ARQ™ Universal Remote Control vs DoorRemote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARQ™ Universal Remote Control
Control your garage door or gate remotely from your vehicle. This app allows for quick and easy programming of your ARQ™ Remote Control for secure home access.
- Remote garage door/gate control
- Home lighting control
- Vehicle integration
- DIP switch programming
- Sleek interior design
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With ARQ™ Universal Remote Control, safely open or close your garage door or gate with a single button press or turn on lights to ensure you never come home to a dark house again. Always in reach, the ARQ™ Remote Control is conveniently positioned within your vehicle's interior for a sleek, modern design. Coming or going, seamlessly connect your vehicle to your home for safe, reliable access every time. Use this app to program your ARQ™ Remote Control to your DIP switch garage door opener quickly and easily. If your garage door opener or gate has switches instead of a Program/LEARN button, this app is required for programming. Go to https://arq.chamberlain.com for additional instructions and how to videos.
DoorRemote
Easily connect to and manage your garage door remotely. This application provides a simple interface to control your garage door from your device.
- Connect to garage door
- Remote control functionality
- Simple user interface
- Garage door management
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Application allow to connect and control your garage door. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DoorRemote at 5.0 against ARQ™ Universal Remote Control's 3.8. ARQ™ Universal Remote Control's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). 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.
DoorRemote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARQ™ Universal Remote Control has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of ARQ™ Universal Remote Control's written reviews are positive against 0% of DoorRemote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ARQ™ Universal Remote Control ships an update every 9 months, DoorRemote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARQ™ Universal Remote Control | DoorRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Chamberlain Group, Inc. | Stage Coding |
Customer experience
ARQ™ Universal Remote Control
DoorRemote
In-app purchases
ARQ™ Universal Remote Control
No in-app purchases
DoorRemote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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