Eve for Matter & HomeKit vs Aqara Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eve for Matter & HomeKit
Manage your smart home devices with ease. Get a quick overview of your connected home, customize device organization, and create powerful automations using timers and rules. Control lights, appliances, and more with your iPhone or voice.
- At a glance home overview
- Scene activation
- Customizable rooms and device organization
- Advanced automations with rules and timers
- Voice control integration
- Device data gathering
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Eve works with all Matter- and HomeKit-enabled devices. See your home at a glance. Customize your ecosystem down to the finest detail. Activate scenes in a snap. And easily create automations using timers and rules. With Eve, you’re at the forefront of connected home control – and guided – every step of the way. — AT A GLANCE — Get a quick overview of everything that's happening in your connected home. Quickly access your favorite scenes to instantly control multiple accessories as one. And dive into room or type details with a simple tap. — CONVENIENT CUSTOMIZATION — Personalize your home according to your exact preferences. Choose among the many pre-defined rooms or add your own. And organize all your devices in a way that feels natural. — POWERFUL AUTOMATIONS — Easily create advanced scenes to control multiple devices with a single command. And set timers to synchronize your home with your daily routine. Better yet, add powerful rules to set scenes based on accessory values or your location, and have your home work for you – automatically. — ABOUT EVE — The Eve family of Matter- and HomeKit-enabled devices puts your home at your fingertips. Control your lights, appliances, radiators and other connected comforts – with your iPhone or just your voice. Easily create automations for carefree convenience around the clock. And gather data on temperature, air quality, humidity, energy consumption and more. Meet the whole Eve family at evehome.com
Aqara Home
Manage and automate your smart home devices remotely. Control lights, monitor sensors, and create custom scenes and automations for a more convenient living experience. Supports a wide range of smart home accessories.
- Remote control of smart accessories
- Create homes and rooms
- Monitor appliance status and environmental data
- Automate actions with timers and triggers
- Create scenes for multi-device control
- Siri integration for voice control
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Aqara Home is an app for smart home automation and control. With Aqara Home, you can: 1. control Aqara accessories anywhere and anytime where there is Internet access; 2. create homes and rooms and assign accessories to the rooms; 3. control your Aqara accessories and check the status of connected appliances. For example: *adjust the brightness of lights and check the power consumption of home appliances; *monitor the temperature, humidity and air pressure; *detect water leak, and human movement; 4. create Automations to automate your home. For example: *set a timer to turn on or off an appliance connected to a smart plug; *use a Door and Window Sensor to trigger lights: turn on lights automatically when the door opens; 5. create Scenes to control multiple accessories. For example, add a Scene to turn on multiple lights and fans; 6. ask Siri to control HomeKit supported Aqara accessories and user defined Scenes; Aqara Home app supports following Aqara accessories: Aqara Hub, Smart Plug, Wireless Remote Switch, LED Light Bulb, Door and Window Sensor, Motion Sensor, Temperature and Humidity Sensor, Vibration Sensor, and Water Leak Sensor. Please see www.aqara.com for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aqara Home at 4.7 against Eve for Matter & HomeKit's 3.9. Aqara Home also leads on ratings volume (7.3K vs 1K) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aqara Home holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqara Home has 7.3K ratings behind it against 1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Eve for Matter & HomeKit's written reviews are positive against 41% of Aqara Home's.
Eve for Matter & HomeKit ships an update every 3 weeks, Aqara Home every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eve for Matter & HomeKit | Aqara Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1K ratings) | 4.7 (7.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.2% of reviews | 41.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K | 7.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 539 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eve Systems GmbH | Aqara Software Service Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Eve for Matter & HomeKit
Aqara Home
User reviews
Eve for Matter & HomeKit
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful HomeKit integration
- 🔒 Secure and private
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🌟 Great companion to Apple Home app
- 💡 Useful data tracking and visualization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues
- 🔋 Battery life problems
- 🤔 Unreliable device performance
- 💸 Overpriced products
- 🤯 Poor customer support
Aqara Home
From 7.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy setup
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🔒 Reliable hardware
- 💡 Extensive automation capabilities
- 🚀 Seamless HomeKit integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 👎 Confusing and unintuitive UI
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🚫 Lack of dark mode
- 🚫 Unreliable notifications
Bugs and requests
Eve for Matter & HomeKit
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch
- Inaccurate sensor readings
- Firmware update failures
- Disappearing device data
- Unreliable thread network detection
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options
- Improved automation scheduling
- Apple Watch app
- Better data export capabilities
- Expanded sensor support
Aqara Home
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on opening
- Devices disappearing from app
- Incorrect temperature/humidity readings
- Delayed or missing doorbell notifications
- Inability to delete detection zones
Requested features
5 requests- Add sunset/sunrise automation
- Improve camera timeline scrubbing
- Enable 12-hour time format
- Provide more customization options
- Improve Alexa/Google Home integration
In-app purchases
Eve for Matter & HomeKit
No in-app purchases
Aqara Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
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