Best HomeKit Apps for your Smart Home!

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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!

Sooooo useful, thanks Shane (again and again!)

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.

Awesome video!!

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

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

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

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?

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?

I love the black flick button

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?

The latest homekit app require homepod hubs to use automation. If I use Eve, do you think I can access automation such as switch on lights when Im back home?

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?

Great video!! I'm looking for an APP that would allow me to do the following: from a long push on the Wireless Mini Switch (from Aqara) to initiate a phone call to an emergency number. WI tried with Homekit combined with Shortcuts but was not able to accomplish that. Do you know which of those apps you mentioned will allow me to do this?

Can you, please, show homekit working when your internet is disconnected from the web?!?