Hubitat vs Ezlo Protect
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.
Ezlo Protect
Manage your smart home devices, including security, lights, and locks, from anywhere. Create custom scenes and use voice control for ultimate convenience and protection. Enjoy local mode for enhanced speed and security.
- Universal device integration
- Remote access and control
- Preset and customizable modes
- Voice control support (Alexa, Siri)
- Local mode for speed and security
- In-app support ticketing
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Ezlo Protect seamlessly integrates your home security, lights, locks, HVAC, and much more, giving you total home control and protection from anywhere. UNIVERSAL ACCESS & CONTROL View, control, and interact with any connected security or smart home device from the convenience of your phone, from anywhere in the world CONVENIENT PRE-SET MODES Easily switch between preset modes like Home, Away, Night, and Vacation CUSTOMIZABLE SCENES Create your own, unique combination of smart home controls based on: Time of day, Device Interactions Cloud Services …and many more VOICE CONTROL Supports Amazon's Alexa and Apple’s Siri LOCAL MODE Ezlo Protect is not reliant on cloud access, providing for optimized speed and security SUPPORT Easily submit support tickets and check their status direclty from the app Powerful, dependable, and customizable, Ezlo Protect makes smarter property security accessible to everyone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ezlo Protect at 4.5 against Hubitat's 2.8. Ezlo Protect also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Hubitat's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 11) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15). 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.
Ezlo Protect holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat has 168 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hubitat ships an update every 2 months, Ezlo Protect every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubitat | Ezlo Protect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (168 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubitat, Inc. | Mios Limited |
Customer experience
Hubitat
Ezlo Protect
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
Ezlo Protect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hubitat
No in-app purchases
Ezlo Protect
No in-app purchases
