Homemanager for Homebridge 17+

Great management app

I really enjoy using this app, allowing me to quickly manage my HOOBS server from my iPhone or iPad without having to use the web. The interface makes it user friendly. I have one suggestion though - when you are managing devices, and make changes, there should be a save or upload button on that screen. Instead you have to click the ‘back’ button, tap the three dots and tap ‘upload’. This was the only counterintuitive thing I encountered. Otherwise, a must have!

Edit - thanks for taking the time to respond! Happy to hear you guys are making improvements! Looking forward to receiving updates

Developer Response ,

Hi,

thanks a lot for your review.

In our next major release - Homemanager 3 - we have a new optimized configuration page with many new features and a lot of improvements. One of the improvements is an always persistent and directly accessible Upload button ;) The update will be available later this year.

If there is anything else, let us know: info@homemanager-app.de

Cheers,
Ron

Brilliant App!

This app is a “smart home” game changer. My family really likes Apple. I’d looked into HomeKit but felt the supported devices were limited, expensive and sometimes just not the best choices. I like having IoT devices and had everything already set up in SmartThings, Alexa and Google Home. I just felt like we were too far down the path to switch over to Apple Home.

I’d read about Homebridge, but it was a little deeper into the smart home pool than I was ready to dive at that point. Then I came across the HOOBS subreddit from the Homebridge subreddit I’d been on reading and eventually found Homemanager. WOW.

In my opinion the Homemanager app and HOOBS make adding unsupported HomeKit devices on par with adding devices in Alexa or Google Home. Especially with the Import Config feature in Homemanager. The app is so well designed and makes updating the configuration file for Homebridge really easy. You don’t have to worry about syntax with brackets and commas. It imports the sample config into a GUI form for you to simply enter parameters. Trust me, if I can do this, anyone can do it.

I don’t write a lot of reviews, but felt compelled to add one for Homemanager. It’s my favorite app by far!

Developer Response ,

Hi,

thanks a lot for writing a review.

It is great to hear that you like our app and especially our simple Config import feature and generic visual editor.

We have a lot new things planed for summer 2020. Stay tuned.

Cheers,
Ron

Please add HOOBS Pro icon!

This app has been great for managing my HOOBS Pro device! I would like to see some UI tweaks (it can get a bit confusing tabbing between plugins, bridges, and the main interface as they are all extremely alike) - perhaps a cleaner navigation or breadcrumb feature would be helpful.

Also, I still don’t see the HOOBS Pro icon as an option for the server, only the outdated HOOBS Box. Please add the HOOBS Pro icon so it can accurately reflect my device! (I’m a bit OCD about this stuff haha).

Can’t wait to see what HomeManager 5 is like - is there a Beta I can participate in on TestFlight? If so, please let me sign up, I do beta testing for a number of apps (I work as DevOps for a tech startup).

Keep up the great work!