HOOBS vs arre home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HOOBS
Connect smart home devices from various brands and technologies to your preferred ecosystem. Control all your accessories, regardless of their original platform, from a single, unified app for a truly integrated smart home experience.
- Connects accessories to Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Amazon Alexa
- Supports Nest, Ring, Arlo, and hundreds more brands
- Works with Zigbee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth devices
- Unified control from a single app
- Seamless smart home integration
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HOOBS™ makes your smart accessories compatible with your favorite ecosystem. Whether you prefer Apple Homekit™, Google Home™, or Amazon Alexa™, you’re unlikely to find compatible accessories and services that all work together nicely under one roof. HOOBS™ is the missing link in your smart home ecosystem, bringing together devices from leading brands like Nest, Ring, Arlo, and hundreds more into Apple HomeKit. No matter what technology your devices use – Zigbee, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth – HOOBS creates a seamless connection for effortless control from a single app. Experience the convenience of true smart home integration.
arre home
Manage your smart home devices like locks, sensors, and switches. Set up new hardware easily, create custom automations, and receive smart notifications. Keep your devices updated with secure firmware over-the-air.
- Guided device onboarding
- Over-the-air firmware updates
- Door and sensor automation
- Customizable smart notifications
- In-app support and guides
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arre home is the companion app for your Arre smart devices—locks, contact sensors, hubs, switches, and future Matter accessories. Set everything up in minutes, manage automations, and keep firmware current. Highlights - Guided onboarding: create an account, claim your hardware, and pair new devices over Bluetooth or Matter with step-by-step instructions and live troubleshooting tips. - Always up to date: push secure OTA firmware updates to individual products or batches, track progress in real time, and review release notes before you deploy. - Door & sensor automation: create “door left open” watchdogs that live in the cloud, tune alert timing, and share secure webhook URLs with the rest of your stack. - Smart notifications: decide which devices send push alerts, sync notification tokens across phones, and pause/resume reminders with a tap. - Built-in support: browse setup guides, and contact Arre support without leaving the app. Designed for integrators and families alike, Arre Home keeps every device patched, every alert routed, and every automation organized — so your smart space stays secure, responsive, and ready for what’s next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: arre home at 2.3 against HOOBS's 1.1. HOOBS's advantage is review sentiment (11% vs 0%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
arre home holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of HOOBS's written reviews are positive against 0% of arre home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | HOOBS | arre home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.1 (27 ratings) | 2.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOOBS Inc | arre home LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
HOOBS
No in-app purchases
arre home
No in-app purchases
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