ArmME Security App vs Connex Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArmME Security App
Control and monitor your home or business alarm system remotely. Arm, disarm, and receive alerts for triggered alarms. Manage gates, garage doors, lights, and other connected devices from anywhere.
- Remote arm/disarm/stay
- Triggered alarm alerts
- Gate/garage door control
- Lights/sprinkler control
- AC power status
- Customizable area names
- Event log access
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Monitor and control your alarm system from anywhere in the world when using a Rhino alarm panel or a Falcon communicator with selected third-party alarm panels. The ArmME app allows you to be in control and aware of whatever is happening at your home or business even when you’re not there. With the ArmME app, you are easily able to: - Arm, disarm or stay arm different areas of your home as set up by the technician - Receive alerts when the alarm is triggered and know where on your property the intrusion occurred - Check whether your alarm system is armed or not - Open or close your gate or garage door and switch your lights, sprinklers and pool pump on or off - See if there is AC power or not at your place - Identify the different areas or partitions of your home by uploading photos and customising area and zone names - Access a history of events via the event log - Bypass specific zones, when in use, to prevent triggering an alarm PLEASE NOTE: To access the above features and more you have to be using a Rhino 68, 816, 232 or 832 alarm panel or a Falcon communicator which is connected via the serial port to one of these third-party panels: - IDS X-Series & IDS805 - Texecom Premier 412, 816 & 832 - Paradox MG & SP series - DSC PowerSeries and PowerSeries Neo - Risco LightSYS 2 - Orisec ZP-10, 20, 40, & 100 - Hikvision AX Pro Terms & Conditions apply.
Connex Connect
Remotely manage and monitor your smart tech devices from anywhere. Receive real-time alerts, stream live video, and keep watch over your home and family.
- Add and configure smart devices
- Remote device management
- Real-time alerts
- Live video streaming
- Video recording
- Global remote access
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Connex Connect Smart App lets you add, configure, monitor and share all your Connex Connect Smart Tech devices. Via the App on your mobile phone you can remotely manage and view your connected devices from anywhere in the world Receive real time alerts, stream and record live video and keep watch over your Home and Family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Connex Connect at none against ArmME Security App's shown. Connex Connect also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). ArmME Security App's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (24% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Connex Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of ArmME Security App's written reviews are positive against 0% of Connex Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ArmME Security App ships an update every 5 weeks, Connex Connect every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArmME Security App | Connex Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (50 ratings) | 4.4 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amecor (Pty) Ltd | SMD Technologies Pty LTD |
Customer experience
ArmME Security App
Connex Connect
In-app purchases
ArmME Security App
No in-app purchases
Connex Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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