# Any alternative for Home assistants helpers?
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Tags:** advancedflow
**Created:** [January 1, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319 "2026-01-01T21:18:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Jonas](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonas)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/1 "2026-01-01T21:18:09Z")
Hi,
I decided to give homey a shot when the alternative for self hosting got available.
I really like the advanced flow but Im struggling a bit with with redoing my automations in homey.
In home assistant I have in the dashboard a time input variable that is for setting the time the car heater should start.
I know there is variables for text and number but I can’t find any user friendly solution for selecting a time.
The idé is to have it on a dashboard that I could present on a tablet so my wife can easily set the timer.
Any one got any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/2 "2026-01-01T21:20:39Z")
I might be able to build an app for it, I’m also interested in such a feature
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### Author:  [@Peter\_de\_Vos](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_de_Vos)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/3 "2026-01-01T21:22:36Z")
> **[Better Logic Library | Homey](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/net.i-dev.betterlogic/Better-Logic-Library/)**
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> Just some better logic, variable and library management
Will this do the trick?
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### Author:  [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/4 "2026-01-01T21:24:31Z")
I think he means a Dashboard card where you can set the time easily
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### Author:  [@Jonas](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonas)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/5 "2026-01-01T21:44:57Z")
Yeah, Sven is correct.
This is how it looks currently in my HA dashboard.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_de\_Vos](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_de_Vos)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/6 "2026-01-01T21:48:24Z")
When i read it again i also think so😉. I did time, date and weather with node red.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_de\_Vos](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_de_Vos)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/7 "2026-01-01T21:51:25Z")
You can use this in the Homey dashboard as a web widget also
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### Author:  [@s73nm](https://community.homey.app/u/s73nm)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/8 "2026-01-03T21:11:16Z")
Not actually on a dashboard, but Homey does offer “Alarms” You can find them under More \> Alarms.
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### Author:  [@Jonas](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonas)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-alternative-for-home-assistants-helpers/148319/9 "2026-01-03T21:29:21Z")
Yeah, but it’s not really helping with the Wife approval factor.
It’s a bit odd that there isn’t a simple way to set a time from the dashboard to flows. I mean you have variables for text, number and boolean. Why not time and date?
Or add the possibility to add alarms to the dashboard.
I have solved it for the moment with a number variable and a script, so you type 06.20 and the script converts it to 06:20 String that can be used it flows.