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instnt hub turns your iPad into an always-on hub: photos, clock, weather and your smart home on one screen, with or without Home Assistant.
instnt hub is an iPad app that stays on all day. You swipe between faces: photos from a shared iCloud album, a large clock, the weather, your calendar, a kitchen timer and your devices. With HomeKit, the devices and scenes from the Home app come along. With Home Assistant, also music, cameras, the doorbell coming over everything, companions that appear on their own when something turns on, and a voice assistant with the language model you choose. There is no account and no instnt server; the app has no analytics. instnt hub is inspired by Apple’s HomeView, which isn’t coming to the EU, and runs on the iPad you already have.
- Name
- instnt hub, always lowercase
- Kind
- iPad app, made to stay on all day
- Runs on
- iPad with iPadOS 18 or later; on iPhone as controls
- Works with
- HomeKit and Home Assistant, both optional
- Languages
- Dutch, English, German and French
- Status
- On the App Store since October 26, 2026; new versions first via TestFlight
- Privacy
- No account, no instnt server, no analytics
- Made by
- instnt, the Netherlands
- Made for an iPad that stays on all day, with rest and photos when nobody’s looking.
- Companions: screens that appear on their own when something turns on, like the PS5.
- The doorbell as a call, over everything, with talk-back (beta).
- A voice assistant that drips out of the edge, with the language model of your own Home Assistant or the one on the iPad.
- Usable without Home Assistant too.
- The app measures nothing: no analytics, no third-party crash reporting.
From the app itself, with demo devices and no personal data.
Silent loops from the app.
- Write instnt hub in lowercase.
- Don’t alter the icon or place anything on top of it.
- instnt hub is not affiliated with Apple or Home Assistant. iPad, iCloud and HomeView are trademarks of Apple Inc.
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Email info@instnthub.com. Or read the questions.