Home Remote vs Legacy Remote
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
Legacy Remote
This utility app provides functionality similar to the discontinued IHCRemote® app. It aims to maintain the original user experience while incorporating some improvements.
- Replicates IHCRemote functionality
- Maintains original user experience
- Incorporates improvements
- Honors discontinued app's legacy
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Legacy Remote is honouring the legacy of the now discontinued IHCRemote® app. Legacy Remote offers a similar functionality and is intended to be kept as close to the original as possible, while some improvements can be expected. * IHCRemote® is a registered trademark by Schneider Electric.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Home Remote at $1.99 against Legacy Remote's $9.99. Home Remote also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Legacy Remote's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 Legacy Remote $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Home Remote ships an update monthly, Legacy Remote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Remote | Legacy Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bouncing Ball Games | Books & Magic |
Customer experience
Home Remote
Legacy Remote
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
Legacy Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Home Remote
No in-app purchases
Legacy Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Home Remote free?
Is Legacy Remote free?
Do Home Remote or Legacy Remote have ads?
Which is updated more often, Home Remote or Legacy Remote?
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