Home by Building 36

Name: Home by Building 36
Rating: 3 (142 reviews)
Author: Building 36 Technologies

Lifestyle

Free

142 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Building 36 Technologies
Language

EN
+ 18 More
Size

398.8
MB

We provide homeowners a simple and elegant way to control their home. We provide a new level of intelligence to optimize energy consumption and maximize comfort. We connect homeowners and professional installers to better maintain the systems in a home ensuring maximum performance.

Ratings & Reviews

3.0

out of 5

142 Ratings

Convenient but at times unreliable
01/24/2018
Dos Caminos
The concept is great: you don’t have to get off your couch to change the temp in your living room, or be home to start the heat. You can do it through the app. The issue however is that the app has a hard time syncing with the thermostats. I have 4 of these in my house and many times the temperature setting on the thermostat is different that the temperature setting on the app for that particular thermostat. Case in point, just the other night I set the heat in my family room to 60, yet when I walked past the thermostat about 20 minutes later it had the heat set to 68. And it couldn’t possibly be a WiFi issue as the router is within feet of both the main hub, the thermostat and my phone. Once this syncing issue is worked out, the app would deserve all five stars.
Convenient but at times unreliable
01/24/2018
Dos Caminos

The concept is great: you don’t have to get off your couch to change the temp in your living room, or be home to start the heat. You can do it through the app. The issue however is that the app has a hard time syncing with the thermostats. I have 4 of these in my house and many times the temperature setting on the thermostat is different that the temperature setting on the app for that particular thermostat. Case in point, just the other night I set the heat in my family room to 60, yet when I walked past the thermostat about 20 minutes later it had the heat set to 68. And it couldn’t possibly be a WiFi issue as the router is within feet of both the main hub, the thermostat and my phone. Once this syncing issue is worked out, the app would deserve all five stars.
You lose control of your thermostats
07/14/2022
TheChannelMan
I’ve had Home by building 36 for four years and I would warn you against using the companies products or apps. First off the interface is not well thought out and editing schedules and scenes is difficult. More importantly the app is being used to take control of my thermostats without my permission and no amount of communication with the company seems to be met with an outreach or acknowledgment by them. If you don’t mind a third party deciding when your house should be cooled or heated and to what temperature then sign up. But if you are like me and want to be in control of the temperature in your home at all times then go elsewhere. After all it’s your house and you pay the bills. There is no shortage of internet enabled thermostats these days by companies that don’t decide what your personal thermostats should be set to.
You lose control of your thermostats
07/14/2022
TheChannelMan

I’ve had Home by building 36 for four years and I would warn you against using the companies products or apps. First off the interface is not well thought out and editing schedules and scenes is difficult. More importantly the app is being used to take control of my thermostats without my permission and no amount of communication with the company seems to be met with an outreach or acknowledgment by them. If you don’t mind a third party deciding when your house should be cooled or heated and to what temperature then sign up. But if you are like me and want to be in control of the temperature in your home at all times then go elsewhere. After all it’s your house and you pay the bills. There is no shortage of internet enabled thermostats these days by companies that don’t decide what your personal thermostats should be set to.
Takes forever to update
10/07/2017
Fastplant
When refreshing the app (pulling down from top) it takes a really long time to update. I like to use this app to check the temperature on my thermostats in the house but it takes way to long to check via the app. It would be nice if when refreshing it would update immediately. One of the few apps where I would prefer a background app refresh option.
Takes forever to update
10/07/2017
Fastplant

When refreshing the app (pulling down from top) it takes a really long time to update. I like to use this app to check the temperature on my thermostats in the house but it takes way to long to check via the app. It would be nice if when refreshing it would update immediately. One of the few apps where I would prefer a background app refresh option.
Worse over time
01/30/2024
Alexis 1007
I’ve had this thermostat for three years, but in the last few months it’s progressively stopped connecting to my phone. Now it’s completely useless as a WiFi thermostat. First over the summer the schedule was claiming to be set up correctly on my phone, but randomly started shifting - the 8pm cooling at 3 in the afternoon, then no cooling at all overnight - totally off sync with the app. Now everything has to be manually controlled from the thermostat - no warming up the house before getting out of bed. Can they fix whatever bugs have gone into the system??
Worse over time
01/30/2024
Alexis 1007

I’ve had this thermostat for three years, but in the last few months it’s progressively stopped connecting to my phone. Now it’s completely useless as a WiFi thermostat. First over the summer the schedule was claiming to be set up correctly on my phone, but randomly started shifting - the 8pm cooling at 3 in the afternoon, then no cooling at all overnight - totally off sync with the app. Now everything has to be manually controlled from the thermostat - no warming up the house before getting out of bed. Can they fix whatever bugs have gone into the system??

• Activity now supports Quick Filters. Save your favorite filters for faster access to the events that matter most. • Behind the scenes improvements to power future features • Minor UI enhancements and bug fixes

Version 5.14.0 Jun 29

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
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- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location

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Seller: Building 36 Technologies, LLC
Size: 398.8 MB
Category: Lifestyle
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Languages: English and 18 more

English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Age Rating: 4+

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Home by Building 36

Ratings & Reviews

Convenient but at times unreliable

You lose control of your thermostats

Takes forever to update

Worse over time

What’s New

App Privacy

Data Linked to You

Data Not Linked to You

Accessibility

Information

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