# Home

> Control and manage your home

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1110145103](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1110145103)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1110145103`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Apple
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 2.20 / 5 (6,764 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2016-06-13
- **Size:** 9.13 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/home/id1110145103)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww)

## Description

**Apple Home** makes it easy to control, organize, and monitor compatible smart home accessories from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. Use Siri, Control Center, scenes, automations, and remote access through a compatible home hub to manage lights, locks, thermostats, garage doors, speakers, and more.

Monitor your home with HomeKit Secure Video, including live camera feeds, recordings, rich activity notifications, multi-camera views, and Apple Intelligence features such as video descriptions and camera clip search. Home also supports guest access, activity history, adaptive lighting and temperature, AirPlay speakers, energy usage insights, and grid forecasts in supported regions. Feature availability depends on compatible accessories, home hubs, iCloud+, location services, and regional support.

## Rankings

- #32,462 — Overall
- #1 — home
- #50 — button for google

## Review summary

Most reviews describe Apple's Home app as unreliable and hard to use. The top recurring issues are repeated setup failures and Could not add errors when creating a home or pairing devices, frequent update prompts that block usage, and inconsistent or failing device pairing and connectivity with little actionable diagnostics. Users report devices dropping from the system, scenes failing, and blank screens. Security prompts—especially forced two-factor authentication—add friction. Overall, many users feel the UX is unfriendly and the product lacks reliable support, pushing some to abandon the ecosystem.

### Cons

- Setup and adding homes frequently fail with errors like Could not add or Could not finish the app install, blocking initial use.
- Frequent update prompts and update failures that interrupt usage.
- Unreliable device pairing and connectivity problems; devices drop or fail to respond and automations have no actionable diagnostics.
- Long load times and a confusing user experience that makes discovery and setup frustrating.
- Security friction including forced two-factor authentication prompts and general security issues that hinder regular use.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1110145103)