Secluso vs HomeTend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secluso
This app provides a private home security camera system using Raspberry Pi or dedicated hardware. It offers end-to-end encrypted live viewing, alerts, and recordings directly to your iPhone, keeping your footage off the cloud.
- End-to-end encrypted live view, alerts, and recordings
- On-device AI for motion, person, pet, and vehicle detection
- Support for DIY Raspberry Pi cameras
- Self-hosted or hosted relay options
- Open-source software
- Guided setup and QR-based pairing
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Secluso is a private home security camera system for Raspberry Pi and Secluso hardware. Watch live video, get alerts, and view recordings from your iPhone without giving a cloud provider access to your footage. You can start today with your own Raspberry Pi and off-the-shelf parts. Secluso is built around end-to-end encryption. The camera encrypts video before it leaves your network, and the relay only transports encrypted data. You can self-host the open-source relay on your own VPS, or use hosted relay infrastructure without giving the relay access to your footage. Secluso Deploy gives you a guided setup path for preparing your Raspberry Pi, pairing it with the app, and setting up secure remote access. Secluso also includes on-device AI for alerts such as motion, person, pet, and vehicle detection. What you get: - End-to-end encrypted live view, alerts, and recordings - On-device AI with motion, person, pet, and vehicle alerts - Support for DIY Raspberry Pi cameras - Self-hosted or hosted relay options without giving the relay access to your footage - Open-source software you can inspect and self-host - Guided image building, QR-based pairing, and relay provisioning for easier setup
HomeTend
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Stay ahead of home maintenance. HomeTend keeps a seasonal schedule of the recurring tasks your house needs, grouped by home system, and works out what is due next so nothing gets missed. Add a task, pick how often it repeats, and HomeTend tracks its next-due date for you. When you finish the work, log the service with the date, cost, and notes. That moves the schedule forward and adds to your upkeep history, so month after month you build a real record of what you did and what it cost. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Add recurring tasks by home system: HVAC, roof and exterior, plumbing, safety, and seasonal. - See a seasonal schedule with each task's next-due date, starting from the current season. - Get a reminder before each task is due, set per task with your own lead time. - Log completed service with the date, cost, and notes. - Review each home system's upkeep history and total spend. - Track a yearly upkeep cost summary with a simple chart. - Export your upkeep history as a PDF and your service log as a CSV. A home dashboard shows what is overdue and what is due soon, so a two minute check tells you exactly where to start. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you enter stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Support messages you choose to send are the only thing that ever leaves the device. FREE AND PRO HomeTend is free to use with up to four tasks so you can set it up and see how it fits your home. The one-time Pro unlock adds unlimited tasks across every home system, reminders before each task is due, cost tracking, the yearly cost summary, and PDF and CSV export. It is a single payment of $9.99 USD, yours forever, with no subscription. HomeTend helps you plan and remember home upkeep. It is a personal organizer, not a warranty of results. For gas, electrical, structural, or roof work, hire a licensed professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Secluso at none against HomeTend's 1. Secluso also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. HomeTend sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Secluso asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Secluso | HomeTend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Kaczman | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
Secluso
No in-app purchases
HomeTend
- HomeTend Lifetime$9.99









