Comparison

HomeSense vs BeHub

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

BeHub

Features
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BeHub is built for one thing — making braiding simple, flexible, and convenient around your time. Life is busy. Finding the right braider shouldn’t mean endless calls, long waits, or adjusting your schedule to fit someone else’s availability. With BeHub, you stay in control. Choose when you want your service and where it works best for you - at home or at a braider’s location. The process is quick, clear, and designed to take only a few steps. Designed Around Your Time You choose the schedule Pick the day and time that fits your routine. Whether mornings, afternoons or evenings You choose the location • Relax at home while the braider comes to you • Or visit the braider’s salon or workspace Simple from start to finish No back-and-forth conversations. No confusion. Just a short, straightforward process and one secure payment. Why BeHub Feels Different • Built for busy lifestyles • Home or salon flexibility • Quick and easy process • Clear pricing upfront • Trusted local braiders Whether you need box braids, knotless braids, cornrows, or protective styles, BeHub helps you get the service you want without stress. Your time matters. Your comfort matters. BeHub makes braiding work around you.

Screenshots

HomeSense4 screens
BeHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeHub at none against HomeSense's 7. BeHub also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. BeHub asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeSense ships an update every 5 weeks, BeHub weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HomeSense versus BeHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeSenseBeHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRevery CodesBeHub Llc

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

BeHub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeSense free?
HomeSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeHub free?
BeHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HomeSense or BeHub have ads?
Neither HomeSense nor BeHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeSense or BeHub?
HomeSense ships an update every 5 weeks, and BeHub weekly. Most recently, HomeSense was updated on September 10, 2026 and BeHub on September 22, 2026.

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