Haven vs Litterbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haven
A fast, privacy-focused native iOS client for Home Assistant. It connects directly to your instances for seamless control of smart home devices, featuring live camera streaming and real-time dashboard synchronization.
- Native speed and polish
- Live camera streaming
- Real-time Lovelace dashboards
- Multi-server management
- Quick actions and deep linking
- 100% private and local
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Haven is a fast, beautifully designed, and privacy-focused native iOS client for Home Assistant. Built from the ground up in Swift and SwiftUI, Haven connects directly to your Home Assistant instances with zero middleman servers. KEY FEATURES: • Native Speed & Polish: Fluid SwiftUI animations, adaptive responsive layouts, and modern iOS typography. • Live WebRTC & HLS Camera Streaming: Zero-latency camera feeds for Google Nest, go2rtc, and RTSP cameras with picture-in-picture and full-screen controls. • Real-time Lovelace Dashboards: Full support for custom Lovelace cards, tile cards, entity grids, climate gauges, and media players with instant WebSocket synchronization. • Multi-Server Management: Connect to multiple Home Assistant servers simultaneously and switch seamlessly. • Quick Actions & Deep Linking: Control favorite entities and access server dashboards directly from the Home Screen. • 100% Private & Local: No tracking, no analytics, no third-party telemetry. All credentials stay securely stored in your device's Apple Keychain. REQUIREMENTS: • An active Home Assistant instance (Core, Supervised, Container, or OS). • Works over local Wi-Fi, Tailscale, WireGuard, Nabu Casa (Home Assistant Cloud), or reverse proxies.
Litterbox
This Safari extension allows you to view individual posts from a social media platform without navigating to the full website. It opens links in a pop-up window for quick viewing and does not share your browsing data.
- View posts in pop-up windows
- Avoids visiting the full website
- Uses official API
- Protects user cookies
- Identifies viewable links
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Litterbox is a Safari extension that opens x.com links in a popup so you can read the one post and leave. - It uses the same API that powers their embed widgets. - It never sends your cookies. - The openable links are marked with a small dot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Haven at 5.0 against Litterbox's 4.2. Haven also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Litterbox's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Haven holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Litterbox has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Haven ships an update every 2 days, Litterbox weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haven | Litterbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JOHAN M BILIEN | And a Dinosaur |
Customer experience
Haven
Litterbox
In-app purchases
Haven
No in-app purchases
Litterbox
No in-app purchases
