# Home+ 6

> Smart Home Automation

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id995994352](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id995994352)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id995994352`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Matthias Hochgatterer
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (1,005 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-15
- **First published:** 2015-07-15
- **Size:** 121 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/home-6/id995994352)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://hochgatterer.me/home+/docs/privacy\_policy/](https://hochgatterer.me/home+/docs/privacy_policy/)

## Description

Home+ 6 is a full-featured HomeKit companion that makes managing your smart home simpler and more powerful. Build sophisticated automations, access every accessory characteristic, and control devices from your Home Screen via widgets.

Customize your setup with wallpapers and securely backup/restore your HomeKit configuration. It’s a one-time purchase for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

## Rankings

- #56,119 — Overall

## Review summary

Home+ 6 is praised for extending HomeKit with powerful conditional automations and more features than the stock Home app, including support for devices like garage doors and window shades. It’s seen as valuable for daily use and worth the price. However, it faces reliability and widget issues (automations/backups, battery widgets), mixed value versus Home, and some accessibility/support concerns. These recurring problems temper otherwise strong positive sentiment.

### Pros

- Adds powerful conditional automations and advanced controls that HomeKit lacks.
- Offers more functionality and control than the stock Apple Home app.
- Promotes smoother daily HomeKit management across devices (iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch).
- Extends capabilities to devices and scenes not easily supported by HomeKit, such as garage doors and window shades.
- Many users feel it's worth the investment for the extra capabilities.

### Cons

- Automations and backups can be unreliable, with occasional erasures or crashes.
- Widget features (including the battery widget) are unreliable and are frequently removed or fail to populate across updates.
- Some users feel it offers no more features than the built-in Home app, making it not worth the extra cost.
- Accessibility/UI quality problems, such as limited switch-control support and inconsistent navigation.
- Support responsiveness and developer reliability concerns (slow responses, past reliability issues).

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