Bond Home vs InsideHOA
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.
InsideHOA
This app offers a complete set of tools for Homeowners Associations, including document management and payment processing. It helps HOAs maintain organization and ensure compliance with regulations.
- Online document management
- Payment processing
- HOA organization tools
- Compliance assistance
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InsideHOA provides a comprehensive suite of tools, including everything from online document management to payment processing, making it easy for HOAs to stay organized and compliant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bond Home at 4.8 against InsideHOA's 4.2. Bond Home also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Bond Home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bond Home has 3.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bond Home ships an update monthly, InsideHOA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bond Home | InsideHOA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Olibra, LLC | InsideHOA LLC |
Customer experience
Bond Home
InsideHOA
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
InsideHOA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bond Home
No in-app purchases
InsideHOA
No in-app purchases
