RouteThis Helps vs Altima Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RouteThis Helps
Diagnose network issues affecting smart home devices and internet speed. This app runs tests and shares diagnostic information with technical support to quickly resolve connectivity problems.
- Network tests and diagnostics
- Identify internet connectivity problems
- Troubleshoot smart home devices
- Share diagnostic information with support
- Improve home internet experience
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RouteThis Helps runs a variety of network tests and diagnostics to help identify problems impacting smart home devices and internet connectivity. This information is shared with technical support and will help solve your issue quickly so you can go back to enjoying the best possible experience for your home internet and smart home devices.
Altima Smart Home
Manage your home network with this smart home application. It provides parental controls, network security features, and the ability to set up guest Wi-Fi networks.
- Home network management
- Parental controls
- Network security
- Guest Wi-Fi setup
- SSID management
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Altima Smart Home is a Smart Home Mobile Application that allows subscribers to fully manage their home network. This app offers parental controls, network security, setting up guest Wi-Fi networks, and managing your SSID..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Altima Smart Home at 5.0 against RouteThis Helps's 2.0. Altima Smart Home also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 18%). RouteThis Helps's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 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.
Altima Smart Home holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RouteThis Helps has 200 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of RouteThis Helps's written reviews are positive against 33% of Altima Smart Home's.
RouteThis Helps ships an update every 3 weeks, Altima Smart Home every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RouteThis Helps | Altima Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (200 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.5% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RouteThis Inc | TELUS Communications Inc. |
Customer experience
RouteThis Helps
Altima Smart Home
Bugs and requests
RouteThis Helps
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes during benchmarking network stage
- Unable to proceed without access code
- Crashes on connection testing
- Cannot input access code properly
- App shows issues but no clickable links to view details
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- Inconsistent speed test results on repeated runs
- Detects issues but provides no meaningful feedback
- Copies data from clipboard without user action
- Fails to detect internet connection when other apps work fine
Requested features
9 requests- Display diagnostic results to users before sending to support
- Show detailed network configuration information (router model, channel, encryption)
- Provide specific WiFi channel recommendations
- Allow users to review all collected data prior to submission
- Implement automatic data deletion from support servers after set period
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- Remove mandatory location permission requirement
- Add access code generation within the app
- Include device-specific troubleshooting steps
- Show network congestion analysis details
Altima Smart Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RouteThis Helps
No in-app purchases
Altima Smart Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
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