HomeCam for HomeKit

• Price: $7.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

3.7 233 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Fills in the gaps that Apple’s Home app lacks

   Just as the title says, HomeCam completes the HomeKit camera experience with the quality and completeness that the Apple experience usually provides. I would rate this five stars except that I believe there’s been a bug in the Apple TV app for some time — audio simply doesn’t work, even when you select an individual camera. It seems to have broken with an update several months ago, but I haven’t been able to pinpoint exactly when. I do recall that it did work at one time on ATV, and the other platform versions of this app continue to work fine. I could not find an email address or contact form to directly reach out to the developer to inquire about this audio issue. Outside of that, this is a five-star app.

   xpxp2002 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 1/5Selection/Deselection Bug Not Fixed

   Unfortunately Homecam no longer functions as it should (since ~February). The app persistently deselects or randomly reselects cameras in the Manage Cameras section. This is persistent on iPad (7th Gen), iPhone (13), and Apple TV (2 4K, 1 HD) over both iOS 16 and 17. The developer appears to be responsive on Reddit and email but hasn’t tried to troubleshoot a solution. I don’t like paying for multiple apps from a developer only to be ghosted on solutions. I’ve logged out, deleted, and redownloaded on all affected devices and I’m not really sure what else to try. I will happily update if there is ever a solution to this issue because I think small developers deserve revenue, I’m just disappointed in this case. (Edit: I contacted the developer June 30 and again on July 17th via email. I was not asked for any follow up information. This has been within the last six months) (Edit: I’m beginning to feel gaslit here. I asked for support and reported a bug on June 30th at 4:20pm and attached a mov file and developer responded with “ Hi Pete, Thanks for reaching out. I’ll take a look into that issue! I haven’t seen it myself before so I’ll see what I can do to reproduce it.” And then again on July 17 at 6pm to which developer responded with “Thanks for that update. I’m still investigating into this bug.”)

   Pete Mayhem · 31 Jul 2026

3. 2/5Very Limited!

   All this does is allow you to view your cameras in one spot, rather than having to scroll through them on the Home app on Apple TV (via HomeKit). However, it’s named “HomeCam for HomeKit.” That sounds great when you’ve just ordered four deterrence cameras through Apple Store. However, what you need to know, but the app developer doesn’t tell you, is that HomeKit does not allow two-way audio. This is why you BRIEFLY see the microphone button before it disappears on ANY IOS device you’re using. HomeKit also doesn’t allow you to turn on the camera’s floodlight. All you can do is view and listen to all of your cameras in one spot (well, five cameras because that’s Apple’s limit), rather than scrolling through them on Apple TV or opening them individually in the Home app. This limitation by Apple isn’t the app developer’s fault, except that the app developer calls it, “HomeCam for HomeKit” and doesn’t tell you when you purchase the $4.99 app that the money you poured into the deterrence cameras you purchased will turn them into surveillance cameras only. If you want to use the deterrence features on your cameras, do not buy this app or use HomeKit - just use the app that the camera manufacturer provides.

   NickHasBeenNamed · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5Great addition to HomeKit!

   I use this app 24/7! It is indispensable to us. All of my HomeKit AND HomeBridge Cameras in one place. As far as I can tell if my camera supports audio or 2 way audio then HomeCam supports it along with showing lights in those locations as well! This is my whole Home monitor in one and with an iPad or Apple TV I can see everywhere all at once in a single display! Thank you SO much dev, as I have seen great strides with the development of this App and I understand it is kind of just a hobby for you. Thank you for putting your time into this! I have one request that could make it much better. Hope it’s simple. Make the touch targets a little larger for the volume in the all cameras view. I have a hard time turning the volume on/off without it going into that camera specifically. Thanks!!!

   NoItsSnot · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5App is as good as can be given iOS limitations

   Update #2: I worked with Aaron to address as many issues as were within his power. He is super responsive and is willing to address bugs and appreciates feedback - something that is very refreshing to me. Some of my bugs are simply Apple iOS limitations. My eufy cameras still show a blank / black screen when cycling after a few hours, but it’s a matter of killing the app and opening it back up again to get them back. Like Aaron suggested, I would not recommend this app to use as a baby monitor with eufy cameras as its not 100% reliable, but it works for us in most cases. 5 stars for effort, communication and making this awesome app. Update: working with Aaron on addressing some of these issues via email. He seems to have multiple camera brands on hand to try and reproduce the issues. The latest update (v2.2.3) has made this app very hard to use. I use a couple of HomeKit enabled cameras (eufy Security Solo IndoorCam C24) as baby monitors for my kids. Here are new and pre-existing issues: - New: If I swipe to bring up Control Center (e.g., to change the screen brightness), the app immediately disconnects all of my cameras. I have to continually start the app back up and kill it for 2+ minutes for it to bring up the feed again. - Pre-existing: I have the cameras cycle with the 10 second increment. It’s not at all reliable as most times I find the screen blank with no sound. It does, however work some of the time, so I know it’s not a camera restriction. In any case, I would not recommend this app as a baby monitor for infants because the feed cannot be trusted. - Pre-existing: single camera feed eventually loses sound. - Pre-existing: if I have the cameras cycling and then click out to it to show a single camera, the sound continues to cycle. I am happy to work with the developer to help reproduce these issues and believe that they are core enhancements needed to make this app work and worth the money I paid for it. Unfortunately some of these issues have existed for quite some time now. I am forced to continue using this app as there is no competition. However, I am looking forward to the day some of these unique features are addressed by the developer or even rolled out as native features in iOS.

   BiggestHomeKitFanEver · 31 Jul 2026

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