openHAB vs Dynamo Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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….
Dynamo Client
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Dynamo Client is a fast, native DynamoDB client for iPhone and iPad. Connect to any AWS account or a local endpoint and work with your tables directly — no laptop required. Built for developers who need real access to their data on the go: browse items, run precise queries, edit attributes with full type fidelity, and administer tables from anywhere. CONNECT • Connect to any AWS region with your access key and secret • Point at a local DynamoDB endpoint for development • Credentials stored only on your device, in the iOS Keychain — never sent anywhere else • Optional Face ID lock on app launch BROWSE & QUERY • Scan and paginate through any table • Query Builder for keys and indexes, with filter expressions • Query global and local secondary indexes • Sort and reorder columns • Color-coded JSON that preserves DynamoDB's native types EDIT ITEMS — FREE • Create, edit, delete, and duplicate items • Attribute editor with all 10 DynamoDB types: String, Number, Boolean, Null, Binary, Map, List, String Set, Number Set, Binary Set • Raw JSON mode for power users • Types are always preserved — no lossy conversion to plain values PRO FEATURES • PartiQL — run SQL-like statements against your tables • Import from CSV with automatic type inference • Import and export tables to JSON • Full backup and restore, including table schema — move data between accounts or regions • Table administration: create tables, add and remove indexes, switch billing mode (on-demand / provisioned), empty and delete tables • Configure TTL (time to live) from the table details • Unlimited AWS account profiles (free includes one) • Destructive operations always require written confirmation Dynamo Client keeps DynamoDB's typed JSON format intact end to end, so what you see is exactly what's in your table. Backups are interchangeable across your devices. PRIVACY Your AWS credentials never leave your device. There is no account to create, no server in the middle, and no analytics tracking your data. PRICING Dynamo Client is free to download and use for everyday work — connecting, browsing, querying, and full item editing. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks the advanced tooling (PartiQL, CSV/JSON import & export, backup and restore, table administration, and TTL). No subscription — what you buy stays yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: openHAB at none against Dynamo Client's 1. Dynamo Client's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Dynamo Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. openHAB asks for nothing beyond the download.
openHAB ships an update every 3 weeks, Dynamo Client every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | openHAB | Dynamo Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | openHAB Foundation e.V. | Bjorn Martin |
In-app purchases
openHAB
No in-app purchases
Dynamo Client
- Dynamo Pro$9.99









