Comparison

HA Remote vs Wall Panel for HA

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

Head to head
About

HA Remote

Features
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HA Remote is a powerful, beautiful, and ultra-fast smart home controller designed specifically for Home Assistant users. With zero complex setup, you can directly control all your smart devices, including lights, switches, curtains, air conditioners, and more!【Key Features】• Multi-Server & Group Management: Support storing and switching between multiple Home Assistant servers simultaneously (e.g., Office, Taipei Home, Taichung Home). Switch seamlessly anytime, anywhere, with safe, automatic backups to your iOS Keychain.• Smart Location & Geofencing: Built-in GPS geofencing technology automatically switches to the corresponding server when you approach or leave your home, and can trigger preset automation scenes.• Interactive Home Screen Widgets: Turn lights on/off or activate scenes directly from your iPhone Home Screen via widgets without opening the app, featuring real-time status updates.• Live Camera Monitoring: Support real-time video streaming for MJPEG and high-definition WebRTC cameras, keeping your home security right at your fingertips.• Environmental Data Analysis: Beautiful charts display historical data for temperature, humidity, and illuminance sensors, allowing you to track your home's environmental trends.• AI Voice & Siri Shortcuts: Perfectly integrated with Siri Shortcuts, you can use natural language or voice commands to control smart devices and check electrical load status.【Premium Subscription: Unlock Instant Push】Subscribe to "Smart Butler Premium" to unlock proactive WebSocket real-time data push! Sensor readings and light/switch statuses sync to your app dashboard within milliseconds, allowing you to experience a truly zero-latency smart life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://jklchen5362.github.io/smarthome-web/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://jklchen5362.github.io/smarthome-web/privacy.html

About

Wall Panel for HA

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Turn an old iPhone or iPad into a wall panel for your Home Assistant. Wall Panel for HA shows your dashboard full screen, dims it when nobody is around, and wakes it the moment someone walks up — and does nothing else. FULL SCREEN, ALWAYS ON No browser bars and no status bar, and the screen never locks while the panel is open. You stay signed in to Home Assistant, just as in a browser. DIMS WHEN IDLE After a minute without a touch the screen fades almost to dark, and your own brightness comes back when it wakes. The touch that wakes it only wakes it — it never presses a button on your dashboard by accident. Choose how long to wait and how dim to go. Or let it go fully black: on OLED screens black pixels give no light, so the panel looks switched off until someone comes near. WAKES ON MOTION Optionally, the front camera watches for movement while the screen is dimmed and brightens it when someone comes near. Frames are compared on the device a few times a second and never saved or sent anywhere. The camera is off whenever the screen is lit. WAKES ON A SENSOR Or let Home Assistant do it: enter an entity — a motion sensor in the hall, a door contact — and the screen lights up the moment it turns on, and stays lit while it keeps triggering. It uses the panel's own sign-in, so there is no token to create. LOOKS AFTER ITSELF If the Wi-Fi drops, the panel reloads by itself when it comes back. Use Guided Access to keep the panel on screen for good. SMALL ON PURPOSE One settings screen: your Home Assistant address, when to dim, how dim, and how to wake. Hold two fingers on the screen for three seconds to open it. No accounts, no ads, no analytics. The app talks only to your own Home Assistant. Wall Panel for HA is an independent app, not made or endorsed by Home Assistant or Nabu Casa. Home Assistant is a trademark of Nabu Casa, Inc.

Screenshots

HA Remote3 screens
Wall Panel for HA2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wall Panel for HA at none against HA Remote's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HA Remote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Wall Panel for HA asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
HA Remote versus Wall Panel for HA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHA RemoteWall Panel for HA
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKUOLI ChenRadoslaw Przybyl

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HA Remote

Subscriptions1
  • HA Remote - Smart Home Client$1.991 Month
None

Wall Panel for HA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HA Remote free?
HA Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wall Panel for HA free?
Wall Panel for HA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HA Remote or Wall Panel for HA have ads?
Neither HA Remote nor Wall Panel for HA shows ads.

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