Remote Control for HomeKit vs MelClimate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remote Control for HomeKit
Effortlessly manage your smart home devices, including air conditioners, lamps, and speakers, from your phone. Adjust settings like temperature, color, and brightness with a user-friendly interface. Transform your living space into a connected, intelligent home.
- Control air conditioners (temp, modes, timer)
- Adjust smart lamps (color, brightness, timer)
- Manage speaker volume and playback
- Seamless smart home integration
- User-friendly interface
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Remote Control for HomeKit puts complete control of your smart home devices right in your pocket. Effortlessly manage air conditioners, smart lamps, speakers, and more with a beautifully designed interface optimized for your smart home. Key Features: - Control air conditioners with temperature, modes, and timer shutdown - Adjust smart lamps for color, brightness, and auto-off timer - Manage speakers for volume and playback control - Seamless integration with smart home ecosystem Transform your living space into a smart home with Remote Control for HomeKit — simple, powerful control for your connected devices. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. By using this app, you consent to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AV8qCpqTZBslQXqKYt8Mi7dsppxoSDpY7RG9um6dO8Y/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1utxLqWKzLxdhd5CPlvP38vDAKejhVrlIADZP0BB01oU/edit?usp=sharing
MelClimate
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MelClimate is a calmer, faster way to run the air conditioning you already own. Sign in with the account your units are already registered to and your rooms appear. No extra hardware, no adapters, nothing to wire in. EVERY ROOM, ONE SCREEN Every room on one screen, with the temperature it is actually at and the last day of that room drawn behind it, so you can see whether it is holding or drifting before you read a number. Tiles or a list, in your own order. Tap a room for mode, target, fan speed and both airflow directions. Schedules run in the manufacturer's cloud, so they fire whether or not your phone is awake. The sky at the top of the screen is the real weather: cloud drifting, rain falling, the sun turning, the moon at night, from the same reading that gives you the outdoor temperature. WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN Enter your rate and MelClimate turns kilowatt-hours into money. If you are on Economy 7 or another night tariff, set both rates and the cheap window; overnight running is priced correctly, including the half-hour boundaries most tariffs actually use. A ROOM THAT IS GETTING WORSE, BEFORE IT FAILS MelClimate times how long each room takes to reach its target, and tells you when one starts slowing down. A blocked filter is the usual cause and the cheapest to fix. It also watches for short-cycling, a compressor starting and stopping too often, which is what an oversized unit does to itself quietly, for years. THINGS THE STOCK APP WILL NOT DO Coil drying runs the fan on after cooling to dry the evaporator, then puts the unit back in the mode it was in. It is the habit that stops a unit smelling. Sleep ramp lets a bedroom drift warmer through the night rather than holding one number until morning, which is both more comfortable and cheaper. Ready by works out when to start so a room is at temperature when you get there. Service records keep who came, what they did, and the report they left. Action history records every change the app sends and whether the unit accepted it: the first place to look when something did not happen. YOUR DATA, YOURS History syncs through your own iCloud account. It is on your devices and Apple's, never on a server of ours. There isn't one. You sign in on the manufacturer's own page, so MelClimate never sees your password. PRICING MelClimate is a paid app with a free week. One subscription for everything: 2.99 GBP a month or 29.99 GBP a year, billed by Apple, seven days free first. Cancel during the trial and nothing is charged. The sample home is open to anyone, no account needed. --- COMPATIBILITY Works with cloud-connected air conditioners, signed in with the account your units are already registered to. The supported equipment is listed at melclimate.com/compatibility. MelClimate is an independent app, not made by, endorsed by, sponsored by or affiliated with any equipment manufacturer, and contains none of their software or material. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://melclimate.com/privacy User guide: https://melclimate.com/guide
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MelClimate at every 4 days against Remote Control for HomeKit's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Remote Control for HomeKit sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and MelClimate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Remote Control for HomeKit ships an update every 2 months, MelClimate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remote Control for HomeKit | MelClimate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HomeFlow Labs | Fadi Josef |
In-app purchases
Remote Control for HomeKit
- Manage speakers$5.997 Days
- Seamless integration3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Remote Control for HomeKit3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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- HomeKit|Smart Home Remote3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Remote for HomeKit3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Control air conditioners$7.997 Days
- Adjust smart lamps for color$9.997 Days
- HomeKit Remote for Smart Home$19.991 Year
- HomeKit Remote Control$29.991 Year
- HomeKit Controller・Smart Home$39.991 Year
MelClimate
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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