Comparison

Satellite Remote vs Controller for HomeKit

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

Head to head
About

Satellite Remote

Control your fan and light kit remotely using your phone or tablet. This app pairs with a Bluetooth receiver to manage fan speed, power, and light dimming.

Highlights
  • Remote fan control
  • Light kit control
  • Dimming feature
  • Bluetooth pairing
  • Speed adjustment
Features
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Remote control your 'Satellite Devices' by using your phone or tablet. The app when paired with Bluetooth Satellite Receiver can operate your fan by turn on/off, change speeds and control your light kit including dimming feature. Satellite Electronic (Zhongshan) has now grown to be one of the leading manufacturers of ceiling fan remote control and wall control system. We provide solutions for remote control. If you are interested in our products, please contact us anytime. Web Site : http://www.fan-light.com Facebook Fan Page : https://www.facebook.com/fanlight1991

About

Controller for HomeKit

Enhance your smart home experience with advanced control and automation. Visualize your home with floor plans, track device performance with charts, and create complex automations tailored to your needs. Organize devices, store setup codes, and monitor your entire smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Floor plan visualization with LiDAR
  • Device performance charts
  • Complex automations and workflows
  • Custom notifications
  • Smart folders and filters
  • Setup code storage
  • Device maintenance and logs
Features
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Satellite Remote3 screens
Controller for HomeKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against Satellite Remote's 2.3. Controller for HomeKit also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (27% vs 0%). Satellite Remote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Controller for HomeKit sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Satellite Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Satellite Remote's written reviews are positive against 27% of Controller for HomeKit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Satellite Remote ships an update every 6 months, Controller for HomeKit every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Satellite Remote versus Controller for HomeKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSatellite RemoteController for HomeKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.1 (2.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews26.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFan Remoteacasa Software GmbH

Customer experience

Satellite Remote

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,742 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews468 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative63.7%

Bugs and requests

Satellite Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Controller for HomeKit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Backup and restore issues
  • Disappearing automations and accessories
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
  • Slow performance and unresponsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved documentation and tutorials
  • Better integration with Apple Home app
  • Support for more HomeKit device types
  • Ability to customize automation triggers

In-app purchases

None

Satellite Remote

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions6
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
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  • Essentials Lifetime - Plus Addon3 Months trial$39.991 Year
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Controller Essentials Lifetime$99.99
  • Controller Essentials Lifetime$139.99

Questions

Is Satellite Remote free?
Satellite Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Satellite Remote or Controller for HomeKit?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Satellite Remote averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 from 2.7K ratings.
Do Satellite Remote or Controller for HomeKit have ads?
Neither Satellite Remote nor Controller for HomeKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Satellite Remote or Controller for HomeKit?
Satellite Remote ships an update every 6 months, and Controller for HomeKit every 10 days. Most recently, Satellite Remote was updated on October 15, 2026 and Controller for HomeKit on October 15, 2026.

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