Comparison

Parametric vs HomeAlerts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Parametric

Create unique, animated wallpapers by interacting with points and colors on your screen. Save your custom designs directly to your device's camera roll for personalized backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Interactive point generation
  • Adjustable movement speed
  • Customizable line and background colors
  • Save designs to camera roll
  • Animated wallpaper creation
Features
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Play. Design. Have fun with Parametric. You can even use your creation as a wallpaper! Simple and beautiful. Touch the screen to generate new points, adjust their movement speed, pick a color for the lines connecting the dots, change the background color, and enjoy your animated design. If you like the result, just save it to your camera roll :) dev@abril.me

About

HomeAlerts

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Get reminded when you left a window open or when your espresso machine is ready to brew. Receive notifications in response to any events in your smart home. You can manage Alerts from all your devices and trigger notifications for these Alerts from HomeKit automations. Notifications for each Alert can be delivered to all your devices or only to specific ones. You can also set a delay when a triggered notification should be delivered.

Screenshots

Parametric2 screens
HomeAlerts3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Parametric at 8.0 against HomeAlerts's 17.0. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Parametric versus HomeAlerts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParametricHomeAlerts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio AbrilMoritz Sternemann

In-app purchases

None

Parametric

No in-app purchases

None

HomeAlerts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Parametric free?
Parametric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomeAlerts free?
HomeAlerts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Parametric or HomeAlerts have ads?
Neither Parametric nor HomeAlerts shows ads.

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