LifeSmart vs Hubitat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LifeSmart
Remotely manage smart home devices like outlets, lights, and cameras from your smartphone. Schedule device actions and monitor environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity.
- Remote control of outlets, lights, and cameras
- View live camera feed and PTZ control
- Define device schedules
- Monitor temperature, humidity, and illumination
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Control the outlet/lights/camera remote by using you smartphone. -Turn on or turn off the outlet/lights and view the current state -View the wifi camera and control the PTZ -Define schedule on the outlet/lights -View temperature/humidity/illumination NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Hubitat
Control and monitor your smart home devices remotely. Set up location-based automation and receive important alerts directly to your phone. This app enhances your existing home automation system.
- Access Dashboards
- Monitor and control devices
- Arm/disarm Safety Monitor
- Change Modes
- Define Geofence for Presence
- Receive Push Notifications
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App is an accessory to the Hubitat Elevation home automation system. Users of Hubitat Elevation can use the Mobile App to: - Access Dashboards to monitor and control devices, arm or disarm Hubitat Safety Monitor, change Modes and more. - Define a Geofence for Mobile Presence detection based on phone location. The Geofence center defaults to your hub location but can be dragged to any location and the radius set. - Receive Push Notifications from Hubitat Elevation apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LifeSmart at every 3 weeks against Hubitat's every 2 months. Hubitat's advantage is review sentiment (28% vs 18%) and ratings volume (168 vs 33). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for LifeSmart against 2.8 for Hubitat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat has 168 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 18% of LifeSmart's written reviews are positive against 28% of Hubitat's.
LifeSmart ships an update every 3 weeks, Hubitat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LifeSmart | Hubitat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (33 ratings) — better | 2.8 (168 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.9% of reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LifeSmart, Inc | Hubitat, Inc. |
Customer experience
LifeSmart
Hubitat
Bugs and requests
LifeSmart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hubitat
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes on startup consistently
- Geofence detection fails to send events to hub
- Geofence shows incorrect location (off by km)
- Login screen keyboard covers continue button
- App hangs at 'Loading User Data' screen
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- Dashboard doesn't load after backgrounding
- Local LAN mode not working, stuck on cloud
- Hub discovery doesn't work on iOS
- Duplicate rooms and devices displayed
- Incorrect device status reporting
- Notifications show 'invalid token' error
- App doesn't support screen rotation
- Email verification code not received
- Presence detection broken after updates
- App unable to connect to hub after updates
- Geofence size resets to default
- What's New screen cannot be dismissed
- Layout issues with overlapping buttons on iPhone 7
Requested features
15 requests- Native iOS app with proper UI/UX design
- Dark mode option
- Widget support for quick device access
- Ability to add/discover devices from mobile app
- Automation and scene creation from app
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- iPad landscape view support
- Drag-and-drop dashboard tile customization
- Multiple geofence locations
- Motion sensor activity logging in dashboard
- Improved dashboard responsiveness and layout
- Manual IP address entry for hub connection
- SMS-based account verification
- Battery usage optimization for geofencing
- Real-time notifications with better visibility
- Detailed user manual and in-app help
In-app purchases
LifeSmart
No in-app purchases
Hubitat
No in-app purchases
