Comparison

openHAB vs Shrink

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

Head to head
About

openHAB

This app acts as a companion to an open-source home automation system, allowing users to control and integrate various smart home devices. It offers remote access, enhanced notifications, and a customizable interface for managing your smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Seamless integration with openHAB UI
  • Remote control via openHAB Cloud
  • Enhanced push notifications
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Natively supports iPhone and iPad
  • Connects to over 3000 devices
Features
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The official companion application for openHAB - an open source home automation system. The open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) project aims at providing a universal integration platform for connecting home automation technologies into a single intelligent system. With more than 3000 things that openHAB can connect to, there’s virtually nothing that can’t be integrated. Its advanced rules based architecture allows complete automation using several popular scripting languages (Java Script, Ruby, Python, Java, RDSL, and more ) as well as visual rule designers using either drag and drop interfaces or simple “If / Then” forms. The new openHAB UI allows users to easily build beautiful interfaces customized to their needs. openHAB is designed to be absolutely vendor-neutral as well as hardware/protocol-agnostic. Key Features: * Integrates seamlessly with your own openHAB UI (Main UI or sitemaps) * Control everything on your openHAB server directly or remotely through the free openHAB Cloud service (https://myopenhab.org) * Enhanced push notifications with media from openHAB Cloud and the openHAB cloud binding * Apple Watch companion app * Natively supports both iPhone and iPad Make openHAB the central integration and control point of your Smart Home. You will find openHAB at http://www.openhab.org/ openHAB has over 450 add-ons, supporting over 3000 things, some of which include: Aiphone, Amazon Dash Button, Amazon Echo Control, AmpliFi, AndroidTV, Anker, Apple HomeKit, Arlo, August, Belkin, Blink, Bosch Smart Home, Bose SoundTouch, Brinks, Chamberlain, Chromecast, Cree, D-Link, Daikin, Denon / Marantz, Dynaudio, Ecobee, Electrolux, Eero, Fibaro, Foscam, Freebox, Gardena, Google Home, Hisense, Honeywell, Honeywell Home, Hue, iRobot, JBL, Jablotron Alarm, Kaleidescape, Kenwood, KNX, Kodi, Kuka, Kwikset, LIFX, LG, Linksys, Logitech, Lutron, Matter, Miele Cloud, Miele@home, Moen, Nanoleaf, Neato, Netatmo, Nest, Nortek, Nuki, Osram, Philips Hue, Pioneer, Plex, Powermax, Rako, Ring, Ring Alarm, Roku, Samsung Smartthings, Sennheiser, Sensibo, Shelly, Siemens, SimpliSafe, Smarthome, Smartmeter, Smartthings, Sonos, Sony, Spotify, Squeezebox, Tado, Technics, Tesla, TP-Link Smart Home, TRÅDFRI, Unifi, Velux, Vera, Verisure, Vizio, Volumio, Wemo, Whirlpool, Wink, Xiaomi, Yamaha Musiccast, Yamaha Receiver, Yeelight, Zigbee, Z-Wave and 400 more popular technologies….

About

Shrink

Features
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Voice messages are annoying. Long. Full of pauses. "Uhm" and "you know" and "I mean". Shrink ends that. Voice message in. Essence out. In seconds. How it works: 1. Open or share a voice message into Shrink 2. Pick a format — one sentence, three sentences, or as a list 3. Read instead of listen Shrink listens for you. Catches what matters. And even tells you what the sender actually wants from you. Free: 5 Shrinks per day. Pro: Unlimited. $3.99 a month. No ads. No account needed. No data stored. Voice messages. To the point. — Terms of Use: https://www.web2future.at/shrink/agb Privacy Policy: https://www.web2future.at/shrink/datenschutz

Screenshots

openHAB4 screens
Shrink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: openHAB at none against Shrink's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Shrink sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. openHAB asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
openHAB versus Shrink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteropenHABShrink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperopenHAB Foundation e.V.Pöltl & Partner KG - web2future

In-app purchases

None

openHAB

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shrink

Subscriptions1
  • Shrink Pro Monthly$3.991 Month

Questions

Is openHAB free?
openHAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shrink free?
Shrink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do openHAB or Shrink have ads?
Neither openHAB nor Shrink shows ads.

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