HomeLog for HomeKit

Contacted support; was advised to reinstall. Still does not work on iPhone 12 with latest OS.

It does not log `Programmable switch` or `outlot` events on my M1 Mac Studio. Only scene events are logged.

Apple Home/HomeKit is a hot mess and everyone knows it, but… Save your money, this app only logs some actions if the app is open, and not in the background. Pretty useless if the iPhone is all you’re using. Time better spent would be to put more pressure on Apple to make sure “it just works”, because it doesn’t sometimes.

To run this app to work, you need to keep this app open on screen. If you leave from this app and leave it on background, it won’t work. You won’t get any log. How can you keep open the app on screen all the time to get your home log? This app should not sell anyone like this and steal your money. Yes, there is writing in description. You will over look it because you will think that you can leave it running in background. No, you need to keep on screen all the time. You can not use your phone anymore to get log. This app should not be here at all. Can’t understand why they still even sell this when it shouldn’t be here at all. If it only work on mac, please sell it to mac os only.

Forget figuring out any gremlins. All this does show you an event with the time/date. No indicator of what user or device triggered the event so no way to figure out anything more than the notification bubble you get on the phone for free.

I have a fairly sizable HomeKit setup, with many accessories, hubs, and scenes. Even when running on a Mac on the same network, only about half of the changes seem to appear in the log. Worse, after a day or so, the app starts to freeze on opening, and the developer indicates that it is likely because the log file is 'full.' The developer is planning a fix for this condition, but so far, it is basically unusable for me. It's a shame, really. It's a great design, and I love the menubar option, sorting categories, etc. I love the other 'Home' apps in the Pearce Media family, but given its inability to log consistently, this one isn't worth the price for me. I am hopeful for improvements in the future.

I always found it frustrating that I didn't have any easy way to the various HomeKit events as they occurred throughout the day. This solves that problem in an easy and unubtrusive way. I just leave the helper app running on my Mac (which runs 24/7), and a complete log is stored away for when I need it. Bonus points to the developer for making this a "universal" purchase that also gets you the iOS version (though the Mac is a better fit since the app needs to be actively running to work). All in all, it's a handy tool to my HomeKit setup.

HomeKit can sometimes be a black box. You have absolutely no idea why it’s doing what it’s doing. Things change state for seemingly no reason. Devices show no response. Figuring out what is actually going on is incredibly difficult in those instances. Luckily this app makes that process SO much easier. Having visibility into changes overtime to your HomeKit setup is incredibly useful. Did I mention the developer is also incredibly responsive and looks to be planning new features all the time?

This just allowed me to reset my homekit network (devices were saying no response). I’m not sure what called this to happen but if I can fix once in a full moon outage by opening this app, I’ll take it! Thank you!