Software Alternatives & Reviews

Google Home VS HomeRun for HomeKit

Compare Google Home VS HomeRun for HomeKit and see what are their differences

Google Home logo Google Home

Set up, manage, and control your Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home devices.

HomeRun for HomeKit logo HomeRun for HomeKit

HomeKit actions on your wrist
  • Google Home Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-10-07
  • HomeRun for HomeKit Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-29

Google Home videos

Google Home Review: Assistant in a Box!

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  • Review - Google Home Review | 3 Years Later
  • Review - Google Home Mini Review: Smart Home for $49?

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Google Home and HomeRun for HomeKit)
Home
90 90%
10% 10
Data Dashboard
90 90%
10% 10
Home Intelligence
100 100%
0% 0
Video
88 88%
12% 12

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, HomeRun for HomeKit seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Google Home mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Google Home yet. Tracking of Google Home recommendations started around Mar 2021.

HomeRun for HomeKit mentions (3)

  • Newbie, looking for app recommendations
    Honestly though, I don't really use many third party apps on the watch. I use HomeRun (along with the developer's other apps HomeCam, HomePass, and HomeScan), and I installed µBrowser for fun, but all the other third party apps on my phone that have watch versions remain uninstalled. I find that the built in apps do everything I need my watch to do, and for the rest, notifications being mirrored on the watch is... Source: about 2 years ago
  • WristControl - The best way to control HomeKit from your Apple Watch
    Any thoughts on how this compares to HomeRun? Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Fast 3rd party Apple Watch Home app?
    Try the HomeRun app: https://homerun.app/ . The developer has a beta for the next version going on, so if you contact him, you might be able to get on this beta: https://homerun.app/beta/. Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Google Home and HomeRun for HomeKit, you can also consider the following products

Home-Assistant.io - Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3.

Josh.ai - Control and automate your home from anywhere

ioBroker - flexible and modular application for the IoT and Smarthome

openHAB - "empowering the smart home" - vendor and technology agnostic open source home automation

Tekoia - Easy to use universal remote app to control all your devices

Home - Securely control all your HomeKit accessories from your favorite iOS device.