Home Remote vs T
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
T
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T-MO by ThermoSphere makes electric heating control easy. Control your T-MO electric heating thermostats and relays remotely, monitor your energy use and access remote setup and technical support if you need it. Better with T-MO: • Easy to use app. • Schedule your heating. • Copy and paste schedule to multiple thermostats. • Real time energy monitoring. • Direct Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. • Link devices to work together. • Adjust settings for all your T-MO devices. • Set up and manage multiple users, homes and devices effortlessly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: T at Free against Home Remote's $1.99. Home Remote's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads and in-app purchases 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
T is free to download; Home Remote costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Home Remote ships an update monthly, T every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Remote | T |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bouncing Ball Games | Thermogroup UK |
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
T
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Home Remote
No in-app purchases
T
No in-app purchases
