Havaworks vs PawFence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Havaworks
Control and manage your smart home devices from anywhere. Automate device operations based on various conditions like location, time, and weather. Integrate with smart speakers for voice control and share access with family.
- Remote device control
- Automated device operations
- Voice control integration
- Device sharing with family
- Multi-condition automation
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A smart device control and management application that helps you easily link to smart devices for intelligent control. -Good device control experience, you can control your home devices anytime, anywhere -Powerful equipment automation control capabilities, which can allow equipment to operate automatically based on multiple conditions such as location, time, weather, equipment status, etc., bidding farewell to the manual era -Easily connect to home smart speakers and play with the device through voice control -Share devices with family and friends, enjoy smart life together
PawFence
Create virtual boundaries for your pets using your mobile device. This app allows you to set up electronic fences, including circular and polygonal shapes, to keep your pets safely within designated areas.
- Electronic fence setup
- Circular fence creation
- Polygonal fence creation
- Designated pet areas
- Mobile device control
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Set up hardware electronic fences through a mobile app, including circular electronic fences, polygonal electronic fences, etc. Use electronic fences to allow pets to move within designated areas
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Havaworks at 2.2 against PawFence's 1.4. Havaworks also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and ratings volume (65 vs 13). PawFence's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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.
Havaworks holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Havaworks has 65 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Havaworks's written reviews are positive against 0% of PawFence's.
Havaworks ships an update every 3 months, PawFence every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Havaworks | PawFence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (65 ratings) — better | 1.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ecodot Trading Co., Ltd. | 伟才 邓 |
Customer experience
Havaworks
PawFence
Bugs and requests
Havaworks
Reported bugs
30 issues- App suddenly crashing
- Cannot manage temperature
- Only way to control temperature is in eco mode
- App won't connect
- App only works to cut heater on and off
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- Cannot get app to turn on heater
- App disconnects frequently
- Thermostat doesn't read correct temperature
- Cannot get Fahrenheit indicator to hold
- Non-stop screeching unless on Eco mode
- App requires mandatory login
- Device doesn't connect
- Always disconnects
- Constantly disconnecting
- Wi-Fi going offline means app stops functioning
- Temperature control doesn't work
- App insists on Celsius for outside temp
- Cannot switch light color via Google Home
- Light color defaults to blue when turned on
- Automations don't work
- Some controls are finicky and confusing
- Heaters default to 77F and cannot be changed
- Scheduling commands time out
- Mute always turns itself off
- Alexa icon missing from app
- Cannot change mode or target temperature
- Annoying on/off sound cannot be turned off
- Resets to original mode and settings after being turned off
- Barely functional on modern iPhones
- Lacks features
Requested features
9 requests- Add ability to specify mode in scheduling
- Implement Siri Shortcuts integration
- Improve scheduling functionality
- Add automation and advanced functions
- Allow switching light color via Google Home
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- Fix temperature unit display issue
- Add customer service number
- Improve app UX
- Make app instructions clearer
PawFence
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Havaworks
No in-app purchases
PawFence
No in-app purchases
