Home Remote vs At Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Remote
Consolidate control of your smart home devices with a single, feature-rich application. Automate actions with schedules, location triggers, and voice commands. Supports a wide range of popular smart home brands and protocols.
- Unified smart home control
- Schedules and geofencing
- Voice recognition support
- Native support for popular brands
- URL calls and TCP/UDP packets
- Location triggering with beacons
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Tired of all the different apps you need to control your smart home? Are they missing features you’d like to see such as schedules, geofencing or Today Screen access? Then Home Remote is for you. With native support for Milight, LimitlessLED, EasyBulb, LIFX, Belkin WeMo, Indigo, along with URL calls and TCP/UDP packets, there isn’t much that Home Remote can’t control. You can add attributes to any action, such as location triggering with beacons or geofences, schedules, even voice recognition. Home Remote - Great for any smart home with Home Automation. Sunrise and sunset times are provided by http://sunrise-sunset.org
At Home
Unify control of your smart home devices from lights and thermostats to blinds and sensors. This app offers seamless integration with HomeKit, Adax WiFi, and Tibber, providing a clean overview and effortless management of your connected home.
- Unified smart home device control
- HomeKit, Adax WiFi, Tibber integration
- Device and sensor group management
- Customizable timers and schedules
- Siri Shortcuts support
- Apple Watch complications
- Geo-fencing support
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Control your smart home – all in one app The first app to support the Telldus Live! service on Apple Watch and Apple TV – now expanded with HomeKit, Adax WiFi and Tibber integration. With At Home, you get a clean, unified overview of all your devices and sensors. Control lights, dimmers, thermostats, blinds and more – quickly and effortlessly. Key features • Expanded support for HomeKit and Adax WiFi devices • Easy control of devices, dimmers and color lights • Full support for thermostats, blinds and projector screens • Sensor history with comparison between similar sensors • Siri Shortcuts support • Favorites for quick access to your most-used devices • Timers – schedule devices by date and time (multiple timers supported) • Enable/disable Telldus Live! events and schedules • Create and control device and sensor groups • Smart dimming – remembers last brightness level • Rename devices and sync with Telldus Live! • iCloud sync for automatic login across devices (including Apple TV) • Apple Watch complications with fast access to selected sensors • Geo-fencing support on iPhone and iPad • And much more HomeKit support • Works with Philips Hue and IKEA Trådfri lights and accessories • Control color and color temperature from your iPhone • Supports HomeKit cameras, switches and sensors • Apple Watch and Apple TV support for basic control and presets • Seamless integration with Homebridge (no duplicate devices) • Shared homes via iCloud are supported • Scenes (“Moods”) available across all devices • Wide range of supported sensor types Tibber support • Live power consumption via Tibber Pulse • View electricity price for the next 48 hours • Show consumption history Adax support • Control Adax WiFi panel heaters directly in the app Requirements At Home uses the Telldus Live! service. To use Telldus features, you need: • A Telldus Live! account • Compatible Telldus hardware • Devices added to your Telldus Live! account Visit www.telldus.com for more information. HomeKit support is optional – the app can be used without a Telldus account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Home Remote at 4.8 against At Home's 1.0. Home Remote also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (82% vs 50%). On update cadence, ads and device support 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
Home Remote costs $1.99 and At Home $5.99 up front. At Home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Home Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Home Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Remote has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Home Remote's written reviews are positive against 50% of At Home's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Remote | At Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bouncing Ball Games | Magne Roald |
Customer experience
Home Remote
At Home
Bugs and requests
Home Remote
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes after iOS updates
- Geofencing stopped working after iOS 12
- MiLight compatibility broken in recent versions
- Brightness settings not working with older bridges
- Preset corruption when editing multiple actions
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- Apple Watch app crashes frequently
- Widget disappears from notification center
- Unable to send data via POST/PUT methods
- External URLs not working on iPhone (works on iPad)
- Light automatically turns off after Apple Watch commands
- Device status not displayed/updated
- Inconsistent command execution
- App unresponsive with too many voice controls
Requested features
20 requests- HomeKit and Siri integration
- Google Home integration
- Toggle buttons with visual status indicators
- Brightness slider in color picker
- Support for newer MiLight bridge versions (v6, iBox 2)
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- Ability to control multiple zones simultaneously
- Buttons accessible from Apple Watch glances
- Feedback confirmation for executed actions
- Cellular data support (3G/4G)
- Logitech Harmony integration
- FHEM support
- Image-based buttons instead of text
- Batch IP address updates
- POST/PUT method support
- French language voice recognition
- Italian language support
- Customizable widget appearance (size, color, shape)
- Action grouping/categorization
- Brightness percentage input for white light
- Smooth color transitions
At Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Home Remote
No in-app purchases
At Home
- Automations and Weather$1.99









