Hubitat vs Z
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.
Z
Control your Z-Wave smart home devices, including lights, heating, and door locks. Monitor sensors and manage multiple homes from a single interface. Supports both local and remote access.
- Control Z-Wave devices
- Manage lights, heating, door locks
- Monitor smart home sensors
- Local and remote control
- Multiple home profiles
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Z-Wave.Me app allows you to control your smart home based on Z-Wave technology. Control light, heating, door locks and monitor smart home sensors from a single app. This app is compatible with Z-Wave.Me controllers RaZberry, Z-Way and Hub version v3.0.5 and upper. Both local and remote control are supported. Add multiple profiles to control two or more homes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hubitat at 2.8 against Z's 1.6. Hubitat also leads on ratings volume (168 vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Hubitat holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat has 168 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Hubitat's written reviews are positive against 20% of Z's.
Hubitat ships an update every 2 months, Z every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubitat | Z |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (168 ratings) — better | 1.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubitat, Inc. | UMNYE SISTEMY, OOO |
Customer experience
Hubitat
Z
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
Z
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hubitat
No in-app purchases
Z
No in-app purchases
