Homie—Menu Bar App for HomeKit 4+

pleasant enough

This app has grown over the years and I'm happy to say it still works. I'm still waiting for the ability to put icons instead of the word "Office" or "Hue color downlight" in my menu bar. Thanks for adding a way to dim the lights and change their colors! Currently, all my Hue Color Downlights are called just that. I have painstakenly named all of them in Home Kit so I know which bulb is which, but in this app it's trial and error. 9 bulbs in the office, I have to do trial and error to figure out which one is the one I'm trying to manipulate. Which is why I put the one bulb in the menu bar, and that's why my menubar says "Hue color downlight". Other than that, I really do like this app. It comes in very handy.

Developer Response ,

Thanks a lot for your great feedback! The things you’ve mentioned are indeed very important aspects, and I will add them over the next couple of updates. So stay tuned :)

Almost there!!

Awesome app love the idea it feels like its still in alpha considering its still missing some key features:

- Ability to turn off scenes. Clicking the scene only activates devices, reclicking does not deactivate.

- Hide devices from submenus. Some devices such as hubs do nothing and should be able to be hidden to streamline menus.

- "Turn on all lights" function turns on ALL devices. including switches and fans. It should not.

- Menubar should be a little more customizable. Similar to how istat menus works maybe include ability to include temperature and humidity under the same icon. Ability to add extraneous text on menubar to describe items. If I have temperatures from many rooms its impossible to differentiate between rooms once they have been pinned.

- Menubar button is also missing. A one click button to turn on a device or scene without a drop down on the menubar.

- More intuitive dropdown. Maybe something similar to control center on ios 14 where the most used or favorites are shown as icons?

- A few more automations can be added:
- When app is launched or closed.
- Maybe "if statements" such as location or time of day.
- Combination of triggers.

The list can go on but I do want to state that I love the app and hope devlopement continues! Purchased the lifetime unlock because I know it is hard work and I see the potential. Thanks!!

Developer Response ,

Hey Miguel!

Thanks a lot for your great feedback! That’s indeed a really good list of improvements. Be assured I’m working on them, and each update should make Homie better and better!

– Frederik

Solid foundation, missing controls for some accessories

Solid little app with lots of functionality. I particularly love the automations when the machine wakes / sleeps (though I'd love startup / shutdown as well). I also love the ability to pin accessories to the menu bar.

I would love to see thermostat control added (and am kinda surprised it is missing). I'd also love the ability to change how an accessory is represented in the menu bar (right now it only shows the name of the accessory). I'd love the ability to give the menu bar item an icon or a custom text value.