Mysa vs Advanced Secure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mysa
Control your home's heating and cooling remotely, set schedules, and monitor energy usage to save money and energy. Integrates with smart home platforms for seamless control.
- Remote access from anywhere
- Customizable heating/cooling schedules
- Geofencing for occupancy detection
- Energy usage monitoring
- Smart home platform integration
- Shared access control
- Vacation mode
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With Mysa's regularly-updated, feature-packed mobile app, you get seriously smart control and home energy savings — all you need is a WiFi connection. Remote access from anywhere via the Mysa app means you can easily set heating or cooling schedules, use geofencing, see your heating and cooling usage, and much more. Stay energy-efficient and save money (and the planet!) with a few simple taps from your smartphone or tablet. Mysa works with your favourite smart home platforms and home assistants, so you stay conveniently connected and in control. Compatibility: Mysa for Electric Baseboard Heaters works with high voltage baseboard, convector (short cycle), fan-forced convector (long cycle), and radiant ceiling heating systems. Mysa for Electric In-Floor Heating works with most high voltage electric in-floor heating systems and flooring types. Mysa for Air Conditioners replaces remotes with displays for most ductless mini-split heat pump, window, or portable air conditioners. Energy-Saving App Features: Remote Control: Get out there. Use your smartphone or tablet to control your home heating or cooling from wherever you are. Scheduling: Life's busy. Create the flexible heating or cooling schedule that works best for you in less than a minute. Bye-bye, buttons! Geolocation: Boundaries are important. Mysa uses your location to detect if anyone is home, so that you're not paying to heat or cool an empty house. Shared Access: Teamwork works. Share access to your account easily so others can control your Mysas through the Mysa app. Vacation Mode: Take a well-deserved break. Away from home for a while? No worries! Mysa will keep helping you save energy while you're away. Energy Insights (Baseboard, In-Floor, AC): Track and monitor your humidity, setpoint, and temperature to create efficient heating or cooling schedules. Energy Spending (Baseboard & In-Floor): See your spending. Track your real-time energy use in kWh cost to find ways to reduce your electricity bill. Energy Runtime (AC): Get cool insights. Know your AC's runtime history and use it for help with making smart decisions about your cooling or heating schedules.
Advanced Secure
This app offers comprehensive digital security for all your connected devices. It includes browsing and banking protection, a VPN for privacy, identity theft monitoring, and a secure password manager. Parental controls are also available to safeguard children online.
- Browsing and banking protection
- VPN for privacy
- Identity protection
- Password vault
- Parental controls
- Multi-device support
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Secure all your connected devices with one app. Eastlink’s Advanced Secure makes protecting your digital life easy with browsing protection, VPN, password management, and identity protection – all in one app! Total subscription includes: - Browsing and banking protection for Safari - VPN for privacy - Identity protection to help you avoid identity theft - Password vault for secure password management - Parental controls to protect your kids online - Cover all your devices with one subscription - Available on iOS/iPadOS/Mac How will Advanced Secure keep you safe? * By using a Safari browsing extension to avoid malicious websites. * VPN makes your browsing private, protects your IP address, and blocks tracking! * Automatic Banking protection will tell you when you enter a safe banking site, and it will secure your connection. Additionally, Browsing Protection warns you about suspicious web pages and blocks scam sites. * Advanced Secure will monitor the dark web 24/7 and alert you to any data breaches as soon as they’re detected. If your personal details are threatened, Advanced Secure ID Protection will make sure that you know about it and provide advice on how to resecure your private information. * Use a password manager to securely store and access passwords from any device. Create unique passwords that can’t be cracked and store them safely in your password vault. * Advanced Secure parental controls will protect your kids’ safety online. Block inappropriate content and set digital boundaries. * Protect all your devices against cyber threats with Advanced Secure – we’ll give you all the tools to prevent viruses and malware, data leaks, and privacy breaches on as many devices as you need! Live, Work, and play online with peace of mind. Get complete security, privacy, identity protection and parental controls – all in one app. Download now to start installing Advanced Secure on all your devices. To learn more about Advanced Secure from Eastlink, please visit https://www.eastlink.ca/internet/security
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Advanced Secure at 5.0 against Mysa's 3.8. Mysa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Advanced Secure sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mysa asks for nothing beyond the download.
Advanced Secure holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mysa has 571 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Mysa's written reviews are positive against 0% of Advanced Secure's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mysa ships an update every 4 weeks, Advanced Secure every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mysa | Advanced Secure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (571 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 571 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Empowered Homes Inc. | Eastlink |
Customer experience
Mysa
Advanced Secure
Bugs and requests
Mysa
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when changing schedules
- Thermostat settings not syncing properly
- Geofencing not working as expected
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Inability to add new devices
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Brightness control scheduling
- Improved HomeKit integration
- Ability to disable display
- Geofencing improvements
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- More scheduling flexibility
Advanced Secure
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mysa
No in-app purchases
Advanced Secure
- FSecure Subscription$2.99









