What it does

Hearth turns an iPad or iPhone into a dedicated dashboard for the home you already set up in Apple Home. Rooms, lights, climate, curtains, sensors, and music stay close at hand, while an idle iPad becomes a quiet ambient display.

Releases and roadmap

The current release is 1.3 — whole-home dashboard, simpler settings, smoother media playback, and reliability. What changed in each release and what is in development next live in the Hearth release notes.

Why Hearth

Most smart home apps are built around the phone interaction model: open the app, find the right screen, interact, put the phone down. A wall-mounted home hub is a different use case entirely. It is always visible, always accessible, and should reward ambient glances rather than demand focused attention.

Start with one room

Hearth Free includes one active room, core accessory controls, built-in gradients, and the digital screensaver. A one-time Lifetime Pro purchase unlocks whole-home rooms and zones, deeper personalization, additional display comfort, Presence Wake, and iCloud settings sync. No subscription is required.

Hearth kitchen dashboard showing climate, lights, curtains, and media controls

Hearth dashboard personalized with a family photo wallpaper

Hearth nighttime screensaver on a wall-mounted iPad

Key features

Glanceable HomeKit

See and control rooms, lights, climate, curtains, sensors, and Apple Music.

Made for the Room

Wall, counter, or bedside — an idle iPad becomes an ambient display with its own screensaver and display care.

One Room Free

Try the complete core dashboard experience with one active room.

Lifetime Pro

Unlock the whole home, personalization, and display comfort with one purchase.

Support and privacy

Visit Hearth Support or read the Hearth Privacy Policy.Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.

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