Comparison

openHAB V1 vs ParivarWall

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

Head to head
About

openHAB V1

This legacy application connects to older versions of openHAB home automation systems. It is intended for users with openHAB 1.x and iOS 15 or earlier. For current features and support, a newer application is recommended.

Highlights
  • Connects to openHAB 1.x systems
  • Legacy iOS support
  • Security updates only
  • Deprecated status
Features
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This is the legacy version of the openHAB IOS app. This version is designed for openHAB systems running version 1.x and later as well as IOS version 15 and earlier. This version of the app will only be updated for security reasons and is considered deprecated. For a more modern experience we recommend users install our updated IOS application which includes Apple Watch support, more frequent updates as well as new and exciting features. This new IOS app supports openHAB versions 3.x and later. The open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) project aims at providing a universal integration platform for all things around home automation. It is designed to be absolutely vendor-neutral as well as hardware/protocol-agnostic. openHAB brings together different bus systems, hardware devices and interface protocols. You will find openHAB at http://www.openhab.org/

About

ParivarWall

Features
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ParivarWall is one shared space for everything a family has to keep track of. See who's home and who's on their way, plan the week together, split the chores, and know your kids arrived safely — without handing your family's life to an advertising company. Features: • Family Wall — see everyone's status at a glance, and set a status for anyone in the household • Shared Calendar — events with reminders, recurrence, attendees, comments and reactions • Shopping Lists — everyone adds, anyone ticks off, updates land in seconds • To-dos & Chores — assign tasks and set them to repeat • Rewards — give chores a points value and approve reward requests • Food Calendar — plan the week's meals from your own recipes • Family Tree — parents, partners and children, with per-member permissions • Schedules — recurring routines like school runs and bedtimes • Location for kids, with safe zones — only a child's device shares a position, and adults are told when they arrive at or leave a place you've set up ParivarWall Pro Location sharing for children is part of ParivarWall Pro, an optional monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription with a three-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. One subscription covers everyone in the household. Everything else remains free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Private by design No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your household syncs through our backend hosted in the European Union and protected so only members of your household can read its data. Delete Account erases your account from our servers, not just from your phone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://parivarwall.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

openHAB V14 screens
ParivarWall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: openHAB V1 at none against ParivarWall's 2. openHAB V1 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). ParivarWall's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). 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. ParivarWall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. openHAB V1 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

openHAB V1 ships an update monthly, ParivarWall every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
openHAB V1 versus ParivarWall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteropenHAB V1ParivarWall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperopenHAB Foundation e.V.Vimlesh Pandey

In-app purchases

None

openHAB V1

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ParivarWall

Subscriptions2
  • ParivarWall Pro — Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ParivarWall Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is openHAB V1 free?
openHAB V1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParivarWall free?
ParivarWall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do openHAB V1 or ParivarWall have ads?
Neither openHAB V1 nor ParivarWall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, openHAB V1 or ParivarWall?
openHAB V1 ships an update monthly, and ParivarWall every 4 days. Most recently, openHAB V1 was updated on November 1, 2026 and ParivarWall on October 31, 2026.

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