Comparison

Logitech Alert vs Controller for HomeKit

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

Head to head
About

Logitech Alert

Monitor your home security system remotely. View live video and audio streams from your cameras, access recorded footage, and manage motion alerts directly from your iPhone or iPad. Optimized for Wi-Fi for the best performance.

Highlights
  • Live video and audio streaming
  • Access on-camera DVR recordings
  • Motion detection alert management
  • Secure username and password access
  • Landscape and portrait viewing
  • Mobile Commander features
Features
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Get the power and freedom to connect to your Logitech Alert™ Video Security System with an app designed specifically for your iPhone, iPad or iPod. NOTE: This app only supports Logitech Alert cameras, not WiLife cameras. CHECK STATUS See an fresh image from your cameras see as soon as you login. WATCH LIVE VIDEO - HEAR AUDIO Check in on your cameras anytime and watch H.264 video, optionally with audio, streaming live from your cameras. ACCESS YOUR ON-CAMERA DVR Watch the high-quality video recordings, including audio, created when your camera detected motion while you were away. Interact with your recordings using pause or quickly move to early or later clips (Mobile Commander feature). CHANGE ALERTS Turn motion alerts on or off with the flick of your finger (Mobile Commander feature). VIEW IN LANDCAPE OR PORTRAIT Rotate your device to landscape or portrait as you navigate through your cameras and watch video. SECURE ACCESS Your cameras are always secure and only accessible with the username and password you create. OPTIMIZED FOR WI-FI Stream directly from your cameras when your device and cameras are on the same Wi-Fi network. Please use Wi-Fi for the best video and audio performance and experience. SUPPORTS: iOS 8.4 and higher supported devices. PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://alert.logitech.com/privacy

About

Controller for HomeKit

Enhance your smart home experience with advanced control and automation. Visualize your home with floor plans, track device performance with charts, and create complex automations tailored to your needs. Organize devices, store setup codes, and monitor your entire smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Floor plan visualization with LiDAR
  • Device performance charts
  • Complex automations and workflows
  • Custom notifications
  • Smart folders and filters
  • Setup code storage
  • Device maintenance and logs
Features
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS A week in your own home tells you more than any screenshot. Choose a yearly subscription to Controller Essentials or Controller Plus: the first 7 days are free, so you can see what Controller gets out of your devices. Rather pay once? Controller Lifetime gives you everything in Controller Plus, forever, with no subscription. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Logitech Alert3 screens
Controller for HomeKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against Logitech Alert's 3.3. Controller for HomeKit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 245). Logitech Alert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (48% vs 29%). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. Controller for HomeKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Logitech Alert asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 245, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Logitech Alert's written reviews are positive against 29% of Controller for HomeKit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Logitech Alert ships an update every 5 months, Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Logitech Alert versus Controller for HomeKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogitech AlertController for HomeKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (245 ratings)4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews — better28.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2452.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogitech Inc.acasa Software GmbH

Customer experience

Logitech Alert

All ratings242 ratings
Positive57.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative35.5%
Written reviews318 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral11.0%
Negative41.2%

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,777 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews487 reviews
Positive28.5%
Neutral9.7%
Negative61.8%

User reviews

Logitech Alert

From 245 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Still being used
  • ⭐ Quality service for legacy system
  • ⭐ Excellent app
  • ⭐ Logitech wonder
  • ⭐ Great software

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App is offline
  • 🐛 Not working very disappointed
  • 🐛 App no longer works
  • 🐛 Obsolete
  • 🐛 Seems to be dead

Controller for HomeKit

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful automation features
  • 📚 Helpful backup and restore functionality
  • 🔍 Detailed logging and troubleshooting
  • 🧠 Advanced HomeKit control and customization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crash-prone
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤖 Poor customer support
  • 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive UI

Bugs and requests

Logitech Alert

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • No video on iPhone App
  • App closes when trying to see other camera sites
  • iPhone app no longer shows history clips
  • Live streaming not working on iOS 10
  • Login screen freezes
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  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view recorded clips without paying subscription
  • Push notifications for motion alerts
  • Time option for setting motion alerts
  • Support for Wilife cameras

Controller for HomeKit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Backup and restore issues
  • Disappearing automations and accessories
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
  • Slow performance and unresponsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved documentation and tutorials
  • Better integration with Apple Home app
  • Support for more HomeKit device types
  • Ability to customize automation triggers

In-app purchases

None

Logitech Alert

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions4
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
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  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99

Questions

Is Logitech Alert free?
Logitech Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Logitech Alert or Controller for HomeKit?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Logitech Alert averages 3.3 out of 5 from 245 ratings, while Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Logitech Alert or Controller for HomeKit have ads?
Neither Logitech Alert nor Controller for HomeKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Logitech Alert or Controller for HomeKit?
Logitech Alert ships an update every 5 months, and Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. Most recently, Logitech Alert was updated on November 6, 2026 and Controller for HomeKit on November 6, 2026.

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