Comparison

CrowFlies vs Hubitat

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

Head to head
About

CrowFlies

Easily mark and navigate back to your car, hotel, or any saved location, even offline. Track your steps, distance, and path traveled. Ideal for exploring new places or finding your way home.

Highlights
  • Mark current location
  • Navigate back to saved points
  • Offline compass functionality
  • Track steps and distance
  • Save multiple points of interest
  • Choose true or magnetic north
Features
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Been shopping? Cant remember where your car is? Mark its location with Crowflies before you leave an let Crowflies guide you back. Ever been in a different city and needed to find your car? Or the train station? Or your hotel? Needed to find your tent at a festival and just can't work out the right direction to head in? Nobody likes finding themselves walking in circles! CrowFlies eliminates that problem! You can either save your current location before you set off and CrowFlies helpful compass will always point back towards where you have come from. Or simply mark where you would like to go on a map and have the compass show the way, even if you loose internet connection! CrowFlies also let's you know how far away you are from your chosen point. CrowFlies allows you to count your steps, distance travelled and the path you have taken. This is a great app for those that like to explore new places or meet up with friends in public locations. It can also work as a navigation tool to help get home after a jog or a cycle ride to a new place. You can set your compass to use either true north or magnetic north. You are able to save your current location at the press of a button or use the map to save points of interest up to four at a time, with the option of upgrading to unlimited points for a small cost. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Hubitat

Control and monitor your smart home devices remotely. Set up location-based automation and receive important alerts directly to your phone. This app enhances your existing home automation system.

Highlights
  • Access Dashboards
  • Monitor and control devices
  • Arm/disarm Safety Monitor
  • Change Modes
  • Define Geofence for Presence
  • Receive Push Notifications
Features
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App is an accessory to the Hubitat Elevation home automation system. Users of Hubitat Elevation can use the Mobile App to: - Access Dashboards to monitor and control devices, arm or disarm Hubitat Safety Monitor, change Modes and more. - Define a Geofence for Mobile Presence detection based on phone location. The Geofence center defaults to your hub location but can be dragged to any location and the radius set. - Receive Push Notifications from Hubitat Elevation apps.

Screenshots

CrowFlies4 screens
Hubitat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CrowFlies at 100% against Hubitat's 28%. Hubitat's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hubitat is free to download; CrowFlies costs $5.99 up front. CrowFlies sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Hubitat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrowFlies ships an update every 4 months, Hubitat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CrowFlies versus Hubitat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrowFliesHubitat
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating—2.8 (163 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better28.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—163 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTony DavisHubitat, Inc.

Customer experience

CrowFlies

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hubitat

All ratings163 ratings
Positive40.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative49.1%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral11.8%
Negative60.2%

Bugs and requests

CrowFlies

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hubitat

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes on startup consistently
  • Geofence detection fails to send events to hub
  • Geofence shows incorrect location (off by km)
  • Login screen keyboard covers continue button
  • App hangs at 'Loading User Data' screen
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  • Dashboard doesn't load after backgrounding
  • Local LAN mode not working, stuck on cloud
  • Hub discovery doesn't work on iOS
  • Duplicate rooms and devices displayed
  • Incorrect device status reporting
  • Notifications show 'invalid token' error
  • App doesn't support screen rotation
  • Email verification code not received
  • Presence detection broken after updates
  • App unable to connect to hub after updates
  • Geofence size resets to default
  • What's New screen cannot be dismissed
  • Layout issues with overlapping buttons on iPhone 7

Requested features

15 requests
  • Native iOS app with proper UI/UX design
  • Dark mode option
  • Widget support for quick device access
  • Ability to add/discover devices from mobile app
  • Automation and scene creation from app
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  • iPad landscape view support
  • Drag-and-drop dashboard tile customization
  • Multiple geofence locations
  • Motion sensor activity logging in dashboard
  • Improved dashboard responsiveness and layout
  • Manual IP address entry for hub connection
  • SMS-based account verification
  • Battery usage optimization for geofencing
  • Real-time notifications with better visibility
  • Detailed user manual and in-app help

In-app purchases

5 purchases

CrowFlies

One-time5
  • No Advertisements$0.99
  • Unlimited Waypoints$0.99
  • Path Tracking$0.99
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  • Pedometer$0.99
  • All Extras$2.99
None

Hubitat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrowFlies free?
CrowFlies costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hubitat free?
Hubitat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrowFlies or Hubitat have ads?
Neither CrowFlies nor Hubitat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrowFlies or Hubitat?
CrowFlies ships an update every 4 months, and Hubitat every 2 months. Most recently, CrowFlies was updated on October 11, 2026 and Hubitat on October 18, 2026.

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