Hubitat vs Onelink Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hubitat
Control and monitor your smart home devices remotely. Set up location-based automation and receive important alerts directly to your phone. This app enhances your existing home automation system.
- Access Dashboards
- Monitor and control devices
- Arm/disarm Safety Monitor
- Change Modes
- Define Geofence for Presence
- Receive Push Notifications
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App is an accessory to the Hubitat Elevation home automation system. Users of Hubitat Elevation can use the Mobile App to: - Access Dashboards to monitor and control devices, arm or disarm Hubitat Safety Monitor, change Modes and more. - Define a Geofence for Mobile Presence detection based on phone location. The Geofence center defaults to your hub location but can be dragged to any location and the radius set. - Receive Push Notifications from Hubitat Elevation apps.
Onelink Connect
Enhance your home Wi-Fi network with advanced control and security features. Manage connected devices, set content filters, and receive emergency alerts from compatible safety devices.
- Eliminate Wi-Fi dead zones
- Configure device protection
- Set up user profiles
- Apply content filters
- Pause internet access
- Receive emergency alerts
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First Alert has been protecting homes and families since 1958 and is extending its legacy in safety to the Wi-Fi mesh category. With smart homes becoming smarter, now so is your Wi-Fi. The Onelink Connect allows your smart home to run at full speed and eliminates dead zones. Configure your Onelink Connect to protect your family's devices, set up user profiles, set content filters, pause the internet, receive override screens from their compatible Onelink smoke and CO alarms in the event of an emergency, and so much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Onelink Connect at 3.4 against Hubitat's 2.8. Hubitat's advantage is ratings volume (163 vs 5). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Onelink Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat has 163 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Hubitat's written reviews are positive against 25% of Onelink Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubitat | Onelink Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (163 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubitat, Inc. | First Alert / BRK Brands |
Customer experience
Hubitat
Onelink Connect
Bugs and requests
Hubitat
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes on startup consistently
- Geofence detection fails to send events to hub
- Geofence shows incorrect location (off by km)
- Login screen keyboard covers continue button
- App hangs at 'Loading User Data' screen
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- Dashboard doesn't load after backgrounding
- Local LAN mode not working, stuck on cloud
- Hub discovery doesn't work on iOS
- Duplicate rooms and devices displayed
- Incorrect device status reporting
- Notifications show 'invalid token' error
- App doesn't support screen rotation
- Email verification code not received
- Presence detection broken after updates
- App unable to connect to hub after updates
- Geofence size resets to default
- What's New screen cannot be dismissed
- Layout issues with overlapping buttons on iPhone 7
Requested features
15 requests- Native iOS app with proper UI/UX design
- Dark mode option
- Widget support for quick device access
- Ability to add/discover devices from mobile app
- Automation and scene creation from app
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- iPad landscape view support
- Drag-and-drop dashboard tile customization
- Multiple geofence locations
- Motion sensor activity logging in dashboard
- Improved dashboard responsiveness and layout
- Manual IP address entry for hub connection
- SMS-based account verification
- Battery usage optimization for geofencing
- Real-time notifications with better visibility
- Detailed user manual and in-app help
Onelink Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hubitat
No in-app purchases
Onelink Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hubitat free?
Is Onelink Connect free?
Which has better reviews, Hubitat or Onelink Connect?
Do Hubitat or Onelink Connect have ads?
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