Check the acquisition promise
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Matthias Hochgatterer · iOS
Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.
01 / Creative research
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.
Browse observed advertisers ↗Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.
Review the market context ↗02 / Storefront & product
Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.
03 / Market context
Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.
This is the first app I have found for HomeKit that shows counts of devices in each room, zone, and a SUMMARY that shows total count of all your devices! I have many more than I had estimated…. I think I am addicted to HomeKit….
As an electrician I find both Home+ and Configkuator quite useful and give it 5 stars! One minor but annoying bug Accessory rename is inconsistent in ‘remembering’ the new name and reverts to ‘Button x’ (x=1,2,3) on 4 button switch like Leviton D2SCS Decira Scene Controller. This is quite likely a Leviton or Apple bug but I do so hope Matthias can find a work around as he has in so many other ways with HomeKit!
It displays your devices in a different way to the Home app. You cannot control devices. You cannot configure devices. You cannot reorder anything. If two rooms have the same set of devices they might appear in the same order for each room, but most likely they won’t - e.g. you might get “Bob’s Room: light fan blinds, Jim’s Room: blinds light fan” It has some weird ideas about what classification things should be - my fans are all “air sensors”, my nightlights are all “sensors”. Trying to add a room to a zone caused an error dialog to pop up. Repeating the operation caused a different error dialog to pop up. I could see no way to delete an empty zone. The author of this app also sells a $15 HomeKit app - based on this app I’m not sure I want to shell out for that app.
Home Configurator lets you see your HomeKit homes, accessories, rooms and zones in a more organised way. The accessories are grouped by type to give y...