Comparison

easyHAB vs Iris ID

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

Head to head
About

easyHAB

Simplify your smart home setup with this app, allowing easy installation and orchestration of home automation rules across multiple systems. Integrate all your devices, from lighting and heating to media players, and create custom automations for a truly personalized living space.

Highlights
  • Easy installation of OpenHAB
  • Orchestrate and automate across systems
  • Integrate all your devices
  • Create custom scenes and automations
  • Control lighting, heating, and more
  • Support for Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit
Features
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Little time and no desire for complicated installations? Still want to define your own home automation rules? You want to be able to integrate all your devices? KAndySoft easyHAB allows you an easy installation of OpenHAB on a Raspberry Pi 4 or Mac Mini and to easily orchestrate and automate your home automation across multiple systems. Everything is conveniently configured in the easyHAB app. OpenHAB is a great opensource platform for your smarthome with support for around 400 home Automation Systems. It runs locally without further costs, on request without cloud, with high reactivity and best longterm stability. >> Alexa + Google Home + Apple Homekit – all in one! >> Easy "zero-touch" automation across all devices and services! >> Customize your home to your needs and habits! >> Multiple backups of your configurations: never have to set everything up again! easyHAB aims to harmonize the control of all your devices in a single interface and above all to provide simple, event-driven automation of your home. For this purpose we implement many useful use cases that reduce daily operations to one click or "zero-touch" convenient Automation: – Creation of scenes with multiple devices – Light Control with Colors and dimming – Heating / Thermostat Control – Single / Multiple switches – Window contacts – Presence – Garden watering also with weather based rules – Control of blinds based on time or sunset / sunrise – Configurable greeting texts or device status via text-to-speech – Play Music files in certain conditions – Notifications on the smartphone – Mediaplayer / Television / HarmonyHub – Many more... easyHAB works with Philips Hue, Sonos, Homematic, Ikea Tradfri, Harmony Hub, Samsung TV, AVM Fritzbox, enocean, IFTTT and all other devices that can be controlled via HTTP (REST API). Additional services that are compatible with OpenHAB are constantly being added or can be added by the user. Features: – Automated setup of the HomeServer via wizard – Simple integration and configuration of various services – Automatic detection of all devices that are available via configured services – Grouping your devices into rooms – Easy creation of automation rules for all devices (if-then rules with different triggers, additional conditions and actions) – Automatic generation of HomeServer rules and user interface for use in mobile phones, tablet and desktop computers – Integration of Alexa, Google Home and Apple HomeKit – Up to 3 generations of configuration and control sets stored and retrievable – Optionally also usable for existing OpenHAB / openhabian installations Supported OpenHAB server environments: ⁃ New Raspberry Pi or easyHAB Starter Kit (SD card image provided via the app). ⁃ Raspberry Pi with Raspberry Pi OS or Raspbian (also with OpenHAB 3 preinstalled). ⁃ Openhabian ⁃ OpenHAB Docker container e.g. on Synology ⁃ mac Mini ⁃ Linux Server (Debian or other distribution with apt package manager)

About

Iris ID

This app facilitates secure identity verification by scanning QR codes, passport data, and biometric chips. It uses your device's camera for document scanning and can perform face verification when required.

Highlights
  • QR code scanning for authentication
  • Passport and ID card scanning
  • Biometric chip reading
  • Face verification
  • Identity authentication
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Iris ID is an app for authentication and identity verification. Download and use it where Iris ID is an accepted authentication method. To use the app: 1) Scan an Iris QR code to begin an authentication session 2) Use the camera to scan the machine readable zone on the data page of your passport or the back of your ID 3) Hold the passport or ID against your device to read the biometric chip 4) Perform face verification if required

Screenshots

easyHAB4 screens
Iris ID3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Iris ID at Free against easyHAB's $6.99. Iris ID also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). easyHAB's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 33%) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Iris ID is free to download; easyHAB costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

easyHAB ships an update every 2 months, Iris ID every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
easyHAB versus Iris ID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereasyHABIris ID
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating—3.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAndySoft UG haftungsbeschraenktIris Development AB

Customer experience

easyHAB

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Iris ID

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

easyHAB

No in-app purchases

None

Iris ID

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is easyHAB free?
easyHAB costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Iris ID free?
Iris ID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do easyHAB or Iris ID have ads?
Neither easyHAB nor Iris ID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, easyHAB or Iris ID?
easyHAB ships an update every 2 months, and Iris ID every 8 days. Most recently, easyHAB was updated on October 17, 2026 and Iris ID on October 14, 2026.

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