I have multiple HD Fire pads in my house and I am very pleased with them. I have never used an iPad. I feel that the Fire pads are easier to configure to my needs. And with the Toolbox software I can make lots of modifications to those pads as needed. Also, take a look at the Hubitat dashboard software for Android "[RELEASE] Hubitat Dashboard - Android dashboard app - Developers / Code Share - Hubitat" [RELEASE] Hubitat Dashboard - Android dashboard app. I am impressed with it.
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