Dashboard Suggestions/Ideas

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Hi all,

I recently purchased a couple of Samsung Galaxy tablets which I am planning to wall mount & set them up with custom dashboards so I thought I'd ask for some suggestions and ideas here.

What platform have you used for this type of use case? I heard that SharpTools is quite decent? I put together a dashboard using HE's native app but I feel like there might be better options out there.

Thanks in advance.

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I use THIS on all of my pads and phones.

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I found that the built-in HE dashboards are more than adequate for my needs, but it just depends on the functionality you want to get out of the dashboard. I've got mine on a Fire 7 and plan on adding another soon.

I used SharpTools for a while, but just didn't like the feel and customization; I have a few friends that really like SharpTools. For me it hit home the other morning when my modem dropped the Xfinity connection...everything still worked on my local network and I still had full dashboard and automation control even without working Internet. Ignore the ramblings of a complete amateur, but I have some dashboard examples here. Plus I'm sure you've seen the big HE dashboard thread on the forum.

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I came from many years as a beta tester for Action Tiles. If you want something easier to set up and more configurable this is the best bet.

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Regular HE dashboards are amazing if you take the time to style them right.

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I use my own app called HousePanel. It’s highly customizable and runs in a local rPI. Read about it here:

https://www.housepanel.net

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Thanks you all for your input so far, that's much appreciated - I'll probably start doing some work on this next week.