ArmME Security App vs CBI Home
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.
CBI Home
This application allows for remote control of various devices from anywhere. Users can set up custom automations and scenarios based on device variables, and share control with others. Receive custom notifications for switching paraphernalia.
- Remote device control
- Control multiple devices
- Custom automation scheduling
- Scenario creation
- Device control sharing
- Custom notifications
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Remotely control CBI switching paraphernalia Control multiple devices with one App from anywhere Schedule custom automation and scenarios based on device specific variables Share device control with other users Custom notifications switching paraphernalia Control multiple devices with one App from anywhereSchedule custom automation and scenarios based on device specific variablesShare device control with other users Custom notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CBI Home at 4.6 against ArmME Security App's 4.1. CBI Home also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (56% vs 24%). ArmME Security App's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months). 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.
CBI Home holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 89 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of ArmME Security App's written reviews are positive against 56% of CBI Home's.
ArmME Security App ships an update every 5 weeks, CBI Home every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArmME Security App | CBI Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (50 ratings) | 4.6 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 | 89 — better |
| 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 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Amecor (Pty) Ltd | Roy Schwan |
Customer experience
ArmME Security App
CBI Home
In-app purchases
ArmME Security App
No in-app purchases
CBI Home
No in-app purchases
