Wallflower for HomeKit 4+
Smart Home Control Panel
nxtbgthng GmbH
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Wallflower turns an iPad or iPhone into an interactive control panel on the wall, for everyone to use.
* Wallflower is optimized for running 24/7 on your wall.
* Based on HomeKit: It supports lights, thermostats and ACs, switches, outlets, contact sensors (doors, windows), and sensors for temperature, humidity, air quality, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon dioxide, light intensity, air pressure and noise. And much more!
* The interface is optimized to be looked at from far away. When it is not in use for a while, some elements are hidden and the interface is simplified. Those elements show up again, when you approach the device. When it's dark in the room, Wallflower can turn the display way down.
* All sensor data is drawn into the same graph: Values from multiple sensors are merged intelligently.
* If you want to provide your guest with Home Wifi, provide a convenient button where they can join via QR code.
* Weather is displayed in a compact text form, including weather alerts if there are any. Detailed weather information, including charts, are just a tap away.
* Along with it, you can select calendars to display, so for example your family calendar is always in view for everyone, in the place where everyone looks. This way there is a quick glanceable way to see what's up, even while walking by.
* All issues for your smart home (like empty batteries, network problems, …) are conveniently displayed on the top.
* There is no tracking in the app. And no extra analytics beyond the anonymized basics that the AppStore provides for the users that opted in. There's no invasive 3rd party frameworks either. We don’t want your data, your home is yours, and yours alone.
* Settings are protected against unauthorized tinkering via a passcode or - if your device supports it - with your face or fingerprint. And after a while of not using it, it turns back to the main screen.
* Last, but not least: Wallflower makes a great and very accurate wall clock.
Wallflower requires a subscription to display weather, calendar or run with complex setups. However, you can try the home features without a subscription for one device of each kind (and 2 lights) at the same time. So you can try everything out as long as you want, and if you have a simple setup that might even be all you need!
And if you're not a fan of subscriptions, there is a one-time option to pay for the home features.
What’s New
Version 2.2.1
* Fixed an issue where touches are sometimes not recognized on the main screen
Ratings and Reviews
Way to expensive !
The free version is limited to 14 days and is otherwise also limited.
To get the fully functional version you need to pay 5.25CAD$ per month ! That is as expensive as a subscription to the New York Times. Even VMware fusion charges about 30$ a year for updates. And this app does not even come close to the complexity of VMware...
Installed, saw the price and the limitations of the free version, uninstalled.
My 2c; If you want your otherwise nice app to be successful, offer a one time buy in reasonably priced. And like everyone else, make the paying updates worthwhile.
Developer Response ,
Hi MachinChose,
First of all there are multiple ways to get Wallflower: The Free version is not time limited, but limited in the number of devices per room: 1 of each kind, for light bulbs it's two. So if you don't have a complex setup, you can have everything for free. The 14 day free trial is not limited at all, it's literally the same thing as the purchased version. And in addition to the subscription there is a one-time purchase that is slightly higher than a years subscription, but unlocks the HomeKit functions forever.
The New York Times has Thousands of staff and Millions of readers. VMWare is a big software project with a huge userbase, and hundreds of millions of VC money. With Wallflower we are talking about a small project, currently made by a single developer, who's put years of work into this, before it even shipped the first version. It's targeting a currently small market. Of course the economics work differently here. If you want to enable me to continue development, please consider supporting this project by paying a fair price. Things like this app can not be made for super cheap prices.
Best,
Gernot.
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Information
- Seller
- nxtbgthng GmbH
- Size
- 13.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, German
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 nxtbgthng GmbH
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Premium $62.99
- Premium Monthly $9.99
- Home, Sweet Home $89.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.