Ooma Smart Security vs Yamaguchi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ooma Smart Security
Monitor and secure your home remotely with this app, sensors, and a communications hub. Receive instant alerts for detected activity, manage sensor status, and customize notification preferences. The system offers various modes for different alert scenarios and optional professional monitoring.
- Remote home monitoring
- Activity detection alerts
- Sensor status and logs
- Customizable notification preferences
- Home, Away, and Night modes
- Optional professional monitoring
- Renters insurance discount
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Ooma Smart Security mobile app, with the Ooma Telo communications hub and sensors, lets you secure and monitor your home from anywhere. * Receive alerts when activity is detected with the option to remotely call 911 from your home phone number using your home address as the location of the emergency. * Manage notification preferences and view real-time status and logs of all sensors. * Add as many sensors as you need: Door/Window, Motion, and Water. * Easy wireless installation of sensors anywhere in your home. * Use the Home, Away, and Night modes to control when you would like to receive alerts about your sensor. Add up to seven additional modes for a total of ten. *Use the new Ooma Keypad to switch mode from Away to Home using customized Pin codes. * Use the mobile app to manually switch modes or automatically switch modes using a schedule with a time of day and day of week * Rely on the Professional Monitoring Service to take care of your house when you are busy or not reachable. * Save up to 30% on your Renters insurance by showing them your Smart Security Certificate by Ooma * Learn more at ooma.com.
Yamaguchi
Discover personal balance and harmony through the ancient principles of Feng Shui's Five Elements. Explore how Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood can guide your journey to a more vibrant and centered life.
- Five Elements exploration (Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood)
- Personalized element resonance discovery
- Guidance on balance and harmony
- Fusion of Feng Shui and Western wellness
- Insights from celebrity artist Billy Yamaguchi
Read full descriptionHide full description
Explore wellness through the Five Elements—Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. Each element represents a different path to balance and harmony in your life. Created by Billy Yamaguchi, International Celebrity Artist who pioneered the fusion of Feng Shui principles with Western wellness. Born in Japan, Billy balances beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and fitness using ancient Eastern philosophy. Discover which element resonates with you: • Fire – Passion, energy, creativity • Earth – Stability, grounding, strength • Metal – Structure, discipline, precision • Water – Flow, adaptability, reflection • Wood – Growth, vitality, renewal Begin your journey to balanced wellness here.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yamaguchi at 100% against Ooma Smart Security's 77%. Yamaguchi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ooma Smart Security's advantage is ratings volume (420 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Yamaguchi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ooma Smart Security has 420 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Ooma Smart Security's written reviews are positive against 100% of Yamaguchi's.
| Parameter | Ooma Smart Security | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (420 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 420 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ooma Inc. | Caleb Lehman |
Customer experience
Ooma Smart Security
Yamaguchi
Bugs and requests
Ooma Smart Security
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on iOS 14
- Notifications crash app
- Status not updating correctly
- Sensors disconnecting frequently
- Geofencing issues
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- Compatibility problems with iOS updates
Requested features
12 requests- Keypad for disarming
- Landscape mode
- iPad app
- IFTTT integration
- Siri shortcuts
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- 3D Touch for mode changes
- Critical alerts
- Pause all notifications
- Ability to copy notification settings
- Sensor renaming improvements
- Siren that can be triggered from app
- Dashboard with condensed sensor view
Yamaguchi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ooma Smart Security
No in-app purchases
Yamaguchi
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ooma Smart Security free?
Is Yamaguchi free?
Which has better reviews, Ooma Smart Security or Yamaguchi?
Do Ooma Smart Security or Yamaguchi have ads?
Other comparisons
