Comparison

HomeSense vs HOM3li

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

Head to head
About

HomeSense

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a central hub for your smart home. Seamlessly integrate and manage devices from various brands, including lights, thermostats, and audio systems. Enjoy a convenient overview of your entire home and control individual devices or create custom scenes.

Highlights
  • Centralized smart home control
  • Integrates with multiple brands
  • Device and room overview
  • Customizable scenes and favorites
  • Today widget for quick access
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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HomeSense turns your iPhone or iPad into a command center for your automated home. HomeSense supports Caséta Wireless, Lutron RadioRA 2, Lutron RadioRA 3, Lutron HomeWorks QS, Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting, Sonos speakers, Honeywell Lyric Thermostat and HomeKit, providing seamless integration between these systems. See the state of your connected devices, rooms, and convenient summary of your whole home with the base version, and upgrade to control lights, fans, shades, thermostats, edit schedule and more. With Notification Center widget, favorites, home and room scenes, HomeSense is flexible, convenient and easy to use. Please note that device control and editing for scenes and schedules requires a purchase. Common Features - See and control lights, ceiling fans, shades, blinds and thermostats from the application. - Home overview shows the state of every room and makes it easy to see what rooms have lights or fans on. - Add often used controls or scenes to the Favorites. Any light, fan, shade, or even individual keypad button can be added to Favorites to appear on a separate screen. Tap to toggle, or tap and hold to open the detail view. - Create your own home and room scenes that can combine devices from different systems. - Turn off all lights and fans in a room with a single gesture - just choose “All Off” action on the room. - Set up additional actions for a room to be recalled quickly from actions menu. - Organize your home: manage rooms, rename controls and keypad buttons, hide unwanted devices. - Today widget lets you access selected controls or scenes without launching the app. - Change switch type - choose if switch controls an outlet, light or fan. - Adjust device defaults - set default brightness, fade-in and fade-out time for dimmers, set default speed for fans. - iCloud sync keeps your home configuration up-to-date on all of your devices. Caséta Wireless Features - View and edit Pico button programming and scheduled events. Lutron RadioRA 2 and HomeWorks QS Features - View and edit keypad button programming, scheduled events and thermostat schedules. - Change schedule and energy saving (“Green”) mode. Philips Hue Features - View and edit scheduled events, including events relative to sunrise or sunset. HomeKit Features - Supported devices include outlets, switches, lights, fans, shades, blinds, thermostats, door locks, garage door openers, faucets, and sensors. - Scheduled events support both weekly events, as well as time triggers with repeat intervals, from 5 minutes up to one month. Sonos Features - Play, pause, and control volume. - Select a playlist or a station to play from your Sonos favorites. - Group speakers to play music to more than one rooms. Requirements - For Caséta Wireless, Smart Bridge or Smart Bridge Pro connected to home WiFi network. - For Lutron, professionally installed system connected to home WiFi network. - For Philips Hue, Philips Hue lights with bridge connected to home WiFi network. - For Lyric, Lyric Round Wi-Fi Thermostat, Lyric T5 or Lyric T6 Pro Wi-Fi Thermostat with working Internet connection. Trademarks Lutron, HomeWorks, RadioRA are trademarks of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc registered in the US and other countries. Caséta, RadioRA 2, RadioRA 3, GRAFIK RA are trademarks of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Lyric, Lyric Round are trademarks of Honeywell International Inc. PHILIPS is a registered trademark of Koninklijke Philips N.V. Sonos and Sonos product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonos, Inc.

About

HOM3li

Access professional home maintenance services for chimney, dryer vent, and air duct cleaning. Improve your home's safety, health, and energy efficiency with expert technicians.

Highlights
  • Chimney cleaning
  • Dryer vent cleaning
  • Air duct cleaning
  • Home safety improvement
  • Healthier living environment
  • Energy efficiency solutions
Features
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HOM3li delivers trusted and professional home maintenance solutions, specializing in chimney cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, and air duct cleaning. Our expert technicians ensure a safer, healthier, and more energy-efficient home by removing fire hazards, allergens, and dust buildup. Whether you're seeking a one-time deep clean or ongoing maintenance, we bring fast, reliable service directly to your doorstep.

Screenshots

HomeSense4 screens
HOM3li4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HOM3li at 100% against HomeSense's 50%. HOM3li also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). HomeSense's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 3). On price, 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

Both are free to download. HomeSense sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. HOM3li asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HOM3li holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeSense has 80 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of HomeSense's written reviews are positive against 100% of HOM3li's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeSense ships an update every 5 weeks, HOM3li every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HomeSense versus HOM3li: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeSenseHOM3li
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (80 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRevery CodesAmitkumat Gupta

Customer experience

HomeSense

All ratings77 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

HOM3li

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

HomeSense

Subscriptions2
  • HomeSense One Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • HomeSense One Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Control Access for Honeywell Lyric$4.99
  • Control Access for Sonos$7.99
  • Control Access for Philips Hue$9.99
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  • Control Access for Lutron$19.99
  • Control Access for Caséta Wireless$19.99
None

HOM3li

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeSense free?
HomeSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HOM3li free?
HOM3li is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomeSense or HOM3li?
HOM3li is rated higher. HomeSense averages 4.3 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while HOM3li averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do HomeSense or HOM3li have ads?
Neither HomeSense nor HOM3li shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeSense or HOM3li?
HomeSense ships an update every 5 weeks, and HOM3li every 2 weeks. Most recently, HomeSense was updated on October 24, 2026 and HOM3li on October 24, 2026.

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