Simbithi vs Sentian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simbithi
This application enhances community management and communication for residents. It provides tools to streamline interactions and improve the overall living experience within the estate.
- Community management
- Enhanced communication
- Resident services
- Streamlined interactions
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Simbithi member application powered by OpenItem. OptenItem is a Community Management System (CMS) custom developed to enhance management and communication in Simbithi.
Sentian
This app provides advanced smart home security, offering real-time perception through sight, sound, and motion detection. It allows users to manage intruder alarms, control home automation, and view live or archived camera footage remotely.
- Real-time sight, sound, and motion detection
- Intruder alarm system management
- Home automation device control
- Live and archived camera footage viewing
- Push notifications for events
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Sentian (Pty) Ltd is at the forefront of smart home security aiming to turn your property into an extension of yourself. To give it, and therefore you, perception through the senses of sight, sound and motion detection, among others. To make it ‘sentient’, giving you greater control and insight into the status of your property and your loved ones within, wherever you are. The Sentian app is the most advanced of the available user interfaces into the Sentian InTouch and OnSight home system with push notification support for all the events generated by your home. The app enables an owner or a user granted access to a Sentian enabled home, to interact with all the system capabilities including managing the intruder alarm system, control home automation devices, view and control cameras, camera archive footage and camera cloud event footage. NOTES: * The Sentian app is only usable by individuals with access to an estate running the Sentian InTouch and OnSight embedded system. * Some ISP's have DNS resolution issues for local WAN addresses, we then recommend changing your DNS provider to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 rather than the router assigned one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simbithi at every 3 weeks against Sentian's every 2 months. Simbithi also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, rating, 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.
Simbithi holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively.
Simbithi ships an update every 3 weeks, Sentian every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simbithi | Sentian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (9 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simbithi Eco Estate Homeowner's Association | Sentian (Pty) Ltd |
Customer experience
Simbithi
Sentian
In-app purchases
Simbithi
No in-app purchases
Sentian
No in-app purchases
