Automation Schedule vs Home.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Automation Schedule
Organize and manage your smart home automations with a clear, time-ordered schedule. View, edit, and add automations directly from a visual timeline, making complex home automation easier to understand and control.
- Time-ordered automation view
- Edit and add automations directly
- Sun-based automation timing
- Calendar view for any day
- Supports multiple homes
- Universal iPhone and iPad app
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The missing schedule view for Apple Home. Apple Home has automations. It doesn’t have a schedule. As your home gets more automated, an alphabetical list gets harder to make sense of. Automation Schedule puts everything in time order, so you can see what’s scheduled, make changes, and add new automations. YOUR RECURRING AUTOMATIONS, IN TIME ORDER Pick a day and see every recurring automation scheduled, from morning to night. • Edit an automation, turn it off, or add a new one without leaving the list. • Disabled automations stay where they belong, dimmed but still visible. • Sun-based automations appear at the actual time they’ll run. JUMP TO ANY DAY Tap a date to see everything scheduled for that day, or add a one-off right from the calendar. One-offs stand out, so they’re easy to spot among your recurring automations. MORE ROOM, MORE SCHEDULE On iPad, the timetable opens up to the full week—every day as a column, every automation placed at the hour it fires. STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Automation Schedule talks to HomeKit directly on your iPhone or iPad. There is no account, no server, and no analytics. Your home data never leaves your device. MORE OF WHAT YOU NEED • Switch between multiple homes • See sunrise- and sunset-based automations at the actual time they’ll run • Create and edit recurring and one-off automations • Changes appear in Apple Home too • Universal across iPhone and iPad One-time purchase. No subscription.
Home.io
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Home.io puts your smart home on a 3D model of your own house. See at a glance which lights are on, which doors are open and how warm every room is, then tap anything to control it. YOUR HOUSE, IN 3D • Draw your floor plan room by room, scan it with LiDAR, use a photo of your plans, or import a 3D model (USDZ, OBJ). • Walls cut away so you can see into every room; choose how high the walls and furniture stand. • Switch floors, turn the house, pan and zoom, and save your favourite views. • A real-time sky with the actual sun position and live weather, from day to night. EVERY ACCESSORY WHERE IT REALLY IS • Works with Apple Home (HomeKit) and Home Assistant, side by side, without duplicates. • Lights glow in their rooms with their brightness; locks, doors, sensors, thermostats, speakers and cameras show their state on the model. • Rooms named differently in Apple Home or Home Assistant are easy to match to your plan. • A clean 2D plan view, the Accessories list, scenes, music and Siri-style voice control. AWAY FROM HOME • Leave an iPad at home as your hub and control Home Assistant from your iPhone anywhere, through your own iCloud, with no network setup. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • iPhone, iPad and Mac, with widgets. Your plans and settings sync through iCloud. HOME.IO PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) Unlock the model editor (paint any surface, add trees, shrubs and furniture, make doors move), your own house models and more floor plans, replay of the last day on the model, automations, and live camera windows on the model. One purchase, no subscription, shared with your family. Home.io collects no personal data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Home.io at Free against Automation Schedule's $4.99. Automation Schedule's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, 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
Home.io is free to download; Automation Schedule costs $4.99 up front. Home.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Automation Schedule asks for nothing beyond the download.
Automation Schedule ships an update every 3 days, Home.io every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Automation Schedule | Home.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gross Development Co. | Steven Koch |
In-app purchases
Automation Schedule
No in-app purchases
Home.io
- Home.io Pro$7.99
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