Comparison

Home Remote vs At Home

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Home Remote4 screens
At Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Home Remote versus At Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome RemoteAt Home
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.8 (25 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBouncing Ball GamesMagne Roald

Customer experience

Home Remote

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.1%

At Home

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

None

Home Remote

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

At Home

One-time1
  • Automations and Weather$1.99

Questions

Is Home Remote free?
Home Remote costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is At Home free?
At Home costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Remote or At Home?
Home Remote is rated higher. Home Remote averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while At Home averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Home Remote or At Home have ads?
Neither Home Remote nor At Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Remote or At Home?
Home Remote ships an update monthly, and At Home monthly. Most recently, Home Remote was updated on November 1, 2026 and At Home on November 2, 2026.

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