openHAB V1 vs Loxone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Connects to openHAB 1.x systems
- Legacy iOS support
- Security updates only
- Deprecated status
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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/
Loxone
Control your smart building's lighting, music, energy, and security from a single, intuitive app. Customize automations, create scenes, and receive real-time push notifications for alarms and reminders. Manage your home or office remotely with ease.
- Smart building control
- Lighting management
- Music control
- Energy management
- Security monitoring
- Customizable automations
- Real-time push notifications
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With LOXONE, you get all the features for your smart building at a glance in a single app – clearly laid out and easy to use. Control lighting, music, energy management, security and much more anytime, anywhere. Your app. Your style: Make the LOXONE App truly yours. Choose between two Themes – our signature Highlight Theme with the bold green header, or the subtle Neutral Theme with a dark header. With the new Light Mode, the app adapts to your preference: light, dark, or automatically matched to your system settings. Tailored precisely to your needs: Set up the LOXONE App exactly how you want it: set your favourites, create your own automations and design practical scenes for your building. Push notifications: Whether critical alarms such as burglary or practical reminders such as an open window when leaving the house – the LOXONE App notifies you in real time on all devices where you want it. Automatic Designer: Easily create your own logic – no programming knowledge required. Example: "When the sun rises AND it is a weekday, THEN turn on the coffee machine." Important information: The LOXONE App is used in conjunction with a LOXONE Miniserver. We recommend having the LOXONE Miniserver installed and configured and the LOXONE App set up by a certified LOXONE Partner. To ensure external access to the LOXONE App, the relevant settings must be made by a LOXONE Partner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: openHAB V1 at 12.0 against Loxone's 18.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for openHAB V1 against 4.0 for Loxone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of openHAB V1's written reviews are positive against 49% of Loxone's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | openHAB V1 | Loxone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (40 ratings) | 4.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.4% of reviews — better | 49.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | openHAB Foundation e.V. | Loxone Electronics GmbH |
Customer experience
openHAB V1
Loxone
In-app purchases
openHAB V1
No in-app purchases
Loxone
No in-app purchases









