Hubitat Elevation vs Basement Beacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hubitat Elevation
Control your smart home devices from anywhere with this mobile application. Customize your home screen for quick access to favorites, manage lights, locks, and thermostats, and automate tasks using geofencing. Receive push notifications for important events and monitor your home's security remotely.
- Customizable home screen
- Remote device management
- Grid-based dashboards
- Geofencing presence detection
- Push notifications and alert history
- Remote home monitoring
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App: Seamless Smart Home Control Welcome to the future of smart home management. With the Hubitat Elevation Mobile App, you can effortlessly control your connected devices, whether you're at home or on the go. Simplify your experience, enhance automation, and enjoy the convenience of mobile control. Key Features: - Home: Customize your home screen to quickly access notifications and favorite devices for instant control. - Devices: Manage lights, locks, thermostats, and more from anywhere. Our app supports a vast range of devices from various manufacturers. - Dashboards: Enjoy a user-friendly, grid-based interface that offers quick access and easy customization for all your smart devices. - Geofence: Use your phone as a presence sensor. Enable geofencing to automate tasks based on your arrival or departure. - Notifications: Get push notifications for events and view alert history directly in the app. - Monitoring: Remotely monitor your home and manage security modes effortlessly with the Hubitat Safety Monitor app. Discover the difference with Hubitat Elevation and take control of your smart home like never before!
Basement Beacon
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No need to worry about your sump pump not working, dry running, or your basement floor getting wet. The Basement Beacon is a device that you place in your sump basin to monitor water level, water quality, basement temperature and humidity, as well as monitoring your sump pump turning on and off. The Basement Beacon also has two floor sensors to measure areas of your basement for floor wetness alerts. This is the app that connects to your Basement Beacon to give you alerts on how your sump pump is performing and the status of your basement environment. It is a must have for anyone worrying about their basement getting flooded. You will need to purchase the Basement Beacon device to place in your sump basin. It will be available for purchase soon. This app communicates with the Basement Beacon device to send you alerts and display historical data.
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Verdict
Hubitat Elevation and Basement Beacon are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubitat Elevation | Basement Beacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (979 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 979 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubitat, Inc. | Anthony Girasoli |
Bugs and requests
Hubitat Elevation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on selecting hub
- Home screen not updating
- Unable to add devices
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Restore old app functionality
- Better customization options
Basement Beacon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hubitat Elevation
No in-app purchases
Basement Beacon
No in-app purchases
