For iPad

Hausherz

Your home. At a glance.

The Hausherz dashboard: a large clock, weather, scenes, rooms with lights and blinds, and heating, cameras and music on the right

Hausherz turns an iPad on the wall into a dashboard for Apple Home: lights, heating, cameras, music and the whole family. Calm enough to look beautiful. Clear enough for everyone.

The “Outside” style

Outside. Inside.

Hausherz takes on the colors of the sky outside your window. Following the sun and the weather – in 72 variations.

  1. Dawn
  2. Morning
  3. Midday
  4. Afternoon
  5. Dusk
  6. Night
Hausherz at 6:50 a.m. at dawn: deep violet Hausherz at 8:05 a.m. in the morning: bright with golden light Hausherz at 12:20 p.m. at midday: as bright as a blue sky Hausherz at 3:40 p.m. in the afternoon: bright with warm light Hausherz at 4:55 p.m. at dusk: dark with a violet shimmer Hausherz at 9:30 p.m. at night: deep midnight blue with stars

Features

Everything that matters at home.

Home

Everything at a glance.

Lights, blinds, outlets, locks, thermostats and cameras from Apple Home – room by room, always live. Tap to switch, press and hold for more.

Lighting

Light in every color.

Color wheel, shades of white and brightness. The lamp follows live as you drag – and you can color whole groups with one tap.

Heating

You see when it’s heating.

The card glows warm, the flame pulses. Set weekly schedules for your Netatmo thermostat and your Heatit floor heating right in Hausherz.

Music

Music on your HomePod.

Your Apple Music library, search across the entire catalog, playlists and albums.1 Pick a speaker – and music fills the living room.

Weather

What should the kids wear?

The weather sits next to the clock. Tap it to see today and tomorrow – with clothing tips from T-shirts to rain boots.

Family

The whole family in view.

Events from the calendars on your iPad in each family member’s color, meal wishes for the week and a notepad for everyone.

Dashboard with rooms, heating, cameras and music Floor lamp with brightness, color wheel and color swatches Heating schedule with comfort, night and eco temperatures and the week as timelines Music player with cover art, controls, the Living Room speaker and the library Tomorrow’s weather with an hourly forecast and clothing tips for the kids Family: today’s, tomorrow’s and upcoming events in each member’s color

Doorbell

The doorbell rings. You see who’s there.

The camera opens full screen – no matter what’s open in Hausherz. With two-way talk and “Unlock Door” if there’s a lock in the same room.

Hausherz needs to be open for this – on the wall, it always is. It still saves battery-powered cameras: on the dashboard, they only show a new snapshot every ten minutes. They go live as soon as the doorbell rings or you tap the tile.

Cameras

Doorbell camera: a smiling woman with a bakery bag stands at the front door Live 76%
Front Door Doorbell ringing
Backyard camera: a lawn with autumn leaves, a bench and an apple tree
BackyardSnapshot 4 min. ago
Driveway camera: a parked car and autumn leaves
DrivewaySnapshot 9 min. ago
Illustrative images2

Even more.

  • New scene with quick buttons and the lights in each room

    Scenes, right here.

    Create them in Hausherz, saved as real scenes in Apple Home – for Siri, too.

  • Apple TV remote with a round clickpad

    The remote is already here.

    Clickpad, volume and apps for Apple TV. One tap turns it on and off.

  • Living room temperature over 24 hours with the target temperature and heating times

    How warm was it yesterday?

    Temperature, humidity and CO₂ over days, weeks and months. Hausherz records it itself while it’s running.

  • 3D print: 3DBenchy at 42%, 1 hr, 13 min left, done at 5:59

    When will the print be done?

    Progress and time left for your Bambu Lab printer appear while it’s printing.

  • Up to six timers.

    Pasta, eggs, pizza – each with its own name. When one is done, the screen lights up and a chime rings.

  • Visitors? Guest Mode.

    Press and hold the clock – cameras, locks and settings are locked. Unlock with Face ID, Touch ID or a code.

  • One note for everyone.

    Write with your finger, pin it to the wall – done.

  • Quiet at night.

    When no one touches it, the display dims. The first touch only wakes it – nothing switches by accident.

Works with

  • Apple Home
  • Apple Music
  • AirPlay & HomePod
  • Apple TV
  • Netatmo
  • Govee
  • Heatit
  • Bambu Lab

Styles

Your style.

Six classic colors and seven seasonal styles through the year. Snow, blossoms and fireflies even move out of your finger’s way.

Hausherz in the Champagne style

Classic

Seasons & Themes

Champagne Champagne on midnight blue

Privacy

Stays at home.

Hausherz needs no account and collects no data. It talks to lamps, floor heating, printers and Apple TV directly on your Wi-Fi – no detour through anyone else’s servers.

  • 0Accounts
  • 0Ads
  • 0Trackers
Read the privacy policy
Hausherz on the wall: the iPad in a round mount, with sunlight and leaf shadows on the wall

For the wall

Made for every day.

How to mount your iPad on the wall

Questions

Good to know.

What is Hausherz?

Hausherz is a free iPad app. It turns an iPad on the wall into a dashboard for Apple Home (HomeKit): lights, heating, blinds, cameras and doorbell, music, a family calendar and more – large, calm and readable at a glance.

How much does Hausherz cost?

Nothing. No subscription, no ads, no account. If you like, you can leave a tip in the app; it unlocks nothing.

Which iPad do I need?

An iPad with iPadOS 17 or later – that covers most iPads from 2018 on. An older iPad that would otherwise sit in a drawer works well. Hausherz runs in landscape.

Do I need a home hub or Home Assistant?

Not Home Assistant: Hausherz uses Apple Home directly – whatever is set up there shows up on its own. For Apple Home itself, Apple recommends a home hub (HomePod or Apple TV); without one, there is no remote access, no automations and no Thread devices. Since the new Home architecture, an iPad can no longer act as the hub.

Which devices does Hausherz show?

Everything from Apple Home: lights, outlets, switches, fans, thermostats, locks, blinds, garage doors, cameras and doorbells, plus sensors for temperature, humidity, contact and motion. Directly over Wi-Fi, it adds Govee lamps, Heatit floor heating, Bambu Lab 3D printers and Apple TV. Air conditioners, air purifiers or smoke detectors aren’t shown yet.

Is Hausherz an alternative to the Home app?

On the wall, yes. Keep the Home app for setting up new devices; Hausherz is made for everyday use: in landscape, easy to read, with the clock, weather, cameras and music at a glance, plus a family calendar, meal plan, timers, a notepad and Guest Mode. Both use the same data – scenes you create in Hausherz also appear in the Home app and work with Siri.

How do I mount the iPad on the wall?

With a mount and a cable to a power outlet. What matters – the mount, power, the battery and the settings for running around the clock – is in our guide: Mounting an iPad on the wall.

Does the doorbell work while the display rests?

Yes, as long as Hausherz is open: the camera opens full screen when the doorbell rings, even from rest mode. Apple only passes Apple Home events to the app in the foreground – on the wall, that’s Hausherz.

What happens to my data?

Hausherz has no server of its own and collects no data. Settings and history stay on your iPad. More in the privacy policy.

Hausherz

Free. No subscription. No ads.
If you like, you can leave a tip in the app.

Hausherz started as a private project: I first built it just for myself, for the iPad on our wall. Only later did I decide to publish it for free, for everyone. It isn’t perfect – it has mostly been tested with the devices in our own home. If something doesn’t work, write to me at feedback@hausherz.app.

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For iPad with iPadOS 17 or later · English and German