HSBuddy
Antonio Vargas Garcia Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
HSBuddy is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Antonio Vargas Garcia. Rated 4.6/5 from 29 ratings. Requires iOS 13.0. Updated July 5, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.6
- 29 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 60 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 5
- 2026 · v1.0.90
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About HSBuddy
HSBuddy is a free application for iOS® that turns your mobile device into the ultimate companion for your HomeSeer® home automation system. With the included Apple Watch companion app you can take control of your home from your wrist! Certain features require an additional HomeSeer controller plug-in which you can install from the plug-in manager in your HomeSeer configuration pages. Look for HSBuddy under the User Interfaces section. Complement your home automation experience and use HSBuddy to: • Control and edit devices • Run and edit events • View history of device state changes * • View images from your home cameras ** • Create your own customized dashboards • Speed up your daily automation tasks » Create Siri shortcuts » Place Widgets for your Home Screen • Send push-notifications to your devices as part of your server events • Browse your HomeSeer server logs * • Enable geo-location on the app and location-based events * • Automatically switch between local-WiFi and remote connectivity to your server based on your location. • Connect to multiple HomeSeer servers and switch quickly between them • Use Smart Tags to quickly control a device or run an event by tapping a tag with your phone *Requires installing the free HSBuddy HomeSeer controller plug-in **Compatible with some existing HomeSeer controller camera plug-ins To use this app you need a running instance of HomeSeer. To find out more, visit http://www.homeseer.com For more information and troubleshooting help, go to http://hsbuddy.avglabs.net
Ratings & reviews
4.6
29 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.0.90 · Updated July 5, 2026
New: Widget actions now support opening an arbitrary image Fix: Links should open using the system's browser Fix: App crashes when asking for a PIN code
App privacy
The developer, Antonio Vargas Garcia, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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