Comparison

Hubitat Elevation vs ReferenceFrame

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen
  • Remote device management
  • Grid-based dashboards
  • Geofencing presence detection
  • Push notifications and alert history
  • Remote home monitoring
Features
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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!

About

ReferenceFrame

This app calculates all necessary dimensions for custom picture framing, including mat cuts and material depths. It ensures your artwork fits within the frame's rabbet and generates a detailed cut list and technical diagram. Works offline and supports various measurement units.

Highlights
  • Calculates frame, mat, and cut dimensions
  • Checks artwork fit within rabbet
  • Generates technical cross-section diagrams
  • Exports PDF summary
  • Saves configurations and design history
  • Supports inches (with fractions) and millimeters
  • Works entirely offline
Features
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ReferenceFrame does the math for custom picture framing. Enter your artwork size and frame stock dimensions, and it sorts out mat cuts, rabbet clearances, material stack depths, and a complete cut list. WHAT IT DOES - Calculates frame, mat, and cut dimensions from your artwork size - Checks that everything actually fits in the rabbet (and tells you when it won't) - Generates a technical cross-section diagram with labeled dimensions - Plans corner spline slots: placement and safe depth for your moulding - Lays out hanging hardware: hanger positions, wire length, and where the hook lands - Estimates finished weight and wire tension from real wood, glass, and board densities - Exports a PDF summary you can take to the workshop - Saves configurations and keeps a history of your designs DETAILS - Inches (including fractions) or millimeters - Traditional rabbet or sight-size (full-bleed) frame styles - "Cut to fit" sizes that honor assembly clearance - Standard and custom artwork sizes - Adjustable defaults for frame stock, mat width, material thicknesses, and more - Works entirely offline — nothing leaves your device Built for anyone who's ever needed to know exactly how wide to cut a mat, and would rather not find out the hard way that they were off by an eighth.

Screenshots

Hubitat Elevation4 screens
ReferenceFrame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hubitat Elevation at Free against ReferenceFrame's $4.99. Hubitat Elevation also leads on ratings volume (979 vs 1). ReferenceFrame's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and chart position (#138 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hubitat Elevation is free to download; ReferenceFrame costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ReferenceFrame holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat Elevation has 979 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hubitat Elevation ships an update every 3 weeks, ReferenceFrame every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hubitat Elevation versus ReferenceFrame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHubitat ElevationReferenceFrame
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.1 (979 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings979 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#138 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHubitat, Inc.Graham Larue

Customer experience

Hubitat Elevation

All ratings773 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative68.9%

ReferenceFrame

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ReferenceFrame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hubitat Elevation

No in-app purchases

None

ReferenceFrame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hubitat Elevation free?
Hubitat Elevation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReferenceFrame free?
ReferenceFrame costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hubitat Elevation or ReferenceFrame?
ReferenceFrame is rated higher. Hubitat Elevation averages 4.1 out of 5 from 979 ratings, while ReferenceFrame averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hubitat Elevation or ReferenceFrame have ads?
Neither Hubitat Elevation nor ReferenceFrame shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hubitat Elevation or ReferenceFrame?
Hubitat Elevation ships an update every 3 weeks, and ReferenceFrame every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hubitat Elevation was updated on October 18, 2026 and ReferenceFrame on October 15, 2026.

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