Comparison

Avery HA vs CrossDrop

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

Head to head
About

Avery HA

Create beautiful smart home dashboards without coding. This app offers a user-friendly, drag-and-drop interface to easily manage devices, automations, and scenes for a customized home automation experience.

Highlights
  • Visual drag-and-drop dashboard builder
  • Fully customizable smart home layout
  • Fast linking of devices, automations, and scenes
  • Beautiful themes and layout presets
  • Seamless Home Assistant integration
Features
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Avery HA - Clutterless: Build your Home Assistant dashboard without code A no-code, user-friendly interface for creating stunning smart home dashboards. Avery HA - Clutterless is a companion app for Home Assistant users who want a faster and easier way to build and manage their smart home dashboards — without writing YAML or code. Key Features: • Visual, drag-and-drop dashboard builder • Fully customizable layout for your smart home • Fast linking of devices, automations, and scenes • Beautiful themes and layout presets • Seamless integration with your existing Home Assistant setup User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://averyhome.top/privacypolicy/averyha.html

About

CrossDrop

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CrossDrop is the ultimate peer-to-peer connection app designed to let you share files, chat, and stream live video between devices on your local network — with absolutely zero internet or cloud dependency. Whether you're sending large documents to a colleague, moving photos to your computer, or streaming your mobile camera to a tablet, CrossDrop makes it instant and secure. Because everything happens locally over your WiFi network, there are no file size limits and speeds are incredibly fast. Key Features: • Instant Auto-Discovery: Devices find each other automatically on your network. No IP addresses to type (unless you want to!). • Cross-Platform Sharing: Send files of any size between phones, tablets, and computers instantly. • Video Streaming: Stream your device's camera live to another screen over WebRTC. • Local Chat: Send instant, secure messages directly between connected devices. • QR Connect: Simply point your camera at a peer's QR code to link up instantly. • Multiple Themes: Customize your experience with 6 beautiful themes (including Dark, Neon, and Coffee). No cables. No internet required. Just launch CrossDrop and connect.

Screenshots

Avery HA3 screens
CrossDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Avery HA at none against CrossDrop's shown. Avery HA also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). CrossDrop's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price and in-app purchases 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. Avery HA sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and CrossDrop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avery HA ships an update every 10 days, CrossDrop every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Avery HA versus CrossDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvery HACrossDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWuhan FireFrog Technology Co., Ltd.Vladislav Alikov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Avery HA

One-time2
  • Lifetime License$3.99
  • Lifetime License 2$14.99
1 purchases

CrossDrop

One-time1
  • Support the App and remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Avery HA free?
Avery HA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CrossDrop free?
CrossDrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Avery HA or CrossDrop have ads?
CrossDrop shows ads; Avery HA does not.
Which is updated more often, Avery HA or CrossDrop?
Avery HA ships an update every 10 days, and CrossDrop every 4 weeks. Most recently, Avery HA was updated on October 9, 2026 and CrossDrop on October 10, 2026.

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