HomeAlerts vs Wrixle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HomeAlerts
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Get reminded when you left a window open or when your espresso machine is ready to brew. Receive notifications in response to any events in your smart home. You can manage Alerts from all your devices and trigger notifications for these Alerts from HomeKit automations. Notifications for each Alert can be delivered to all your devices or only to specific ones. You can also set a delay when a triggered notification should be delivered.
Wrixle
This utility app simplifies managing HomeKit automations. It allows users to enable or disable multiple automations simultaneously using a prefix, ideal for switching between different routines like vacation modes or guest settings. It also offers a Shortcut Action for scripting automation management.
- Bulk enable/disable automations
- Prefix-based automation selection
- Supports vacation and guest modes
- HomeKit integration
- Shortcut Action for scripting
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Do you find yourself enabling and disabling the same automations when you go away and come back, or when guests arrive and depart? Wrixle is a simple utility app that integrates with Apple's Home app to let you bulk-manage your HomeKit automations. After selecting your home, enter a prefix for the automation names, and you're ready to enable or disable multiple automations at once. Perfect for switching between daily routines and vacation modes, or managing guest-related automations. You can also use Wrixle's Shortcut Action to write scripts that enable or disable HomeKit automations by prefix.
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Verdict
HomeAlerts and Wrixle are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | HomeAlerts | Wrixle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moritz Sternemann | Michael Blakeley |
In-app purchases
HomeAlerts
No in-app purchases
Wrixle
No in-app purchases
