Best HomeKit Apps for your Smart Home!

Take your smart home to the next level with these useful 3rd party HomeKit apps!

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0:00 3rd Party HomeKit Apps
1:48 Eve for Matter & HomeKit
3:15 Premium Security Suite - Sponsor
4:04 Signals for HomeKit
5:12 HomeCam
5:45 HomePass
6:11 HomeRun 2
6:32 HomePaper
6:50 HomeLog
7:14 Home+ 6
8:12 Controller for HomeKit
9:35 HomeDevices
10:53 HomeWidget
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15:47 Pushcut
17:"24 Portal
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[leftverture]

Not to be a suckup, but one of my favorite HK third-party “apps” is your channel. Some of the apps you mention here are very powerful, but not very intuitive. I appreciate the reviews, recommendations and especially - the how-to’s that you post. Thanks Shane - keep up the good work!

[TheScottiedawg]

Would love to see a more in depth video of how to use and set up Controller. Not much out there for us new folks.

[stealingzen]

One of the big draws of HomeKit is that everything is controlled locally and is sensitive to privacy. Can you speak to the privacy of these third-party apps? Are they not harvesting data about you and your devices?

[uniqueflh]

Awesome content as always Shane.
I’m using, or have used, most (if not all) of these…and there are lots of cool features available.

It’s awesome that several of the Developers of the Apps you mentioned are part of your ‘Members Only Discord Group’, and actively respond to questions & members feedback. Props to those Devs!

Again. So much coolness in this video. Thanks for the content!

[cheapme]

I’ve tried many of these apps and I found that the simpler, the better. Some are a bit too advanced for me and I ended up just reverting back to the Home app or the device’s native app.

[dadfixdit]

I really hope Apple opens up HomeKit a lot more with this next iteration of iOS . Great video!

[Dr_Cole]

Loved this comprehensive review, Shane. I use most of these already but I’m grabbing the battery monitoring app. Home+ has a great battery summary but I want notifications and for custom levels to trigger a notification. Some devices are harder to access, so knowing about them earlier on help me to remember to change them the next time I am in that area.

[CameronYoung-nv]

Nanoleaf lines in your setup looks nice! It really make a smart home pop. And with the best HomeKit apps, it's next-level cool!

[mikebedford]

useful, thanks Shane (again and again!)

[jamesthorne]

Is device compatibility still an issue with smart products? What are the main issues at the moment with smart homes and the market in general?

[dwayne]

Would love to know if you accomplished what you wanted to with the Homey Pro? I have been struggling trying to incorporate it into my HomeKit ecosystem

[kyrbies]

Home+ and Controller for HomeKit 🚀
HomePass is nice, but 6$...for an entry in apple notes ;)

[williammartinez]

Thanks, for today’s video. Shane enjoy the Super Bowl today. Have a great one..

[Hedrakk]

It has never been clear for me if those third-party apps require to have the iPhone in the house in order to work. This why I never wanted to use those. This and the fact that I’m afraid that those apps might come in conflict with Apple’s Home app.

I’m about to move to my new home and I will have to start a new Smart Home from scratch. It might be a good time to use a more powerful third-party app if you can reassure me with my previously mentioned concerns. Thanks!

[hugoboss]

I bought the Signals app but don’t know how to use it. Can you make a video or provide a link to useful instructions?

[rogeroshea]

Great video as always Shane will sample some of these as they look interesting

[philoupc]

Thank you so much for this video ! I was wondering if there is a hub that I could use to add non HomeKit accessories to my HomeKit for example my Levoit air purifier, Rumba vacuum, etc ? Zigbee hub perhaps ? thank you

[mavirek]

The EVE app was a great eyeopener for me. Thank you. Do you generally prefer it over the Home app? Do you have a more uptodate video of how to use it (beside your video from 4yrs ago)?

[HalStaniloff]

One of the things that the Home App does not do is a soft dim. For example, I have Lutron components. When transitioning from 50% on a light fixture to say 30%, the Home App simply changes the dimming percentage like a jump-cut scene. While the Lutron app will slowly change the dimming value thus yielding a soft transition of the light. Do any of the apps out there do that? Will the Eve app do that? Right now, the Home App is fine for me — except for the lack of a soft transition between dimming values. Any help?

[JenaGuitar]

Nice video! Is there any app that can create automations with timing?.. for instance "if a motion sensor is inactive and stay that way for one minute run the automation...
I think that a lot of the limitations in homekit depend on poor automation flexibility