Alert vs Ultrabrite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alert
This app acts as a personal alarm and remote monitor, detecting changes in sound, light, motion, or faces to trigger alerts. It offers customizable sensitivity and the ability to share alarms with friends for remote monitoring.
- Detects sound, light, motion, and faces
- Customizable alarm sensitivity
- Remote monitoring with friends
- Optional pre-alarm alerts
- Records short videos before alarm
- Dark screen mode with torch
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Alert is a personal alarm and remote monitor that reacts to sound, light, motion and faces! Alert triggers an alarm based on detecting people's faces or changes in sound, light or motion. When a trigger is detected you have the option to cancel, postpone or just let it sound an alarm. You control sensitivity to detect the slightest sound, change in lighting, vibration or even the number of people detected. At night time use Alert's dark screen and trigger the torch. Share alarms with friends using Alert to remotely monitor on an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. • Detect if anybody enters a room. Use as a portable alarm. • Share your activity levels with a friend, whilst retaining privacy. Are you home? Do you have company? • Alert yourself or friends when a security, fire or medical device alarm sounds. • Warn children that they are getting too loud or wake people when they snore! Alert Version 1.0 Features • Trigger alarm when you detect sound, light, motion or people • Remotely monitor and share alarms with other Alerts users with Apple Game Center • Option to share a short video recorded before alarm • Option to quietly alert you before an alarm • Select alarm sensitivity and sounds • Apple TV sounds alarms and displays what your iPhone or iPad detects
Ultrabrite
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere with this smart device management app. It allows for simultaneous control of multiple devices, setting timers for automated functions, and easy sharing of device access with family members.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous device management
- Customizable timers
- Family device sharing
- Quick device connection
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Ultrabrite Smart, 1. Remote control: control your home appliances anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one app 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: one tap to share devices with family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect app to devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ultrabrite at Free against Alert's $2.99. Ultrabrite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 11 months vs every 42 months). Alert's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Ultrabrite is free to download; Alert costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultrabrite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Alert's written reviews are positive against 53% of Ultrabrite's.
Alert ships an update every 42 months, Ultrabrite every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alert | Ultrabrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | iTrack Systems Limited | Status International (UK) Limited |
Customer experience
Alert
Ultrabrite
Bugs and requests
Alert
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ultrabrite
Reported bugs
19 issues- Cannot change WiFi settings without resetting
- Device does not connect to Wi-Fi
- App does not support some rooms
- App takes ages to load
- Plug adapters only work near the router
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- Bulb does not flash to connect
- Device does not connect even after resetting
- App cannot add device, keeps spinning
- Device will not connect or reset
- Cannot link new bulbs since update
- Cannot get bulb working again after initial setup
- Shortcuts do not appear for Siri control
- Color options are not true red, green, blue
- App is not compatible with Shortcuts
- Device does not flash
- Cannot change colors to red, green, blue
- Device broke lamp and won't turn on
- Cannot add device to another phone/share
- App is not user-friendly
Requested features
5 requests- Add HomePod support
- Add Apple Watch support
- Add support for Shortcuts/Siri
- Allow changing to different colors (red, green, blue, etc.)
- Improve app update frequency for compatibility
In-app purchases
Alert
No in-app purchases
Ultrabrite
No in-app purchases
