watch companion app you can take control of your home from your wrist! Certain features require an additional HomeSeer controller plug-in which you can install from the plug-in manager in your HomeSeer configuration pages. Look for HSBuddy under the User Interfaces section. Complement your home automation experience and use HSBuddy to: • Control and edit devices • Run and edit events • View history of device state changes * • View images from your home cameras ** • Create your own customized dashboards • Speed up your daily automation tasks » Create Siri shortcuts » Place Widgets for your Home Screen • Send push-notifications to your devices as part of your server events • Browse your HomeSeer server logs * • Enable geo-location on the app and location-based events * • Automatically switch between local-WiFi and remote connectivity to your server based on your location. • Connect to multiple HomeSeer servers and switch quickly between them • Use Smart Tags to quickly control a device or run an event by tapping a tag with your phone *Requires installing the free HSBuddy HomeSeer controller plug-in **Compatible with some existing HomeSeer controller camera plug-ins To use this app you need a running instance of HomeSeer. To find out more, visit http://www.homeseer.com For more information and troubleshooting help, go to http://hsbuddy.avglabs.net
Brook Hill UMC
Stay connected with Brook Hill United Methodist Church. Discover fellowship events, learn about ministries, and support the church's mission to connect people to Jesus. Share the Gospel and engage with the community.
- Fellowship opportunities
- Ministry information
- Donation capabilities
- Gospel sharing
- Community connection
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Connect with the Brook Hill United Methodist Church in Frederick MD! Learn about fellowship opportunities, our ministries, and make a donation. Our mission is to connect people to Jesus in body, mind, and spirit. Join us as we share the Gospel with people everywhere!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brook Hill UMC at 5.0 against HSBuddy's 4.6. Brook Hill UMC also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%). HSBuddy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 5). 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.
Brook Hill UMC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HSBuddy has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of HSBuddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brook Hill UMC's.
HSBuddy ships an update every 2 months, Brook Hill UMC every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | HSBuddy | Brook Hill UMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Antonio Vargas Garcia | Brook Hill United Methodist Church |
Customer experience
HSBuddy
Brook Hill UMC
In-app purchases
HSBuddy
No in-app purchases
Brook Hill UMC
No in-app purchases
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