Smartrules

[JDRoberts]

SmartRules is a very nice, polished graphical interface which lets you set up a simple “do while” condition which many people find useful. It can’t handle the really complicated stuff that core does, but it’s much easier to install and use for these simple two level conditionals. But it is a third-party app and you do have to pay a license fee.

Some people prefer core, some people prefer SmartRules, some people use both – – it’s just a matter of personal preference. Core is free and much more powerful, but much more complex to use. SmartRules is fast and easy to use, but requires a license fee and is only available for iOS . They’re both good.

For people who are new to both, here are the links to get the basic information:

1) CoRE: free, powerful, complex

FAQ: What is WebCoRE? (And what was CoRE?)

CoRE (now WebCore) is a very powerful community – created rules engine for SmartThings. It allows you to set up stacked conditionals like “If A then B but only while C and not if D.” Setting it up can be quite complex, but there are many community members who will be glad to help you. For example, here is a piston that one member created to notify him if the dog had already been fed twice that day and he picked up the dog bowl for a third time. He needed this because he has a large family and people didn’t always remember whose turn it was to feed the dog. [image] The original version of CoRE Has now been replaced by a new version, WebCoRE, which moves the data entry to a web interface. This allows for flexibility and an architecture that requires more memory than is av…

2) SmartRules: simple, polished, requires license fee

http://smartrulesapp.com