Comparison

Home+ 6 vs arre home

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

arre home

Manage your smart home devices like locks, sensors, and switches. Set up new hardware easily, create custom automations, and receive smart notifications. Keep your devices updated with secure firmware over-the-air.

Highlights
  • Guided device onboarding
  • Over-the-air firmware updates
  • Door and sensor automation
  • Customizable smart notifications
  • In-app support and guides
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arre home is the companion app for your Arre smart devices—locks, contact sensors, hubs, switches, and future Matter accessories. Set everything up in minutes, manage automations, and keep firmware current. Highlights - Guided onboarding: create an account, claim your hardware, and pair new devices over Bluetooth or Matter with step-by-step instructions and live troubleshooting tips. - Always up to date: push secure OTA firmware updates to individual products or batches, track progress in real time, and review release notes before you deploy. - Door & sensor automation: create “door left open” watchdogs that live in the cloud, tune alert timing, and share secure webhook URLs with the rest of your stack. - Smart notifications: decide which devices send push alerts, sync notification tokens across phones, and pause/resume reminders with a tap. - Built-in support: browse setup guides, and contact Arre support without leaving the app. Designed for integrators and families alike, Arre Home keeps every device patched, every alert routed, and every automation organized — so your smart space stays secure, responsive, and ready for what’s next.

Screenshots

Home+ 64 screens
arre home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Home+ 6 at 57% against arre home's 0%. Home+ 6 also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (1K vs 9). arre home's advantage is price (Free vs $14.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads and iOS requirement 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

arre home is free to download; Home+ 6 costs $14.99 up front. Home+ 6 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. arre home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Home+ 6 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home+ 6 has 1K ratings behind it against 9, 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 0% of arre home's.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Home+ 6 versus arre home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome+ 6arre home
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (1K ratings) — better2.1 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews57.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better9
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthias Hochgattererarre home LLC

Customer experience

Home+ 6

All ratings1,005 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews341 reviews
Positive57.2%
Neutral12.6%
Negative30.2%

arre home

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Home+ 6

One-time3
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Kind Tip$4.99
  • Generous Tip$14.99
None

arre home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home+ 6 free?
Home+ 6 costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is arre home free?
arre home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home+ 6 or arre home?
Home+ 6 is rated higher. Home+ 6 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while arre home averages 2.1 from 9 ratings.
Do Home+ 6 or arre home have ads?
Neither Home+ 6 nor arre home shows ads.

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