Comparison

Hubitat vs Kismet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Access Dashboards
  • Monitor and control devices
  • Arm/disarm Safety Monitor
  • Change Modes
  • Define Geofence for Presence
  • Receive Push Notifications
Features
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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.

About

Kismet

Eliminate group decision paralysis for activities like dining, movies, or trips. Users secretly submit recommendations, and the app randomly selects one for everyone to commit to, fostering spontaneity and ending debates.

Highlights
  • Secretly submit recommendations
  • Randomly selected winner
  • Group plan creation
  • Invite friends with or without the app
  • Live animated reveal
  • Server-side random draw
Features
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No more “idk, you pick.” Kismet ends the group-chat debate. Instead of arguing about where to eat, what to watch, or where to go, everyone drops a hidden pick — and the app decides. One random draw, everybody commits. Done. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a plan and invite your crew. 2. Everyone secretly submits a recommendation — a restaurant, a movie, a trip, whatever fits. 3. Nobody can see anyone else’s pick. Hidden means hidden — even for you. 4. At the lock time, submissions seal. At the draw time, fate picks one at random. 5. The winner is revealed to everyone. You all accept it. That’s the pact. WHAT YOU CAN DECIDE • Restaurant Night — where the crew eats • Movie Night — what you’re watching • Trip — where you’re going • Night Out — how the night goes • Anything Goes — literally any question FAIR, FINAL, AND FUN The draw runs once, on our servers, choosing uniformly at random. No previews, no vetoes, no re-rolls. The seed and result are saved for audit. Nobody — not even the plan’s owner — can peek at picks before the draw or nudge the outcome. That finality is the whole point: commitment beats optimization when the alternative is arguing until midnight. BRING EVERYONE — APP OR NOT Friends without the app can join straight from a share link with just a name and phone number. They submit hidden picks and watch the same live reveal in their browser. No account, no password. They can even opt into a single text when fate decides — nothing else, ever. WHY KISMET • The reveal is a moment — a live, animated draw the whole crew watches together • Hidden submissions keep it honest and suspenseful • Save your crews once, plan in a tap • Sign in with Apple, Google, or your phone — no passwords • Fair by design, with the rules enforced on the server Stop deciding. Start doing. Let Kismet pick.

Screenshots

Hubitat4 screens
Kismet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kismet at 5.0 against Hubitat's 2.8. Hubitat's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kismet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat has 168 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hubitat versus Kismet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHubitatKismet
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (168 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings168 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHubitat, Inc.Nexverta LLC

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

Kismet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hubitat

No in-app purchases

None

Kismet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hubitat free?
Hubitat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kismet free?
Kismet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hubitat or Kismet?
Kismet is rated higher. Hubitat averages 2.8 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Kismet averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Hubitat or Kismet have ads?
Neither Hubitat nor Kismet shows ads.

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