# The Home Remote

> Smart Home - IoT & AV Control

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1015015446](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1015015446)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1015015446`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Home Remote LLC
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (99 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-21
- **First published:** 2015-09-01
- **Size:** 112 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-home-remote/id1015015446)
- **Website:** [https://thehomeremote.com](https://thehomeremote.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thehomeremote.com/privacypolicy/](https://thehomeremote.com/privacypolicy/)

## Description

The Home Remote consolidates control of home automation and AV devices into a single app. Quickly add devices with the plus button and manage everything from one place, with support for a wide range of brands and ecosystems to unify lighting, climate, media, security, and more.

For power users, the Designer program lets you craft custom layouts and dashboards. Access to all Designer features requires the Home Remote Pro license, a one-time in-app purchase (not a subscription).

## Rankings

- #146,346 — Overall

## Review summary

The Home Remote offers a powerful, centralized interface with fast performance and strong customization across many devices, but its usefulness is tempered by maintenance gaps, broken or missing integrations, and some UI/setup/documentation issues that affect reliability for certain vendors.

### Pros

- Consolidates a wide range of devices and vendors into a single app, acting as a universal remote.
- Fast to initialize and control devices with low latency compared to alternatives.
- Highly customizable dashboards and interfaces via the Designer for powerful, tailored control panels.
- Support/response from the developer is described as quick and helpful.
- Cross‑platform usability (iPhone/iPad) with a desktop designer to modify or build custom designs.

### Cons

- Maintenance and updates appear to be lacking, with integrations breaking or stopping over time.
- Significant compatibility gaps and broken support for popular brands (Kasa, MyQ, Wyze, Nest, etc.) and some vendors.
- Partial device syncing reports (e.g., some SmartThings devices not appearing) limit usefulness.
- UI/setup issues such as white screen on startup, forced dark mode, and account/extension problems.
- Documentation and feature gaps (MQTT not actually usable, Nest integration missing, business edition login issues) that hinder adoption and reliability.

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