homee (old) vs InstarVision for iPad
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.
InstarVision for iPad
View and control your IP cameras from your iPad. Stream live video and audio, adjust settings, and manage recordings from various compatible brands.
- Live video/audio streaming
- Add, edit, delete cameras
- Pan/Tilt/Zoom control
- Change camera settings
- Save or share snapshots
- Play cloud/SD card recordings
- Motion detection activation
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InstarVision is the perfect companion to your INSTAR IP camera. This application is specially designed for the iPad and allows you to view the video streams of your camera, to control it real-time or to change its settings. • FUNCTIONS • - Play live- video/audio streams - Add/edit/delete cameras - Pan/Tilt/Zoom functions - Swipe control - Change camera settings (brightness, contrast, resolution ...) - Save or share snapshots - Saving preset positions - Controllable IR LEDs and I/O Relay (depends on the camera model) - Activate / deactivate camera motion detection - Play recordings from the Cloud or SD card Additional to the INSTAR models you can use cameras of the following manufacturers: - 7Links - ABUS - Allnet - Apexis - Axis - Bosch - Dericam - Digitus - D-Link - EasyN - Edimax - Elro - Foscam - Hama - JVC - Linksys - Mobotix - Panasonic - Reolink - Samsung - Siemens - Sony - Swann - Vilar - Wanscam - Wansview If you have any suggestion or problem with this app please contact us at support@instar.com. You can help us to extend the functions and supported cameras in this app by providing: - Documentation to your camera - Test account if possible This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded here: https://github.com/instarcam/InstarVision-iPad
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Verdict
homee (old) and InstarVision for iPad both sit at 3.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of homee (old)'s written reviews are positive against 82% of InstarVision for iPad's. homee (old) also leads on device support (3 vs 1). InstarVision for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 3.4 for homee (old) against 3.3 for InstarVision for iPad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of homee (old)'s written reviews are positive against 82% of InstarVision for iPad's.
homee (old) ships an update every 2 months, InstarVision for iPad every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | homee (old) | InstarVision for iPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (10 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | homee GmbH | INSTAR Deutschland GmbH |
Customer experience
homee (old)
InstarVision for iPad
In-app purchases
homee (old)
No in-app purchases
InstarVision for iPad
No in-app purchases
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