Bond Home vs Kitchen Hub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bond Home
Control your Smart By Bond ceiling fans, motorized shades, and fireplaces remotely. Seamlessly integrate with popular voice assistants and home automation platforms for a connected smart home experience.
- Control Smart By Bond ceiling fans
- Operate motorized shades
- Manage remote-controlled fireplaces
- No hub required for fans
- Integrates with Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
- Works with home automation platforms
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Bond Home is a leading platform for Smart By Bond ceiling fans (no hub required), remote-controlled motorized shades, ceiling fans and fireplaces (Bond Bridge is required). Bond Home connects your devices with Amazon Alexa, Google assistant, Siri and other popular home automation platforms.
Kitchen Hub
Control your smart kitchen appliances and lighting from your phone or directly on the GE Kitchen Hub. Manage connected devices remotely and access features like Amazon Virtual Dash Buttons.
- Control smart GE Appliances
- Manage Philips Hue lighting
- Use Amazon Virtual Dash Buttons
- Remote control and monitoring
- Runs on GE Kitchen Hub appliance
- Mobile version for remote access
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The Kitchen Hub app is designed to be the companion app for the GE Kitchen Hub appliance. With the Kitchen Hub app you have the power to control all of your smart GE Appliances, Philips Hue lighting devices, and your Amazon Virtual Dash Buttons. The Kitchen Hub app runs directly on your GE Kitchen Hub appliance as well as offering a mobile version that can run on your mobile device for remote control and monitoring of devices connected to your GE Kitchen Hub.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bond Home at 95% against Kitchen Hub's 0%. Bond Home also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.6) and ads (none vs shown). Kitchen Hub's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Bond Home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bond Home has 4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Bond Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of Kitchen Hub's.
Bond Home ships an update monthly, Kitchen Hub every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bond Home | Kitchen Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4K ratings) — better | 1.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olibra, LLC | HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC |
Customer experience
Bond Home
Kitchen Hub
Bugs and requests
Bond Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Remotes going out of sync
- Alexa integration issues
- Unreliable device control
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to rearrange device tiles
- Real-time device status updates
- Improved group/scene management
- Expanded device type compatibility
- Enhanced scheduling and automation options
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- Customizable button/command mapping
Kitchen Hub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bond Home
No in-app purchases
Kitchen Hub
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bond Home free?
Is Kitchen Hub free?
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Do Bond Home or Kitchen Hub have ads?
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