HomeKit, Apple’s smart home framework, is great most of the time, and awfully frustrating when things go wrong. This new iOS app wants to change that.
HomeCare for HomeKit
HomeCare for HomeKit is designed as a complete toolkit for diagnosing and fixing smart home problems. At its core, it scans your entire setup to instantly identify devices that are unresponsive, slow, or running on low battery. Each failing device shows a “Last Time Online” timestamp to help pinpoint when trouble began.
The app goes further with proactive monitoring. It can run automatic health checks in the background and send alerts only when new problems emerge. Low-battery warnings are customizable for each device, so you can swap batteries before your automations fail.
Help with automations
For scenes and automations, HomeCare offers step-by-step testing to identify the exact action causing a failure. Real-time logs track every device state change across your home, individual rooms, or specific accessories, making it easier to spot unusual behavior.
Top comment by Conrad7570
Or maybe, just maybe, Apple can make the Home app work better? For instance, the Home app is the only place where you can manually check and download firmware updates for HomePod smart speakers. That's great if you are also using one or more in a HomeKit setup, but if you just have the speakers connected to, say, your TV and don't use the Home app, you might not have a clue that you need to look in the Home app to update them (that's not intuitive).
Performance analysis tools let you compare response times and success rates across brands, bridges, and rooms, with the option to export reports to PDF or CSV. HomeCare also integrates with Shortcuts, so you can run automations only on devices that are actually online.
The app supports all HomeKit accessories, including bridge-connected devices from brands like Aqara, Philips Hue, and Lutron.
HomeCare is available for iPhone and iPad through the App Store. It’s a single one-time purchase of $7.99, no subscription needed. The app is made by A, the same developer behind HomeLights for HomeKit.
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