Ahl Control
How it works
Open the panel
One calm panel for your whole smart home.
Ahl Control unifies Alexa, Google Home and SmartThings through Home Assistant into a single command center — rooms, a live floor-plan map, presets, calendar-driven automations and a shared shopping list. Bring your own Home Assistant — connect in minutes; your address and token stay on your device, never on our servers. Installable, offline-first, ad-free.
What it does
Rooms & presets
Per-room tiles with live status, inline dimmers and thermostats, and one-tap scene presets for the whole house.
Overview board
See every room on one screen as drag-and-drop cards — rearrange tiles and whole rooms to lay out your home exactly how you want it.
Quick buttons & automations
One-tap buttons (a "Night" button that locks up and dims the lights) and automations that fire on a device's state or a time of day.
Floor-plan map
Drop your devices onto your actual floor plan and see what's on at a glance — rooms glow warm when they're live.
Bring your own Home Assistant
Connect your own HA in a minute — paste your address and a token, and Ahl Control builds your rooms from your areas automatically. Credentials never leave your device.
Calendar automations
Fire a preset when a matching event starts — "Movie night" dims the lights on cue. Add events right from the panel.
Shared shopping list
A household list that syncs live across the phone and the wall panel, with an optional Google Tasks mirror.
Guest & kids lock
A view-only PIN lock shows everyone the status while keeping controls and layout safe from stray taps.
Locks, alarm & water
Lock the front door, arm or disarm the alarm, and open or close sprinkler valves — right alongside the lights.
Camera tiles
A live snapshot from any Home Assistant camera, as a tile or a map pin. Tap for a larger, auto-refreshing feed. (Pro)
Night-glance panel
Idles to a calm clock, your next event and house status — a quiet instrument on the wall, day or night.
Free & Pro
Free
- Rooms, tiles, dimmers & thermostats
- Scene presets, whole-house & per-room
- Single-floor floor-plan map
- Locks, alarm panel & sprinkler valves
- Shared shopping list + live sync
- Calendar view + add events
- View-only PIN lock, night-glance, themes
- Backup / restore, unified devices
Pro
- Multi-floor maps
- Calendar-driven automations
- Camera tiles & map pins
- Google Tasks two-way mirror
- Everything in Free
Buy once. Stays home.
The household experience is free; Pro is a single unlock, not a monthly bill. However the rest of the smart-home world drifts, this one doesn't.
You connect your own Home Assistant; the address and token are saved only in your browser and are never sent to our servers. The panel talks to your HA directly.
An installable web app over open-source Home Assistant — no proprietary cloud that can switch your dashboard off.
How it compares
| Ahl Control | Build-it-yourself HA cards | Subscription dashboards | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup effort | Opinionated, no YAML | Assemble it yourself | Drag-and-drop |
| Rooms built in | Yes, first-class | Depends on cards | Often not native |
| Floor-plan map | Live pins, multi-floor | Add-on cards | Varies |
| Family / guest mode | PIN lock + night-glance | DIY | Varies |
| Price | Free · one-time Pro | Free | Monthly / yearly |
| Data location | Your HA, local-first | Your HA | Often cloud |
Moving from a dashboard that shut down, or tired of building your own? Read why Ahl Control is a fitting ActionTiles alternative →