Remote Droid 5: Home Automation

Here there are almost as many systems as devices, it seems. Apps inteded for a single system only are sorted into that system's section. At the end of the page, you also find a larger section with apps covering multiple systems, so don't overlook that one!

C-Bus

2020-06-27

C-Bus is a cable-bound system used in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, USA, South Africa, the UK and other parts of Europe including Greece and Romania.

My CBUS (3.7@3) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2016-03-19

Control4

2020-06-26

Control4 is Salt Lake County, Utah, manufacturer of home theater and automation controllers.

Composer Express (4.2@120) 7 1 for dealers
Control4® MyHome (4.1@986) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2016-04-21
Control4 for OS 2 (3.9@854) Ǥ 18 5

Crestron

2020-06-26

Crestron Electronics is a company that manufactures systems for home automation and audio/video control. Read more on Wikipedia.

Crestron Zūm (5@2) Ǥ 9 6
Crestron Mobile (4.2@287) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-10-29 / Crestron Mobile Pro (4@68; ~EUR 77.50) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-07-18
Crestron Pyng for Android (3@17) Ǥ 11 3
Crestron App (2.8@253) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-23

Domotics / X10

2020-06-26

Home automation products based on the X10 industry standard. For most Americans, the terms Domotics and "Home automation" are synonyms (even the Domotics Wikipedia page redirects correspondingly). Think the term Domotics as a crossing of "domus" (Latin for "house") and "robotics".

Domodroid Beta 1.4 (4.7@6) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-29
Active Home Vista (4.3@226) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ X10 CM10A, CM11A, CM17A & CP10 via Home Vista server
Domoticz Home Automation Lite (4.2@2,852) Ǥ 25 7 / Domoticz - Home Automation (4.2@2,221; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 20 4 Github
Lutron Home+ LEGACY (4@171) Ǥ 9 6 / Lutron Home Control+ LEGACY (3.7@107) Ǥ 10 4 requires a Lutron total home control system
X10 Commander (3.9@105; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-04-07
Home Automation Controller (3.6@28) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ UPB, Zwave, X10, Insteon, ESI drapery Controllers, …
OpenRemote (3.5@211) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-08-03
X10 WiFi (3.4@54) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
X10 Controller (3@51) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-12-26

HAI / Leviton

2020-06-26

Products of the company Home Automation, Inc.. HAI was acquired by Leviton in 2012.

Provolt Room Controller (5@5) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-24
Hi-Fi2 Pro (5@3; ~EUR 12.00) Ǥ 8
NQLink - Leviton OmniPro II app (4.7@47; ~EUR 33.00) 12
BitWise Touch (3.9@78) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-08
My Leviton (3.7@859) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
LuminaRF SA (3.3@7) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
SnapLink (2.7@237; ~EUR 20.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-03

HomeMatic (ELV/Conrad)

2020-06-26

The German equivalent to Domotics, even in the term. Most products come from a company named Eq-3 AG.

CasaTest (4.5@16) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-30 / CasaPro (4.4@31; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-30 CasaControl(tm) Premium
TinyMatic - HomeMatic for your pocket! (4.4@1,725) Ǥ 11 2 / TinyMatic Unlocker (4.2@187; ~EUR 8.50) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-14
HomeKey (4.4@156) Ǥ 12 1
Home24 MediaPlayer (4.2@33) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Tasker-Support
iWindow (3.8@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-18
Home24 (3.6@345) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Home24-Tablet (4.1@104) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Homematic IP (3.4@1,395) Ǥ 10 1
EASY App (3.1@111) Ǥ 15 1
HistClient (2.7@15) Ǥ 7 3
HomeControl DEMO (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-16 / HomeControl (0@0; ~EUR 8.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-16

Honeywell

2020-06-26

Home automation products produced by Honeywell International, Inc. (no remotes for their cluster-bombs).

Total Connect Comfort (4.3@61,881) Ǥ 10 5
ULINK 2.0 (4.1@12) Ǥ 18 5 LastUpdate: 2016-03-22
NorthStar Connect (3.7@334) Ǥ 17 4
MB - Remote Control (3.4@24) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-04-30 / MB - Remote Control V2 (2.8@52) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-18
Total Connect (3.2@279) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-17 / Total Connect 2.0 (2.6@5,189) Ǥ 18 5

KNX/EIB

2020-06-26

Apps for products supporting the KNX standard, formerly known by the names of EIB (Instabus), BatiBus and EHS.

U.motion Communication (5@6) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-09-21
knXpresso (4.9@72) Ǥ 16 1
KNX: EcoButler KNX Server (4.8@17) Ǥ 10 1 requires server component
KNX SmartHome (4.8@5) Ǥ 8 4 LastUpdate: 2017-05-05
theServa (4.6@18) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-03-15
Basic KNX (4.6@8) Ǥ 9 2
BlueHome (4.4@101) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / BlueHome Unlocker (4.6@19; ~EUR 6.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-29 Promo Video 8/2013
ayControl KNX + IoT smarthome (4.3@150) Ǥ 13 1
EIB/KNX HMI-Master (4.3@40) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-10
iKNiX (4.3@23) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Feller KNX (4.1@22) 6 1
DIVUS OPTIMA (4@29) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
knx wizard (4@21) Ǥ 5 2
InSideControl (3.5@105) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
domovea v1 (3.4@260) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / domovea - tablet (3.9@58) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
HAPPY HOME (3.4@65) 7 1
KNonX (0@0; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-10

Somfy

2020-06-26

Somfy is member of the Enocean Allianz, where you also can find well-known companies as Peha, Eltako, and Siemens. Which not necessarily means all their products work together bi-directionally …

Xiomfy 4 (4.7@97) Ǥ 8 2
Somfy Protect (4.2@6,576) Ǥ 22 2
TaHoma by Somfy (4@4,395) Ǥ 18 2
Connexoon Access (3.9@185) Ǥ 18 2 / Connected Thermostat (3.9@804) Ǥ 16 2 / Connexoon Window RTS (4.1@170) Ǥ 18 2
Somfy Smart Home Konfigurator (3.9@21) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 / Somfy Bibliothek CH (5@1) Ǥ 9 3 LastUpdate: 2016-12-13 Keine Fernbedienung, sondern ein Produktkatalog
Somfy Keys (3.7@212) Ǥ 15 3
HomeWizard (3.2@626) Ǥ 15 1 Somfy, Philips Hue, Cresta, IP cams & more; requires HomeWizard box
Somfy Smart Shades (3.1@14) Ǥ 14 1 LastUpdate: 2017-01-03
SOMFY ALARM (2.8@600) 6 3

Zigbee

2020-06-26

The ZigBee Alliance was founded in 2002, and at the moment of this writing has more than 230 enterprises as members. For details, please see Wikipedia.

zHome Automation (4.2@12) Ǥ 17 2
ubisys Smart Home (3.5@8) Ǥ 10 2
abode (2.9@503) Ǥ 23 2 ZigBee + ZWave
My Zipato (2.9@365) Ǥ 13 1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-10 ZWave + ZigBee
Hui Light (2.3@6) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-28

ZWave

2020-06-26

About 200 well-known enterprises form the Z-Wave Alliance. Read more details on Wikipedia.

AutHomationHD (4.6@357) 10 LastUpdate: 2014-08-03 MiCasaVerde; with Tasker-Integration
Horus Smart Control (4.6@40) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2018-08-08
RainShadow Vera NFC (4.4@7) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
Vera Alerts (4.2@155) Ǥ 8 5 Tasker-Integration; MiCasaVerde
AutoVera (4@165) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-20 / AutoVera Unlock Key (4.3@36; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-11-15 Video Demo 9/2013 | 9/2013; Tasker Plugin
Habitat Z-wave Client (3.8@12) Ǥ 8 1 Github
Axial Control Free (3.6@158) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-04-26 / Axial Control Paid (4.3@49; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-07
abode (2.9@503) Ǥ 23 2 ZigBee + ZWave
My Zipato (2.9@365) Ǥ 13 1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-10 ZWave + ZigBee

Other/Multiple Home Automation protocols

2020-06-27

SIRAL Home by SIRAL (5@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-14
Conrox (5@3) Ǥ 11 1 KNX, Homematic, HTTP APIs
ViToo (5@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-30 Opus/GreenNet (EnOcean)
WiOcean Bridge (5@2) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-05 EnOcean
HOME.suite (5@2; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 16 ELV: FS20, HomeMatic, FHT, Wetterstation; Eldat Easywave; Miele@home; Intertechno; …
Knockaut Titan (5@1) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-07 / KNOCKAUT Titan View (0@0) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-08-26 KNX, LCN, EnOcean, HomeMatic, Z-Wave, M-Bus, ModBus, Philips Hue, Sonos & more
Giove iCONTROL (4.9@11) Ǥ 12 1 KNX, Modbus, IP Cams, …
IPSView (4.8@39) Ǥ 9 1 for IPSymcon (Windows components required)
Home Automation Alarm Sender (4.8@6) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-22 Github; OpenHAB
SUPLA (4.7@3,354) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
CUBEVISION APP (Obsolete) (4.7@36) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-06 KNX, EnOcean
IGH (4.7@34) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / IGH Compact (4.5@45) Ǥ 11 1
HomeGenie Plus (4.7@29; ~EUR 2.75) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ X10, Z-Wave, Philips Hue, Insteon, RFXCom, KNX, UPnP/DLNA and more
Homecontrol (4.7@27) 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ IP-Symcon
EVE Remote Plus (4.7@19) Ǥ 12 2 KNX, Modbus, ZWave, …
HMI-APP V5 (4.7@7) 6 LastUpdate: 2018-08-21
XFINITY Home (4.6@40,448) Ǥ 20 6 bound to Comcast?
openHAB (4.6@1,403) Ǥ 17 2 / openHAB Beta (4.9@177) Ǥ 18 2 Github; formerly HABDroid; Video Demo 12/2013; HomeMatic and many others via openHAB
IP-Symcon Mobile (4.6@126) Ǥ 9 1 requires Windows components
XS1 Heimautomatisierung (4.6@62) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-10 for EZcontrol ® XS1
MyOmBox - MyHome automation (4.6@32) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Vivint Smart Home (4.5@71,316) Ǥ 27 12 subscription required
HomePilot (4.5@1,042) Ǥ 9 2
CasaTest (4.5@16) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-30 / CasaPro (4.4@31; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-30 CasaControl(tm) Premium
AGFEO SmartHome (4.5@8) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-10-30 KNX/EIB, Homematic, EnOcean; secured connection without foreign cloud
COSMOTE Smart Home (4.4@70) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-17 HomeMatic, ZigBee Pro, Dect ULE – Sonos, Philips Hue, Netatmo & more
OpenWebNet (4.4@60) Ǥ 3 1 Github
PowerSwitch (4.3@260) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-29 Github; diverse Baumarkt-Funksteckdosen
Switch King (4.3@164) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-09 requires Switch King Server and Telldus Tellstick¹
TPControl (for AMX) (4.3@100) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-17
Talk to HOME (4.3@29; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 13 Philips HUE, Sonos, OpenHAB, REST/HTTP
MyVirtuoso Home (4.3@22) Ǥ 19 3
Crownstone (4.3@6) Ǥ 12 1 Github
i2 Control V2.2 (4.2@56) 18 1 LastUpdate: 2017-08-04 AMX, Clipsal, Crestron, Domintell, EPSNET, Helvar, KNX, Modbus, HDL-BUS Pro, MyHome, Sonos, iTunes, Squeezebox, XBMC, and more
WeBeHome Control (4.2@40) Ǥ 14 2 WeBeHome Z-Wave gateway HG2, LS-10/LS-30 security and alarm system, Telldus Live devices and IP cameras
Indra V3 Domotique (4.2@17) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-16 Wiegand, EIB/KNX, X10, Oregon, X10, PLCbus
homee (4.1@564) Ǥ 13 3 Z-Wave, ZigBee and EnOcean
Lifedomus (4.1@145) Ǥ 15 2 LastUpdate: 2018-10-26 / Lifedomus Design Studio (4.1@29) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-04 KNX, ZigBee, EnOcean, Legrand MyHome, … requires a Lifedomus box; / KNX, Z-Wave, EnOcean, Sonos …
AFRISOhome (4.1@14) Ǥ 10 3 EnOcean, Z-Wave, ZigBee, wireless M-Bus
Eltako FVS Mobile (4.1@13) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-27
Tell My House - Tellstick (4@271) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-16 for TellStick¹
Lutron Home+ LEGACY (4@171) Ǥ 9 6 / Lutron Home Control+ LEGACY (3.7@107) Ǥ 10 4 requires a Lutron total home control system
SmartLife V2 (4@4) Ǥ 14 5 LastUpdate: 2018-10-05 Leviton Omni, Bitwise, RTI, Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora
Yeti - Smart Home Automation (3.9@435) Ǥ 17 9 Philips hue, Netatmo, Lifx, Belkin, Sonos
everHome Smart Home (3.9@92) Ǥ 12 2 Intertechno, Homematic, everHome
Futurehome Classic (3.9@63) Ǥ 13 2 Z-Wave, Enocean and other
DMX4ALL Remote (3.9@9) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Home Remote (3.8@501) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Crestron, Denon, Fibaro, Honeywell, Insteon, Lutron, Marantz, Nest, Netatmo, Yamaha …
TelLIVE Remote Lite (3.8@296) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-19 / TelLIVE Remote (4@94; ~EUR 1.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 for TellStick¹
andFHEM (3.7@861) Ǥ 12 2 / andFHEM Premium (4.1@186; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 9 3 Github; Conrad FS20, EIB/KNX, EnOcean, receivers, Smart-TVs, ... Requires the free FHEM home automation server on your computer, Fritz!Box, RasPi, or wherever; note the version on F-Droid is outdated (better pick from another source).
pilight (3.7@55) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-10
HABPanelViewer Kiosk utility for openHAB HABPanel (3.7@41) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Home Automation Controller (3.6@28) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ UPB, Zwave, X10, Insteon, ESI drapery Controllers, …
Cobra - Home Automation System (3.6@10) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2016-07-19 KNX, Modbus, DMX, Philips Hue, PLCBus, Sonos, Plugwise, IHC/Elko, RFXCOM, Homematic, Koubachi, Pulseaudio, Samsung TV, Bluetooth, One-Wire, Novelan, Asterisk …
CoolRemote (3.5@11) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ HVAC, Daikin, …
iViewer 5 (3.4@127) 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Crestron, AMX, Control4, GlobalCache, and more
HomeWizard (3.2@626) Ǥ 15 1 Somfy, Philips Hue, Cresta, IP cams & more; requires HomeWizard box
Schwaiger Home (3.2@35) Ǥ 11 2 Z-Wave, ZigBee and WiFi
Home Companion for Wear (3.2@33) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-21 supports FHEM, pilight, openHAB
mediola IQONTROL (3.1@98) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-13 Conrad RSL, Elero, HomeMatic, Logitech Harmony, RWE SmartHome
Homey (Legacy) (2.8@159) Ǥ 12 1 Vorstellung 4/2018
SmartHomie (2.8@147) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-01-30 AVM Fritz!Box
FHEMswitch (2.8@17) Ǥ 8 1 widget for displaying and controlling FHEM devices; requires NodeJS and fhem.js on the FHEM server side
ImperiHome – Smart Home & Smart City Management (2.1@1,859) Ǥ 22 4 Vera / VeraLite (ZWave), ZiBase, Zipabox, Netatmo, eedomus, LightManager, IPX800 V3
Gladys (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-19 Github
FhemNative (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Home App | For Philips Hue, Arduino & more (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Home Assistant (0@0) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-09-24 Github; client for Home Assistant

¹ via its TellStick devices, Telldus supports a range of protocols, including a.o. X10, several Conrad and IKEA products, Brennenstuhl, Elro, and more.

Further Readings:

Smart-Home-Alarmanlagen selbst planen und einbauen (1/2018)
Four Home Automation Android Apps Compared (Video 6/2013)
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices (1/2013 - 5/2019)
Belkin WeMo, Steckerchecker und e-Domotica: Funksteckdosen im Test (12/2012)
Izzys ScratchPad: Haus Automation (4/2010)

2020-07-04

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