Author ID vs MOTOAUTO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Author ID
Transform your smartphone into a key fob for your vehicle's anti-theft system. Easily activate and deactivate security features remotely. Compatible with specific models of AUTHOR Alarm systems.
- Use smartphone as key fob
- Activate security system
- Deactivate security system
- Compatible with AUTHOR Alarm systems
- Remote control for vehicle security
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Author ID – the app intended to work with anti-theft systems produced by «AUTHOR Alarm». It allows to use your smartphone as a key fob to activate and deactivate the security system installed on your vehicle. This app is compatible with the following products by «AUTHOR Alarm»: • Anti-theft system IGLA produced after 05.06.2018 • Anti-theft system IGlA Pro produced after 18.06.2018 • Anti-theft system IGLA Slave produced after 18.06.2018 • Anti-theft system RAPTOR produced after 18.06.2018 • Anti-theft system KeyLess Block produced after 05.06.2018 • Anti-theft system KeyLess Block Pro produced after 05.06.2018 Expected in new versions: • Compatibility with anti-theft system KVANT International Technical Support: +7 (812) 425-62-29 Send your comments and suggestions to: support@author.spb.ru
MOTOAUTO
Control RGB and RGBW lights for your car or motorcycle. Customize color, speed, brightness, and modes, including music synchronization. Create a personalized lighting experience for underglow, interior, and wheel lights.
- Control RGB/RGBW lights
- Adjust color, speed, brightness
- Music synchronization
- 256 lighting modes
- Zone customization (underglow, interior, wheels)
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The MOTOAUTO APP is an easy-to-use APP. It allows you to control RGB/RGBW/RGB CHASE and RGBW CHASE Lights in one program. You can control the color, speed, brightness, modes and even the lights with music. There are 256 modes for the RGB/RGBW CHASE, you can collect your favorite modes there. With our APP, you can customize and control the lighting in various zones of your car or motorcycle, easily adjust the settings for underglow light, Interior Light, Wheel light and more. Get ready to turn heads and make a statement wherever you go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Author ID at 3.6 against MOTOAUTO's 2.0. Author ID also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). MOTOAUTO's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months). 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.
Author ID holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Author ID's written reviews are positive against 0% of MOTOAUTO's.
Author ID ships an update every 7 months, MOTOAUTO every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Author ID | MOTOAUTO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) — better | 2.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AUTHOR-ALARM | 淑 杜 |
Customer experience
Author ID
MOTOAUTO
In-app purchases
Author ID
No in-app purchases
MOTOAUTO
No in-app purchases
