Comparison

Ephora vs Hemera for Home Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Ephora

Effortlessly remove unwanted text, watermarks, objects, and backgrounds from your photos. Create professional-looking headshots for your CV or LinkedIn profile with AI-powered editing tools. Offers various editing options, including background changes and artistic filters.

Highlights
  • Remove text and watermarks
  • Erase unwanted objects and people
  • Change photo backgrounds
  • Generate AI headshots
  • Create product branding visuals
  • Apply artistic filters and adjustments
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Remove text, watermarks, objects and backgrounds from your photos in one tap. Turn a selfie into a studio-style headshot for your CV or LinkedIn. Start with free credits, then buy a credit pack or an optional plan. Every tool shows its credit cost before you tap. Unused credits stay in your balance, and if an AI edit fails, the credits go back to you. Built for online sellers, job seekers and anyone who needs one clean photo today. WHAT YOU CAN DO Text & Watermark Eraser Erase text, captions, date stamps and watermarks. The AI fills in what was behind them, so the photo looks untouched. Object Eraser Mark an unwanted object or person and remove it. The gap is filled with detail that matches the rest of the photo. Background Remover Cut a person or a product out of its background in one tap. Handy for product listings, profile pictures and social posts. Background Changer Pick your photo and the background you want. Ephora places your subject into the new scene as one image. AI Headshot Turn one selfie into a studio-style headshot for your CV or LinkedIn. Ephora keeps your face and your own clothes. Each headshot uses 10 credits; generate again for another take. Product Branding Upload your product, your logo and a background, choose your brand colors, and get a product visual ready for your shop or socials. Ephora It Turn a portrait into a soft, illustrated look with a pastel glow. Filters & Adjustments 11 filters including Sepia, B&W, Vintage and Dramatic, plus color tints, crop, rotate and flip. CREDITS AND PLANS • Background removal, background change, object removal and Ephora It: 5 credits • AI headshot and product branding: 10 credits • Text removal: 20 credits • Credit packs are one-time purchases. • Plus adds 500 credits a month and Pro adds 1,000 credits a month, billed monthly or yearly. Plans are optional. PRIVACY Ephora's servers don't store your photos. Our AI provider processes a photo only for your edit and deletes it within 24 hours. Your photos stay yours. Plus and Pro are optional auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://ephora-app.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://ephora-app.com/privacy Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Hemera for Home Assistant

Features
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Hemera is a fast, native Home Assistant client built entirely in SwiftUI. It connects to your Home Assistant server over WebSocket for real-time updates and gives you a clean, intuitive dashboard to monitor and control your entire smart home. CURATED HOME DASHBOARD Pin your most-used devices to a customizable home screen. Drag to reorder, resize tiles, and build the layout that works for you. Every change syncs instantly. ROOM-BY-ROOM CONTROL Browse all your Home Assistant areas in one view. Tap into any room to see every device — lights, covers, climate, switches, sensors — organized by category. PRECISION CONTROLS Adjust light brightness and color temperature with smooth sliders. Open or close blinds to any position. Set your thermostat target temperature, fan mode, and preset. Toggle switches and trigger scenes or automations with a single tap. REAL-TIME STATE Entity states update the moment they change on your server. No polling, no manual refresh — Hemera maintains a persistent WebSocket connection so your dashboard always reflects reality. DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Adaptive layouts that feel at home on any screen size. Compact tile grids on iPhone, spacious multi-column layouts on iPad. Full Dark Mode support. OPEN SOURCE Hemera is free and open source under the MIT license. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your data stays between your device and your Home Assistant server.

Screenshots

Ephora4 screens
Hemera for Home Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hemera for Home Assistant at none against Ephora's 3. Hemera for Home Assistant also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Ephora's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Ephora sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hemera for Home Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ephora ships an update every 4 months, Hemera for Home Assistant weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ephora versus Hemera for Home Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEphoraHemera for Home Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodereltechAdam Borbas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ephora

One-time3
  • 100 Credits$1.99
  • 500 Credits$8.99
  • 2000 Credits$19.99
None

Hemera for Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ephora free?
Ephora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hemera for Home Assistant free?
Hemera for Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ephora or Hemera for Home Assistant have ads?
Neither Ephora nor Hemera for Home Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ephora or Hemera for Home Assistant?
Ephora ships an update every 4 months, and Hemera for Home Assistant weekly. Most recently, Ephora was updated on October 1, 2026 and Hemera for Home Assistant on October 2, 2026.

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