Tower Visit vs FOURKAY Remote Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FOURKAY Remote Control at every 2 weeks against Tower Visit's every 5 months. Tower Visit's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). 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.
Tower Visit ships an update every 5 months, FOURKAY Remote Control every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tower Visit | FOURKAY Remote Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Knowles | Vertical State Ltd |
Customer experience
Tower Visit
FOURKAY Remote Control
In-app purchases
Tower Visit
No in-app purchases
FOURKAY Remote Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
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