Controller gives you all the tools you need for HomeKit. Create scenes and automations, manage your rooms, control your devices. Everything that HomeKit offers is included. With Controller Pro you get additional tools to complement your HomeKit experience: ● Advanced Notifications let your home notify you about everything important. Respond immediately with the right actions. ● Backups let you recover from mistakes and synchronization errors. ● Smart Folders make complex setups easy to navigate. ● Workflows let you create routines for frequent tasks. ● Logs show you the changes in your home over time. ● Custom Icons allow you to make your setup look more like your home Want to know more? Download the app! It's the best way to see if you like it. You can find more information on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy-en/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Can't use the app without starting a membership
Not cool to mandate a signup before showing what your app can do.
No Support
Contacting support for help is usless as you just get the message "Our support team is dedicated to fixing issues and improving Controller for HomeKit. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of support requests, we can no longer provide personal consultation for HomeKit automation or device setup." Buy at your ownr risk!
Great app, great support
Controller makes HomeKit tolerable. There are so many missing features in the native Home app, but with Controller I can actually get HomeKit to do what I need it to do! The support is amazing. I’ve run into a couple of bugs, and the support team has fixed them quickly. Why can’t all app support be like this?
Great Tool for the job
I'm going to respond to other reviews indirectly in my review. Tools are best when you use the best tool for the job. Controller is not a tool for viewing HomeKit cameras (it can do that, but maybe a smaller and easier tool would be a better fit if that's what you are looking for). Controller is a tool for diving deep into what HomeKit is doing "under the hood." It gives access to many features which are hidden/inaccessible from the Home.app from Apple. For most people, Home.app will be enough. If you want to create automations based on attributes in your accessories which Home.app doesn't recognize, you need Controller. I develop HomeKit bridges. I need access to features that Home.app doesn't give. I need to backup and restore my large (90 accessories) config frequently. Controller does this very well. I've not tried the workflows. But that looks interesting too. Controller is a great tool, make sure it is the tool for the job you are doing.
Lesson learned
I trusted what the advertisement said “we will let you know in plenty of time that your one week trial is expiring so you can cancel it ahead of time” I never got a notice and have been charged for a program I'm not going to use. 😔
Limited Functionality for the Money
Don't pay up front without looking into what the app actually offers!! Doesn't really deliver.
Great, except…
Awesome app, and love how much detail and can get out of my HK-compatible third party switches and devices. However, the app can’t talk to or get data from any of my HomePods which are a key component of my system. This is a big limiter.
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