congstar vs Hama Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
congstar
Easily manage your mobile plan and track usage with this app. View data, SMS, and minutes, recharge prepaid credit, and manage your SIM or eSIM. Control your tariff and options, update personal details, and access bills.
- Track data, SMS, and minutes usage
- Manage tariff and options
- Recharge prepaid credit
- View bills
- Manage SIM and eSIM
- Update personal data
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Mit der kostenlosen congstar App hast du schnell und einfach volle Kontrolle über deine Verbräuche und deine Daten jederzeit im Blick. Die congstar App bietet dir folgende Funktionen: Für Prepaid & Vertrag - Verbrauch im Blick - Daten, SMS und Minuten einsehen (inkl. Widget für Datenverbrauch) - Tarif & Optionen verwalten - Tarif wechseln, Optionen buchen oder kündigen - Guthaben & Rechnungen - Prepaid-Guthaben aufladen oder Rechnungen als PDF einsehen - SIM & eSIM verwalten - SIM-Karte sperren/tauschen, eSIM aktivieren, PIN & PUK anzeigen - Persönliche Daten ändern - Adresse, Zahlungsdaten oder Legitimations-PIN anpassen Wir entwickeln unsere congstar App kontinuierlich weiter und freuen uns über deine Bewertungen und konstruktiven Hinweise. Die Erklärung zur Barrierefreiheit unserer App findest du unter: https://www.congstar.de/barrierefreiheit Viel Spaß mit unserer App wünscht dir Dein App Team
Hama Home
Transform your living space into a smart home with this intuitive app. Control lights, heating, security, and more remotely via your smartphone. Automate routines for convenience and energy savings.
- Scenes and automations
- Control smart lights and bulbs
- Manage smart sockets
- Regulate heating and air conditioning
- Monitor security sensors
- Remote control and voice commands
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Welcome to your new home - simple, smart, secure With the Hama Home app, you can transform your home into a real smart home - without any hassle. Control lights, sockets, heating, sensors, or security functions conveniently via the app. Regardless of whether you live in a new build or want to retrofit your home, no additional gateway is required for most Hama Smart Home products; the Hama Smart Home Hub acts as a control centre for individual devices. All you need is your Wifi, a compatible device, and your iPhone or iPad - and you have everything under control. Intuitive to use, powerful in performance: The Hama Home app was developed from the ground up for modern and smooth control of your home. Thanks to clear structures, easy-to-understand menus and a redesigned home area, you will find your way around immediately. The most important devices, automations and status information are directly visible. You can control, customise and automate your entire smart home with just a few taps. Functions at a glance: - Scenes and automations: Create smart routines for your everyday life - Light: Control smart lamps and light bulbs - Sockets: Manage WLAN sockets and the connected devices - Heating & Air Conditioning: Precisely regulate the temperature of your radiators and control fans and air purifiers - Security: Monitor window and door contacts and motion detectors - Remote control via app and voice command: Control your smart home from anywhere in the world What makes Hama special: - Gateway-free: no additional hardware required - devices communicate directly - Simple installation via QR code: scan and get started - Future-proof: Support for Matter, Apple Home and Google Home, among others - Voice control: works with Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant Multi-user capability: Several people can access the home with their own mobile devices, ideal for families Smart examples for your everyday life: - The light in the hallway switches on automatically when you come home in the evening - Sockets in the living room switch off when you leave the house - The heating adapts to your daily routine and saves energy - Secure mode is activated automatically when on holiday - Presence simulation ensures that your home is occupied even when you're not there Experience for yourself how easy the smart home can be - download Hama Home for free and get started right away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: congstar at 73% against Hama Home's 29%. congstar also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
congstar holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: congstar has 277 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of congstar's written reviews are positive against 29% of Hama Home's.
congstar ships an update fortnightly, Hama Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | congstar | Hama Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (277 ratings) — better | 3.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.6% of reviews — better | 28.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 277 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | congstar GmbH | Hama GmbH & Co KG |
Customer experience
congstar
Hama Home
In-app purchases
congstar
No in-app purchases
Hama Home
No in-app purchases
