HomeWatch vs PixelSieve

I made an app for my Apple Watch to see a glanceable status of our home and to control our HomeKit devices. It worked so well on the watch, that I expanded it to a dashboard app for all our Apple devices. I have now added a configuration interface to make it compatible with any HomeKit enabled home setup. I hope some of you will find it useful. HOME VIEW The circle / grid with icons on the home view shows a color coded status of the rooms of the home: red when a door is open, yellow when a window is open, orange when the heating is on, cyan when lights are on and green when nothing is on. On the iPhone, iPad, tvOS and Mac the app also shows the time, date, cameras, feeds, events, reminders, a website and weather information. When there is rain, it will show a rain graph. ROOM VIEWS When a room is selected, the circle layout will show the scenes you can control in that room. The grid layout also shows the devices that can be controlled in that room. Additionally the room view has an information section. To the right it can show any characteristics from your devices. Below is a detail view that can show a camera view, a website, a temperature, humidity and climate history graphs. WIDGETS Fully customisable lock-screen and home-screen widgets. Tap / Clicking a widget item to go directly to a room view, execute a scene or launch any url-scheme. Customisable complications on the Watch can have actions to go directly to a room view and execute any scene. MENU BAR ITEMS On the Mac any HomeKit characteristic can be added to the menu bar and is kept up to date. CUSTOMISATION The interface can be fully customised. The user can add their own background images and icons from the photo library. Customise gradient overlays, icons, fonts, colours and more. Make it your own…

Your photo library holds years of memories. PixelSieve helps you find what matters, see what’s taking up space and decide what to keep. Browse, organise and clean up photos and videos using information already in your library. Photo, video and AI analysis happens on your device. Your media and AI search queries aren’t uploaded to PixelSieve. FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR Browse a detailed list or a photo grid with adjustable thumbnail sizes, previews and date navigation. Filter by: • Date, year, date range and file size • Country, city, local area, capture device and camera • Resolution, megapixels and frame rate • RAW, ProRAW, Live Photos, Portrait, HDR, Panorama and screenshots • Cinematic, Slow-Mo, Time-lapse, Dolby Vision and screen recordings • Codec, audio channels, transfer characteristics and other available metadata Search by filename, size, date or location, including phrases such as “16th December 2025”. Combine advanced SmartSieve filters and save your favourites for next time. ON-DEVICE AI SEARCH (A work in progress) Find supported subjects such as dogs, food, documents, beaches, sunsets and vehicles. Analysis runs locally, and saved results help avoid repeating completed work. REVIEW DUPLICATES SieveDupes helps you review exact copies, similar photos, screenshots, bursts and potentially blurry shots. Recommended Keepers suggest which item to keep, while leaving the decision to you. Duplicate results stay saved between sessions. MAKE ROOM Select multiple items, share media, export ZIP files, add items to albums, update locations and compress photos or videos. Extract media from Live Photos or replace them with still images. Compression reports show the original size, output size and confirmed space saved. Choose whether to remove originals. Deleted media goes to Photos’ Recently Deleted, and PixelSieve never automatically deletes your photos or creates albums without your approval. SEE YOUR LIBRARY CLEARLY SieveScope shows what occupies your library, tracks cleanup wins and storage trends, and helps you work towards storage goals with forecasts. Explore photos on a map or revisit journeys in Trip Mode, with private virtual albums, highlights and travel goals. The built-in GeoNames database lets you search cities and local areas offline. EDIT PDFs WITH PRO OR SIEVECREDITS. Open a PDF, tap and edit it one line at a time. Undo/redo changes, save to the original file or export a copy. See font names recorded in the document, check available fonts and import matching TTF or OTF files. Scanned pages, outlined text and some complex layouts aren’t supported. Font differences can affect spacing, so review changes before saving. STAY IN CONTROL Start with recent media or index your whole library. Follow progress in Task Centre, use Index Health to repair missing details, and let Automatic Index Maintenance keep up with Photos changes while you use the app. Settings’ App Storage page shows what PixelSieve stores and lets you clear AI or duplicate analysis data without deleting your media. Temporary processing and export files receive automatic cleanup. FREE AND PRO Start free with library browsing, core filters, SieveScope, selected cleanup actions and limited AI Search results. Use SieveCredits for supported actions. Pro adds advanced SmartSieve filters, Saved SmartSieves, unlimited AI Search results, Trip Mode and maps, PDF editing, unrestricted selection and actions, advanced sorting, additional metadata tools and no ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Some actions involving iCloud-only media require Apple to retrieve originals. Place search uses the offline database first, with Apple’s place search available as a fallback. Photos changes happen only when you choose them. Dolby and Dolby Vision are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. DJI is a trademark of SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. Privacy Policy: https://pixelsieve.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/