Comparison

HomeHub+ vs ScanBox

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

Head to head
About

HomeHub+

This app combines a smart flip clock with extensive weather and calendar features, and a powerful HomeKit controller for managing smart home devices and cameras. It allows for creating custom dashboards and logging sensor data over time.

Highlights
  • Smart flip clock with customizable sounds and motion detection
  • World clock with analog/digital faces and satellite map
  • Live weather, rain forecast, and radar
  • HomeKit device control (lights, locks, thermostats)
  • HomeKit camera live streaming and snapshots
  • Customizable HomeKit dashboard with sensor logging
  • Interactive sensor charts with historical data
Features
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3 GREAT APPS IN 1 1. SMART FLIP CLOCK 2. HOMEKIT CONTROLLER 3. MASSIVE HOMEKIT DASHBOARD 1. SMART FLIP CLOCK & WIDGETS Transform your iPhone into a desk clock that never sleeps! It flips open with a cool 3D rotation and lets you add an hour chime with a bell sound or even have it say the time in your language. Plus, it automatically dims to save battery and wakes up when you walk by with motion detection. It’s a fantastic way to give your old iPhone a new purpose. - Clock: Flip clock showing hours, minutes and seconds, with an option to add chime and tick sounds. - World Clock: Choose between an analog or digital face with a satellite map and a live day/night view. - Date: Displays the current date. - Weather: Shows live conditions, temperature and wind using WeatherKit. - Rain Forecast: A 12-hour clock showing the chance of rain. - Rain Radar: An animated global radar with wind information. - Sunrise & Sunset: Tracks the sun’s path across the sky. - Moon Phase: Features a photorealistic moon with an animated star field. - UV Index: Displays the intensity level in colour. - Calendars, Reminders and Birthdays - RSS feeds - Countdown: Shows how many days are left until (or since) a specific date. - Alarm & Timer: Set daily alarms or countdowns with sound, haptic and visual alerts. - Now Playing: Controls music with artwork and AirPlay. - Photo: Slideshow from your photo albums. - Buienradar: Dutch rain radar with an intensity chart (NL only). - NS Trains: Shows live Dutch railway departures with a commute mode (NL only). 2. HOMEKIT CONTROLLER [In App Purchase] Manage your smart home directly from the dashboard—no need to switch apps! - Lights: Turn them on or off, adjust brightness, change colour temperature or set them to a preset colour. - Switches & Plugs: Toggle them with a single tap. - Locks: Lock and unlock with visual feedback. - Blinds: Adjust the position with a slider that has step controls. - Thermostat: Set your desired temperature with a heating/cooling indicator and see the outside temperature. - Scenes: Activate scenes with a single tap. HOMEKIT CAMERA [In App Purchase] See your HomeKit cameras as dashboard tiles with snapshots that refresh automatically or live streaming. Tap to view them full screen. 3. MASSIVE HOMEKIT DASHBOARD Create a full-screen home dashboard with modular rows. Mix tile rows (5–7 tiles wide) with chart rows (up to 3 side-by-side sensor charts). You can have up to 5 rows per page and 5 pages to design a command centre for your home. SENSOR LOGGER The Home app shows you what’s happening now, but HomeHub records everything. Turn on logging for any HomeKit sensor to create a history over days, weeks, months and years. - Temperature, humidity, motion, contact, light, air quality, CO/CO2, smoke, water leak, occupancy, battery - Smart logging: only records meaningful changes, not just noise - Interactive charts with pan, select and min/max/average stats - Live sensor values on dashboard tiles alongside your widgets - Relink data when accessories are renamed or moved All sensor readings sync across devices through iCloud. CUSTOMIZATION Choose from 9 font weights, Celsius or Fahrenheit, 12/24-hour time and customise each tile. Organise pages by room, purpose or mood. Drag tiles to reorder them and long-press for settings. PRIVACY FIRST All data stays in your iCloud account. No third-party servers or tracking. Languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese Requirements: - iOS 18.6 or later - HomeKit-compatible accessories for sensor and control features - Camera tile and control tiles available as in-app purchases

About

ScanBox

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Scan only the text you want, frame it with a resizable scan box, tap once, and copy it. No wall of text to clean up. Works on camera, photos and screenshots, entirely on your iPhone. ScanBox gives you a scan box you can drag and resize. Put it over a price, a serial number, a single paragraph or a QR code, tap once, and just that is ready to use. WHAT'S NEW IN 1.3 • QR codes and barcodes: ScanBox reads codes inside the scan box, from the camera and from photos. Each code gets a Copy button, and web links get a tap-to-Open button • Search your history, ignoring case and accents • Tap phone numbers, links, addresses and dates in your results to call, open, map or add them • Edit captured text before you copy it; your edits are saved to history • Read aloud with the on-device system voice • Share sheet: choose "ScanBox" from Photos, Files or Safari images to read the text and copy it all, without opening the app. Scans from the share sheet are not saved to history • Shortcuts: the "Extract Text from Image" action (iOS 16 or later) • A simpler 3-step first-run guide TWO WAYS TO SCAN Camera: point at a menu, label, receipt, book page, sign or QR code. Move and resize the scan box to frame exactly what you need. Pinch to zoom from 1x to 6x and switch on the torch in dim light. Photos: import any picture or screenshot from your library. The same scan box appears over the image (it starts on the whole image) so you can narrow it to one line before you capture. WHY SCANBOX • Scan box: drag, resize and capture only what is inside it • Image to text from Photos and screenshots • QR code and barcode reading • Live camera scanning with torch and pinch-to-zoom (1x to 6x) • 13 OCR languages: English (US/UK), French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Russian and Ukrainian (these four need iOS 16 or later) • Optional auto-copy: turn it on in Settings to send text to your clipboard the moment it is read • Fast Mode for quick, everyday scans • Copy or share the result to Messages, Mail, Notes or any app • Local scan history with search, swipe to delete and Clear All • Haptics you can switch off • Tiny download - no bloat PRIVATE BY DESIGN ScanBox collects nothing. There is no account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics, no third-party SDKs and no network requests. Text is recognised on your device with Apple's Vision framework, and read aloud with the on-device system voice. Photos and camera frames are never saved or uploaded, and your history stays in the app's private storage on your iPhone. It works in airplane mode. GREAT FOR Receipts, menus, product labels, ingredient lists, serial numbers, price tags, business cards, street signs, whiteboards, book passages, neatly handwritten notes, QR codes, barcodes, and text inside screenshots - anything you would otherwise retype by hand. Free. No subscription. No sign-in.

Screenshots

HomeHub+4 screens
ScanBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HomeHub+ at 64% against ScanBox's 0%. HomeHub+ also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). ScanBox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). 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. HomeHub+ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ScanBox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeHub+ ships an update every 9 days, ScanBox every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HomeHub+ versus ScanBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeHub+ScanBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGijs RaggersNeha Rathore

Customer experience

HomeHub+

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

ScanBox

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HomeHub+

One-time2
  • HomeHub+ Camera tiles$1.99
  • HomeHub+ Control tiles$4.99
None

ScanBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeHub+ free?
HomeHub+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanBox free?
ScanBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HomeHub+ or ScanBox have ads?
Neither HomeHub+ nor ScanBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeHub+ or ScanBox?
HomeHub+ ships an update every 9 days, and ScanBox every 4 months. Most recently, HomeHub+ was updated on October 22, 2026 and ScanBox on October 24, 2026.

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