homee (old) vs Hörmann BlueControl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
homee (old)
Control smart home devices from various manufacturers and radio technologies. This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a remote for your entire home, allowing you to manage Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, EnOcean, and ZigBee devices.
- Control Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, EnOcean, ZigBee devices
- Expandable with colored cubes
- Connects to local wireless network
- iPhone and iPad remote control
- Monitor your home remotely
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See how homee makes your home smarter ... The homee principle: 1. Product(s) With homee you can control products of different radio technologies and manufacturers. At the moment homee supports Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, EnOcean and ZigBee. 2. homee The white Brain Cube of your homee connects to your local wireless network and lots of Wi-Fi devices. The colored cubes expands homee by Z-Wave, EnOcean and ZigBee radio. 3. App You just need this app to always keep an eye on your home. Your iPhone and iPad becomes a remote for your home.
Hörmann BlueControl
This app allows for initial setup and ongoing maintenance of compatible controls via a Bluetooth connection. Configure settings, create templates, and access diagnostic data for efficient management.
- Bluetooth connection
- Menu and parameter settings
- Template creation and management
- Diagnostic data readout
- Fault analysis
- Report generation
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With the Hörmann BlueControl app you can carry out Initial start-up and maintenance work on BlueControl-compatible controls. A Bluetooth connection is established between the end device and the control. If a connection is established to a control that was not taught in, you can configure all menu and parameter settings simply and clearly with the app. If the control has been taught in, you receive all important information such as diagnostic data, cycles, operating hours, etc. at a glance and can carry out maintenance work. Functions of the BlueControl app: - Connection to a control by scanning a QR code, or by selecting a specific control - Connection between the end device and control via Bluetooth. No Internet connection is required. - Menu and parameter settings of the control via app - Creating templates for the current menu and parameter settings - Managing all saved templates - Sharing templates with other people - Resetting maintenance intervals - Reading out diagnostic data - Performing a fault analysis - Creating and sending reports on all relevant control information via e-mail
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hörmann BlueControl at 5.0 against homee (old)'s 3.4. Hörmann BlueControl also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). homee (old)'s advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hörmann BlueControl holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: homee (old) has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
homee (old) ships an update every 2 months, Hörmann BlueControl every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | homee (old) | Hörmann BlueControl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | homee GmbH | Hormann KG Antriebstechnik |
Customer experience
homee (old)
Hörmann BlueControl
In-app purchases
homee (old)
No in-app purchases
Hörmann BlueControl
No in-app purchases
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