HSBuddy vs Ortho Falcon
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
Ortho Falcon
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Enjoy the ease and comfort of controlling your Ortho Mattress Titan bed with your personal mobile app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HSBuddy at every 2 months against Ortho Falcon's every 53 months. Ortho Falcon's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
HSBuddy ships an update every 2 months, Ortho Falcon every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HSBuddy | Ortho Falcon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 53 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Antonio Vargas Garcia | DewertOkin Technology Group Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
HSBuddy
No in-app purchases
Ortho Falcon
No in-app purchases
