HomeSense vs KORife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
KORife
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KORife is the all-in-one local life app built for the international community living in Pyeongtaek and Osan - expats, foreign workers, teachers, and their families navigating daily life in Korea. No more struggling to find a decent restaurant, or a trustworthy service in a language you don't read. KORife brings everything you need into one English-first app. HOME Get a personalized dashboard that changes with the time of day. See "What's for lunch?" style restaurant picks, catch up on the hottest posts in the community, and never miss local events happening in Korea this week. EATS Explore restaurants sorted by rating, popularity, or distance from you. SERVICES Find what you actually need to settle in: - Hospitals and clinics across 13 specialties - Pet care - vets, grooming, pet shops, and boarding - Academies - language, math, music, art, coding, and more - Fitness - gyms, yoga, CrossFit, golf, and more - Massage/spa and cleaning/laundry services coming soon MARKET Buy and sell with people who get it. List items with photos, chat through secret comments, and mark items SOLD when they're gone - perfect for anyone moving in or out of the area. COMMUNITY Ask questions about life in Korea, find a rideshare, post or find a job (full-time or part-time), or just chat. Bookmark posts you want to come back to. PROFILE Track your reviews, listings, and posts in one place. Manage your saved places, listings, and articles. Full control over your data, including account deletion. Whether you just moved to Pyeongtaek or Osan or you've been here for years, KORife helps you live like a local - without the language barrier. Download KORife and make Korea feel like home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KORife at none against HomeSense's 7. KORife also leads on 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
Both are free to download. HomeSense sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. KORife asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | HomeSense | KORife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (77 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Revery Codes | Sunhyeong Lee |
In-app purchases
HomeSense
- HomeSense One Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- HomeSense One Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- 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
KORife
No in-app purchases









