Home Remote vs It's About Time!
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
It's About Time!
A minimalist clock app designed for clarity and calm. It offers a distraction-free display perfect for sleep or adding a modern aesthetic to any room. Customize colors, fonts, and display options for a personalized experience.
- Minimalist, distraction-free display
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Large, clear time visibility
- Gesture-based controls
- Supports multiple Apple devices
- Optional hourly screen saver
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It’s About Time. A beautifully simple clock designed for one purpose: to show time clearly, calmly, and without distraction. Whether you’re winding down for sleep or adding a modern touch to your space, It’s About Time delivers a clean, elegant experience across all your Apple devices. Sleep Better. Live Calmer. • Soft, minimal display designed for deep, uninterrupted sleep • No clutter. No noise. Just time, exactly when you need it • Gentle presence that won’t overwhelm your space A Clock You’ll Want to Display • Turn any room into a modern designer space • Perfect for bedside, desk, kitchen, or office • Large, beautiful time display visible from anywhere Customize Your Experience • Show current day and date • Optional hourly subtle screen saver • Toggle clean settings toolbar • Nearly unlimited color personalization • Multiple font styles to match your aesthetic Simple. Intuitive. Effortless. Gestures make everything easy: • Drag left/right to adjust brightness • Swipe up to open settings • Quick access to lowest and highest brightness Built for the Apple Ecosystem Available on: iPhone • iPad • Mac • Apple TV • Apple Watch • Vision Pro Supports 46 languages worldwide Thank You Your feedback continues to shape It’s About Time. We truly appreciate it. Have suggestions or ideas? support@eddystreetproductions.com Privacy Policy: https://www.eddystreetproductions.com/itsabouttime/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Home Remote at 4.8 against It's About Time!'s 4.3. Home Remote also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (82% vs 73%). It's About Time!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (7 vs 4). On ratings volume 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
Home Remote costs $1.99 and It's About Time! $2.99 up front. It's About Time! sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Home Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Home Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Home Remote's written reviews are positive against 73% of It's About Time!'s.
Home Remote ships an update monthly, It's About Time! weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Home Remote | It's About Time! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | 4.3 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bouncing Ball Games | Eddy Street Productions, LLC |
Customer experience
Home Remote
It's About Time!
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
It's About Time!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Home Remote
No in-app purchases
It's About Time!
- Tiny Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
- Medium Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Large Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Remove Advertising$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Larger Tip$7.99
- Extra Large Tip$10.99
- Silver Level Tip$49.99
- Don't Ever Send Us This Tip!$999.99
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