Hubitat vs UltraPro
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.
UltraPro
Easily set up and manage your smart home devices in a few simple steps. Control multiple devices, create custom groups, and automate schedules for convenience. Integrates with popular voice assistants for hands-free control.
- Simple 4-step setup
- One-button device addition
- Group creation and management
- Customizable schedules and automations
- 24-hour countdown timer
- Google Assistant and Alexa integration
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Set up your UltraPro smart device in 4 simple steps to get started 1. Create account 2. Select device type 3. Link with your 2.4GHz router 4. Customize your device - Add devices by pushing one button; never leave the app. - Set up groups to make it easier to program multiple devices at one time. - Customize groups, set schedules, create automations or use a full 24-hour countdown. - Works with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa controls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UltraPro at 4.3 against Hubitat's 2.8. UltraPro also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 28%). Hubitat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
UltraPro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 168 and 269 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Hubitat's written reviews are positive against 48% of UltraPro's.
Hubitat ships an update every 2 months, UltraPro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubitat | UltraPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (168 ratings) | 4.3 (269 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | 48.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 168 | 269 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hubitat, Inc. | Jasco Products Company LLC |
Customer experience
Hubitat
UltraPro
User reviews
Hubitat
From 168 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast local control and response times
- 🔒 Local-first architecture with optional cloud access
- 💡 Highly customizable and flexible platform
- 📱 Geofencing and presence detection capabilities
- 🎯 Excellent device compatibility and integrations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🎨 Outdated, clunky UI design (Windows 98 style)
- 📍 Geofencing unreliable and inconsistent
- 🔋 Excessive battery drain from location tracking
- ☁️ Cloud/remote access requires paid subscription
UltraPro
From 269 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and figure out
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 👍 Adaptable lights
- 👍 Super cool timer options
- 👍 Easy to connect to network
Room to improve
- 🐛 Groups, rooms, automations confusing
- 🐛 macOS app no longer works
- 🐛 Requires Wi-Fi password, seems sketchy
- 🐛 Pairing is difficult
- 🐛 App fails to scan barcode
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
UltraPro
Reported bugs
18 issues- App no longer works on macOS
- App fails when trying to scan barcode
- Widget died as unsupported on iOS 18
- Lost everything stored on phone update
- Dusk till dawn feature limited
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- Schedule loading failed
- Keeps reporting bad connection
- Devices frequently go off line
- Constantly loses connection
- Turns on when not scheduled
- Won't turn off
- Setup the timing is not working
- Light is offline
- Alexa menu did not respond to being touched
- Won't connect to Alexa
- Alexa tab will not work
- Guide on the app won't work
- Alexa compatible is a farce
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode
- Update widget for iOS 18
- Provide update for dusk till dawn feature
- PC version for computer control
- Automatic filler for fountain
In-app purchases
Hubitat
No in-app purchases
UltraPro
No in-app purchases
