Aivi vs HA LiveKit

Your dishwasher, your 3D printer, your EV charger, live on your Lock Screen. And now with buttons: pause the vacuum or send the mower home without unlocking. Aivi turns one HTTP request into a Live Activity or a widget on iPhone, Apple Watch and CarPlay. If Home Assistant, a script, or anything else in your stack can make an HTTP call, Aivi can display it. No app to build, no push certificates, no SDK. NEW: LIVE ACTIVITIES YOU CAN PRESS - A new Live Activity template with your own picture of the device and customizable buttons - A button can run your automation, flip a toggle or open a link - Each press reaches your automation as an event or a webhook, and the card shows what happened - Two new widgets: Showcase, a photo with your readings, and Remote, one device with its controls WIDGETS - Thirteen templates: showcase, remote, switchboard, progress, gauge, trend charts, battery levels, electricity prices, countdown, budget, energy flow, list and status - Every size, including the extra-large portrait size in iOS 27 - Widget Board, watch face complications and Smart Stack - Looks native everywhere: the tinted Home Screen, StandBy on the nightstand LIVE ACTIVITIES - Dishwasher and washing machine cycles with live countdowns - 3D prints with progress and time remaining - EV charging with charge level and completion estimate - Robot vacuums and mowers you can pause or send home - Always visible on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island until they're done KEY FEATURES - Family sharing: set up once, send an invite link, and everyone's devices stay in step. Subscribers never pay - Simple REST API: integrate in minutes with curl, a script or any HTTP client - Push, not poll: updates go out only when something changes - Home Assistant ready: quick-start blueprints, or the Aivi integration Start with a free 7-day trial. Only the owner needs a subscription; everyone you share with rides along free. ¹ Live Activities on Mac require macOS Sequoia or later and are not available in the EU. Widgets require iOS 26 or later; Live Activities work from iOS 18. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

HA LiveKit connects Home Assistant with iPhone Live Activities. Create real-time Lock Screen and Dynamic Island activities from your Home Assistant automations, entities, and Apple Shortcuts. Use it for: • Door and window status • Washing machine progress • Robot vacuum cleaning status • Lights, plugs, and switches • Climate and temperature sensors • Energy usage • Timers and custom states HA LiveKit works with a Home Assistant custom integration and supports entity-based actions. This means your automations can use an entity ID and automatically read its friendly name, state, unit, and progress value. You can start, update, or end Live Activities from: • the HA LiveKit iOS app • Home Assistant automations • Apple Shortcuts Features: • Lock Screen Live Activities • Dynamic Island support • Home Assistant entity-based automations • Apple Shortcuts actions • Background update support • Demo mode • Diagnostics for connection and activity status • HACS custom integration for Home Assistant Requirements: • Home Assistant • HA LiveKit Home Assistant integration • iPhone with Live Activities support • Notifications and Live Activities enabled HA LiveKit is designed for Home Assistant users who want fast, glanceable smart home status on iPhone.