Home+ 6 vs Onelink Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home+ 6
This app enhances smart home control and management through advanced automation capabilities. It allows users to access all accessory characteristics, utilize widgets for quick control, and customize their smart home environment with wallpapers. The app also offers backup and restore functionality for HomeKit configurations.
- Powerful automations beyond the native Home app
- Access all accessory characteristics
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Smart home customization with wallpapers
- Backup and restore HomeKit configuration
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Home+ 6 is a full-featured HomeKit app which makes working with HomeKit easier. Home+ lets you control, manage and automate your smart home like never before. - You can create powerful automations which are not possible with the Home app. - You can access all characteristics of an accessory - You can control your accessories from your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets. - You can customise your smart home with wallpapers. - You can backup and restore your HomeKit configuration in case you need to. Home+ is a one-time purchase for your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
Onelink Connect
Enhance your home Wi-Fi network with advanced control and security features. Manage connected devices, set content filters, and receive emergency alerts from compatible safety devices.
- Eliminate Wi-Fi dead zones
- Configure device protection
- Set up user profiles
- Apply content filters
- Pause internet access
- Receive emergency alerts
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First Alert has been protecting homes and families since 1958 and is extending its legacy in safety to the Wi-Fi mesh category. With smart homes becoming smarter, now so is your Wi-Fi. The Onelink Connect allows your smart home to run at full speed and eliminates dead zones. Configure your Onelink Connect to protect your family's devices, set up user profiles, set content filters, pause the internet, receive override screens from their compatible Onelink smoke and CO alarms in the event of an emergency, and so much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Onelink Connect at Free against Home+ 6's $14.99. Onelink Connect also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Home+ 6's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (57% vs 25%). On update cadence, 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
Onelink Connect is free to download; Home+ 6 costs $14.99 up front. Home+ 6 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Onelink Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Home+ 6 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home+ 6 has 1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Home+ 6's written reviews are positive against 25% of Onelink Connect's.
Home+ 6 ships an update monthly, Onelink Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home+ 6 | Onelink Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (1K ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthias Hochgatterer | First Alert / BRK Brands |
Customer experience
Home+ 6
Onelink Connect
In-app purchases
Home+ 6
- Nice Tip$1.99
- Kind Tip$4.99
- Generous Tip$14.99
Onelink Connect
No in-app purchases
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