Brinks Home vs Kept by Safe Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brinks Home
Control your home security system and smart devices remotely. Arm or disarm alarms, manage lights, thermostats, locks, and view live camera feeds from anywhere. Receive real-time notifications for security events and daily activities.
- Remote alarm control (arm/disarm)
- Smart device management (lights, locks, thermostat)
- Live and recorded video monitoring
- Real-time event notifications
- Geo-fencing automation
- Energy management features
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Complete Smart Home Control in One App Manage your Brinks Home security system and smart home devices with just a few taps. Convenient and easy to use, our app allows you to monitor automate, and customize your home’s security, temperature, lighting, and more—all from the palm of your hand. Total Control at Your Fingertips Tap into the app whether you’re upstairs or uptown. Powered by Alarm.com, the Brinks Home Mobile App goes beyond basic security, allowing you to: • Arm and disarm your system. • Receive notifications for system events. • Quickly verify or cancel an alarm. • Lock and unlock your doors. • View video from your cameras. • Adjust your thermostat. • Manage home automation rules. Stay Connected From Just About Anywhere Receive alerts to see who’s at the door and check your cameras for a live look at what’s happening at home. If you forgot to arm your system you can do it on the go—and set up automatic reminders to let you know. Focus On What’s Important Enjoy peace of mind knowing your smart home system is working for you 24/7, backed by our always-on professional monitoring. Manage Your Account & Update Settings You can also manage your Brinks Home account, make a payment, view your bill, and more through the app.
Kept by Safe Home
Control your home's lighting, climate, security, and cameras remotely from a single app. Receive real-time alerts for security events or family arrivals, and monitor live video feeds with event recording.
- Remote home security control
- Live video monitoring
- Event recording
- Climate control
- Lighting control
- Smart device integration
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Stay connected from anywhere. Kept by Safe Home lets you control your lighting, climate, cameras, and security anywhere from a single application. Receive real-time alarm status and arm or disarm your security system remotely. Get instant alerts in the event of a security alarm, or simply to be notified when your family arrives home. Live Video Monitoring and Event Recording. Set cameras to automatically record security events in your home. Check in on your family and pets when you can’t be there. See who is at the door, or monitor your premises from multiple cameras at once. Control your Entire Home. Enjoy full interactive home control including lights, locks, cameras, thermostats, garage doors, and other connected devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Brinks Home at 21K against Kept by Safe Home's 2. Kept by Safe Home's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Kept by Safe Home holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brinks Home has 21K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brinks Home ships an update every 3 months, Kept by Safe Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brinks Home | Kept by Safe Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 380 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monitronics | Safe Home Security Inc |
Customer experience
Brinks Home
Kept by Safe Home
Bugs and requests
Brinks Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cameras not recording properly
- Frequent false alarms
- App connection issues
- Inability to manage account details in app
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize recording settings
- Longer video clip duration
- Automatic arming/disarming schedules
- Two-way communication for cameras
- Improved mobile app navigation
Kept by Safe Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brinks Home
No in-app purchases
Kept by Safe Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
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