Wasserstein vs HINT Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wasserstein
This app acts as a central control for all smart home devices made by Wasserstein. It connects your devices, allowing you to manage them conveniently from your smartphone.
- Central hub for smart home devices
- Connects Wasserstein devices
- Manage devices from smartphone
- Seamless device integration
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Wasserstein Smart Home App is your central hub for all smart home devices manufactured by Wasserstein. Wasserstein smart home - in the palm of your hand, connected to you and each other.
HINT Control
Manage your T-Mobile Home Internet gateway with advanced features. Control WiFi settings, view statistics, and more. This app is not affiliated with T-Mobile.
- Advanced statistics
- WiFi radio control
- SSID management
- Band steering
- Gateway access
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HINT Control is a cross-platform app for accessing and managing your T-Mobile Home Internet gateway, with some extra features compared to the official app. Features include advanced statistics, WiFi radio control, SSID management, and band steering, with more to come as more is discovered about the gateways. HINT Control currently supports the Arcadyan KVD21, the Arcadyan TMOG4AR, the Sagemcom Fast 5688W, the Sercomm TMOG4SE, and the Noka 5G21. The Askey LTE gateway is not supported at this time. This app is NOT affiliated with T-Mobile. HINT Control is open source and also available for other platforms. Check out the downloads and source code at https://github.com/zacharee/ArcadyanKVD21Control/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HINT Control at every 2 weeks against Wasserstein's every 4 months. HINT Control also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 42%). Wasserstein's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (980 vs 111). 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.
Wasserstein holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wasserstein has 980 ratings behind it against 111, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Wasserstein's written reviews are positive against 65% of HINT Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wasserstein ships an update every 4 months, HINT Control every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wasserstein | HINT Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (980 ratings) — better | 4.2 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews | 65.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 980 — better | 111 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DROPCASES LIMITED | Zachary Wander |
Customer experience
Wasserstein
HINT Control
User reviews
Wasserstein
From 980 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🏠 Home security
- 💡 Damage averted
- 👍 Easy setup
Room to improve
- 🚨 No notifications
- 🤯 Unreliable connectivity
- 🤷♀️ Poor instructions
- 🔓 Login issues
- 🗑️ Useless when not connected
HINT Control
From 111 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great alternative to T-Mobile app
- 🚀 Useful for T-Mobile gateway management
- 💡 Allows disabling WiFi radios
- 👍 Provides useful network data
- 🚀 "Reboot" shortcut is great
Room to improve
- 🐛 UI bug hides settings
- 🐛 Cannot disable 5ghz wifi
- 🐛 Breaks gateway functionality when disabling 5ghz
- 🐛 Latest update crashes repeatedly
- 🐛 Not compatible with G5AR gateway
Bugs and requests
Wasserstein
Reported bugs
4 issues- App data loss
- Incompatible with iOS 16.1
- Sensors not triggering alarms
- Connectivity issues
Requested features
2 requests- Text message notifications
- Daylight savings time support
HINT Control
Reported bugs
18 issues- UI bug hides settings on SSID management page
- Cannot disable 5ghz wifi after warning
- Disabling 5ghz radio breaks gateway functionality
- Latest update crashes repeatedly
- Not compatible with newly released G5AR T-Mobile gateway
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- Invalid JSON error when trying to log in
- Latest update crashes over and over
- G4AR not showing LTE stats
- Cannot paste password or use password manager to login
- Keyboard will not reduce on login screen (iPhone 11 Pro)
- App doesn't work with VoiceOver
- Unauthorized Error at Login
- Doesn’t work - Unauthorized error
- Doesn’t work - unauthorized access error
- Changed channel, now cannot connect on other devices, requires factory reset
- Latest update breaks Sagemcom gateway, won't pass login screen
- Cannot pick channel 36 for 5ghz, always goes to channel 40
- No G4AR support
Requested features
14 requests- Add automatic reboot schedule (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Trigger reboot on connection loss
- Add Beacon Interval control
- Add more Transmit Power control (e.g., 8mW on 5GHz, 21mW on 2.4GHz)
- Advanced control with number input for transmit power
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- Restore transmit power slider
- Add temperature of gateway
- Allow users to name unknown devices
- Clarify named devices further
- Add port forwarding controls
- Add DMZ controls
- Support for G4AR gateway
- Adjust APN settings
- Web app version
In-app purchases
Wasserstein
No in-app purchases
HINT Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
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