Comparison

KingKiosk vs Haven

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

Head to head
About

KingKiosk

Transform any iOS device into a customizable multi-window display. Compose, control, and orchestrate real-time content across various tiles using MQTT. Ideal for creating dynamic dashboards, interactive displays, and smart home control panels.

Highlights
  • Multi-window display system
  • Real-time MQTT control
  • 35+ built-in widgets
  • Deep Home Assistant integration
  • AI voice control
  • Intercom and broadcast features
  • Privacy-first, local-first design
Features
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King Kiosk is the world's first Programmable Display Runtime — turn any iPad or iPhone into a multi-window display surface you can compose, control, and orchestrate in real time over MQTT. It's not digital signage. It's not a kiosk. It's not a dashboard. It's all of those — and none of them — because you decide what every screen becomes by sending it instructions. A REAL WINDOWING SYSTEM ON iOS Run a clock, a weather widget, a live camera feed, a Home Assistant panel, and a media player on the same screen, each in its own resizable, independently controllable tile. Floating mode for pixel-perfect layouts, or tiling mode for automatic, non-overlapping grids. 35+ BUILT-IN WIDGETS Clocks, weather, media player, YouTube, image carousels, gauges, charts, maps, calendars, PDF viewer, animated text, RSS feeds, MQTT-driven images and buttons, an Alarmo security panel, an LED light panel, DLNA player, an intercom, games, and a real-time canvas widget for declarative graphics. MQTT-NATIVE FROM THE GROUND UP Every widget, every layout, every system setting is addressable over MQTT. 100+ commands. Build automations in Home Assistant, Node-RED, or any tool that speaks MQTT. Save entire layouts as named "screen states" and recall them on schedule. DEEP HOME ASSISTANT INTEGRATION Auto-discovers itself to Home Assistant. Publishes sensor data (battery, network, location, presence). Responds to automations. Bidirectional calendar sync. Person and object detection feeds straight into HA. AI VOICE CONTROL Connect to Home Assistant conversation agents, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, or local Ollama. Your displays can listen, understand, and respond. INTERCOM & BROADCAST Two-way WebRTC audio between devices, room-to-room paging, and full-fleet broadcast — built on the same engine as professional installed-audio gear. PRIVACY-FIRST, LOCAL-FIRST Your data stays on your network. Crash reports are off by default and explicitly opt-in. No analytics. No tracking. No cloud lock-in. GUIDED ACCESS KIOSK MODE Lock the device to King Kiosk for wall-mounted iPads, lobby displays, intercom stations, or smart-home control panels. Optional command signing (HMAC) for enterprise deployments. BUILT FOR FLEETS Deploy one device or a thousand. Replicate layouts across an entire fleet with a single MQTT message. Schedule layout changes by time of day or day of week. --- A new category for every screen. Visit kingkiosk.kallinnovations.com to see what's possible. Patent pending. Programmable Display Runtime™ is a trademark of Kall Innovations.

About

Haven

A fast, privacy-focused native iOS client for Home Assistant. It connects directly to your instances for seamless control of smart home devices, featuring live camera streaming and real-time dashboard synchronization.

Highlights
  • Native speed and polish
  • Live camera streaming
  • Real-time Lovelace dashboards
  • Multi-server management
  • Quick actions and deep linking
  • 100% private and local
Features
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Haven is a fast, beautifully designed, and privacy-focused native iOS client for Home Assistant. Built from the ground up in Swift and SwiftUI, Haven connects directly to your Home Assistant instances with zero middleman servers. KEY FEATURES: • Native Speed & Polish: Fluid SwiftUI animations, adaptive responsive layouts, and modern iOS typography. • Live WebRTC & HLS Camera Streaming: Zero-latency camera feeds for Google Nest, go2rtc, and RTSP cameras with picture-in-picture and full-screen controls. • Real-time Lovelace Dashboards: Full support for custom Lovelace cards, tile cards, entity grids, climate gauges, and media players with instant WebSocket synchronization. • Multi-Server Management: Connect to multiple Home Assistant servers simultaneously and switch seamlessly. • Quick Actions & Deep Linking: Control favorite entities and access server dashboards directly from the Home Screen. • 100% Private & Local: No tracking, no analytics, no third-party telemetry. All credentials stay securely stored in your device's Apple Keychain. REQUIREMENTS: • An active Home Assistant instance (Core, Supervised, Container, or OS). • Works over local Wi-Fi, Tailscale, WireGuard, Nabu Casa (Home Assistant Cloud), or reverse proxies.

Screenshots

KingKiosk4 screens
Haven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Haven at every 2 days against KingKiosk's monthly. KingKiosk's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for KingKiosk against 5.0 for Haven. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KingKiosk ships an update monthly, Haven every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
KingKiosk versus Haven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKingKioskHaven
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKall Innovations, LLCJOHAN M BILIEN

In-app purchases

None

KingKiosk

No in-app purchases

None

Haven

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KingKiosk free?
KingKiosk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haven free?
Haven is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KingKiosk or Haven?
KingKiosk and Haven are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do KingKiosk or Haven have ads?
Neither KingKiosk nor Haven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KingKiosk or Haven?
KingKiosk ships an update monthly, and Haven every 2 days. Most recently, KingKiosk was updated on October 30, 2026 and Haven on October 20, 2026.

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