Comparison

Tower Visit vs FOURKAY Remote Control

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tower Visit

This app provides a comprehensive, searchable directory of church bell ringing towers from Dove's Guide. Users can log visits, attach contacts, and map tower locations with driving directions. It offers iCloud support and import functionality from older versions.

Highlights
  • Searchable tower directory
  • Attach contacts to towers
  • Log tower visits (weddings, peals)
  • Map tower locations
  • Driving directions to towers
  • iCloud support
  • Import from old Dove's Guide app
Features
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Tower visit includes all the towers in the Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers (http://dove.cccbr.org.uk) in an easy-to-use app. Features include: Listing of all towers, searchable by country, town, county or practice night. Can attach contacts to towers. Logging of all tower visits for general ringing, weddings, peals and quarter peals. Mapping of towers, near user location or any other place, and you can get driving directions to a tower. iCloud support, with ability to import from the old Dove's Guide app.

About

FOURKAY Remote Control

Control your FOURKAY HDMI switch remotely from your smartphone. Easily select inputs, manage connected devices like Sky boxes, and put the switch into standby or wake it up. Requires devices to be on the same network.

Highlights
  • Remote control for FOURKAY HDMI switches
  • Select HDMI inputs
  • Control connected devices (e.g., Sky boxes)
  • Standby and wake-up functions
  • Network-based operation
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As long as your FOURKAY HDMI switch is connected to the same network as your phone you will be able to use this app to control the switch. Select which input should be routed to each display, control your Sky boxes, put the switch into standby or wake it up all without having to have a separate remote control at each TV. You will need to know the IP address of the HDMI switch on your network - and also the IP addresses of your Sky boxes.

Screenshots

Tower Visit4 screens
FOURKAY Remote Control3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FOURKAY Remote Control at none against Tower Visit's 1. FOURKAY Remote Control also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Tower Visit's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tower Visit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. FOURKAY Remote Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tower Visit ships an update every 5 months, FOURKAY Remote Control every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Tower Visit versus FOURKAY Remote Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTower VisitFOURKAY Remote Control
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews โ€” better50.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better16.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremy KnowlesVertical State Ltd

Customer experience

Tower Visit

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

FOURKAY Remote Control

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tower Visit

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Year
None

FOURKAY Remote Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tower Visit free?
Tower Visit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FOURKAY Remote Control free?
FOURKAY Remote Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tower Visit or FOURKAY Remote Control have ads?
Neither Tower Visit nor FOURKAY Remote Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tower Visit or FOURKAY Remote Control?
Tower Visit ships an update every 5 months, and FOURKAY Remote Control every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tower Visit was updated on November 2, 2026 and FOURKAY Remote Control on November 3, 2026.

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