HomeGuru vs Web Inspector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HomeGuru
Control your home's lights and appliances with this app designed for SmartLinc INSTEON controllers. View and manage configured scenes, sending on, off, or fade commands directly from your device. It offers a faster and more user-friendly experience than web interfaces.
- Control lights and appliances
- View and manage scenes
- Send on, off, and fade commands
- Automatic device support
- User-friendly interface
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If you have a SmartLinc INSTEON controller from SmartLabs (part #2412N, not an INSTEON Hub), HomeGuru is the perfect way to control your home's lights and appliances. It allows you to view a list of all configured scenes in your house, view their status and control them by sending on, off or fade commands to them. It is much quicker and friendlier than using the web interface to the device, especially if you use authentication. HomeGuru supports all the devices the SmartLinc knows about automatically, no further configuration is necessary. IMPORTANT: HomeGuru supports SmartLinc firmware version 3.0 (iPhone 2.0). It is known to work with 2.8 without device status. (To check your version, look for Firmware Version under the General Settings.) Make sure you have a supported version before purchasing. If you have communication problems with your SmartLinc, please contact us for assistance or send an error report under your controller in settings.
Web Inspector
Inspect and share HTML, CSS, and JavaScript source code from mobile web pages directly on your device. Debug web applications by viewing source code as a real mobile browser would.
- Inspect HTML tags
- View CSS code
- Extract JavaScript
- Share source code
- Debug mobile web apps
- Simulate mobile browser
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Web Inspector allow you to retrieve (and share) html tags, css and javascript code (isource) from web page particularly mobile page (iPad and iPhone) directly from your mobile Debug your webapp to inspect the source as a real mobile device browser
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HomeGuru at 3.7 against Web Inspector's 2.9. HomeGuru also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 22 months). Web Inspector's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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.
HomeGuru holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web Inspector has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of HomeGuru's written reviews are positive against 56% of Web Inspector's.
HomeGuru ships an update every 4 months, Web Inspector every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HomeGuru | Web Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.9 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 56.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | zenwheel | JB STEVENARD |
Customer experience
HomeGuru
Web Inspector
In-app purchases
HomeGuru
No in-app purchases
Web Inspector
No in-app purchases
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