Household Helper vs jsmatic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Household Helper
Organize your household by sharing appointments, shopping lists, notes, and tasks with family or roommates. Streamline meal planning, manage contacts, and set reminders with push notifications for seamless coordination.
- Shared appointments and reminders
- Collaborative shopping lists
- Note sharing
- Checklist creation
- Contact management
- Meal planning
- Task assignment
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Everything you need to manage your everyday life in a household with a family, a shared apartment or as a single. Share appointments, reminders, shopping-lists, notes, checklists, contacts, etc. with every member of your household and get push notifications when something changes or happens. Functions: - Movies - Meals - Appointments - Reminders - Contacts - Timers - Checklists - Shopping - Notes - Surveys - Tasks - Cash books An example on how this app could simplify your life: 1. Add all the meals you (or any member) can cook 2. Let other members fill their wish-to-eat-list 3. Automatically generate and customize an eating schedule 4. Add the ingredients directly to a shopping list. 5. Sort the things on this list to avoid running circles in the supermarket. 6. Mark what you've bought and what you didn't got, so that another member may buy the missing things somewhere else. This app is 100% free to use without any restrictions or ads. If you like the app, you can support new features and further development with a voluntary in-app purchase. This support does not bring you any benefits in the app but our deep gratitude.
jsmatic
Control and configure your smart home devices with ease. Monitor changes in your smart home, create favorites for quick access, and manage various aspects like climate, security, and lighting.
- Control and configure Homematic systems
- Monitor door/window contacts and motion sensors
- View real-time status updates
- Create custom favorites for quick access
- Manage climate, security, and lighting
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Die Hausautomatisierung von Homematic bietet Ihnen viele Möglichkeiten für den Smarthome Bereich. Die Produktpalette ist sehr groß: Raumklima, Sicherheit, Wetter, Licht, Beschattung, Ansteuerung von Drittanbietern, usw. Mit jsmatic lässt sich das Homematic System spielend leicht steuern und konfigurieren. Mit den Tür- und Fensterkontakten, Bewegungsmeldern, Präsensmeldern, etc. haben Sie jede Veränderung in Ihrem Smart Home im Blick. Der Status in der App ist immer aktuell. Sie können eigene Favoriten anlegen, um schnell Ihre wichtigen Komponenten zu steuern. jsmatic ist für die ersten 14 Tage nach der Erstinstallation im vollen Funktionsumfang kostenlos. Nach der Testphase können Sie in den In-App-Käufen eine Premium Lizenz erwerben. Sie können jsmatic Vollversion für 1 Monat oder 1 Jahr im Premium Bereich kaufen. Nutzungsbedingungen(Terms of Use): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Household Helper at free against jsmatic's free with in-app purchases. 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. Household Helper sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and jsmatic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Household Helper ships an update every 5 weeks, jsmatic every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Household Helper | jsmatic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bernhard Krenz | Kybernetik - IT GmbH |
Customer experience
Household Helper
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In-app purchases
Household Helper
- A cup of coffee$0.99
- Coffee for a week$2.99
- Coffee for a month$8.99
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- Coffee for a quarter$14.99
- Coffee for a year$34.99
jsmatic
- Monthly activation$3.991 Month
- Annual activation$17.991 Year
- Unlimited access$15.99
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