TailWind Smart vs Konnected Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TailWind Smart
Automate your garage door with smart technology. This app allows you to remotely open, close, and check the status of your garage doors. It can also automatically open as you arrive and close as you leave, enhancing security and convenience.
- Automatic opening and closing
- Remote control from anywhere
- Vehicle detection for specific door opening
- Customizable alerts and schedules
- Activity history log
- Unlimited user access
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Don’t just open your garage door with your smartphone. Automate it. Tailwind can close your garage door as you leave, open it when you arrive – all automatically. No buttons. No keypads. Just drive. The Tailwind app allows you to open, close, or check the status of your garage doors from anywhere using your mobile device, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and our iQ3 smart garage door controller (purchased separately). Check out the list of things you can do with Tailwind: Automatically open the door as you approach Automatically close the door as you leave (if you forget to close it) Detect which vehicle you’re driving so it knows which door to open or close (can even work with motorcycles, ATVs, etc)* Automatically close all your garage doors at night, even if someone opens them again! Receive customize alerts telling you who opened the garage door and when See a history log of all activity for the last 30 days Create alert schedules so you only receive alerts at certain times of the day Unlimited users * may require optional Tailwind Vehicle Sensor
Konnected Smart Home
This utility app helps set up and manage smart home devices, integrating existing wired security systems and garage door openers with popular automation platforms. It aids in discovery, configuration, debugging, and updating your smart home hardware.
- Integrates wired alarm systems
- Connects garage door openers
- Supports SmartThings, Alexa, Home Assistant, Hubitat, HomeSeer, Control4
- Device setup and discovery
- Configuration and debugging
- Firmware updates
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Konnected makes hardwired technology smarter! Our Alarm Panel revives your wired alarm system by integrating an old pre-wired home security system with popular home automation platforms including SmartThings, Alexa, Home Assistant, Hubitat, HomeSeer and Control4. Our new smart Garage Door Opener accessories do the same with your existing garage door opener. This app assists with setup, discovery, configuration, debugging and updating your Konnected devices. Now supports Konnected's new Garage Door Opener!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TailWind Smart at 3.4 against Konnected Smart Home's 2.4. TailWind Smart also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (52% vs 29%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
TailWind Smart holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of TailWind Smart's written reviews are positive against 29% of Konnected Smart Home's.
TailWind Smart ships an update every 5 weeks, Konnected Smart Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TailWind Smart | Konnected Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (89 ratings) — better | 2.4 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.8% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1931085 Ontario Ltd | Konnected, Inc. |
Customer experience
TailWind Smart
Konnected Smart Home
Bugs and requests
TailWind Smart
Reported bugs
34 issues- Cannot enable Bluetooth during setup
- Location services need manual enabling
- App prompts to download unavailable update
- Auto open no longer works
- App can't diagnose or update firmware
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- App no longer allows adding a vehicle
- App always signed out after update
- Location triggers rarely work
- Update broke auto-close
- Settings changed to auto-close unexpectedly
- iOS widgets no longer work
- Frequently signed out and have to re-authenticate
- Garage doors deleted from app after sign-out
- Unable to close door, shows 'lockout'
- Clicking on one door opens/closes the other
- Massive battery drain for iOS users
- Auto open/close feature works sporadically for iPhone users
- App is buggy
- Garage door shows up sometimes, sometimes not
- Vehicle shows up sometimes, sometimes not
- Garage door shows as 'null'
- Notifications about turning sensor off/on incorrectly displayed
- Horrible battery drain
- Background battery drain issue
- Auto open/close doesn't always work on iPhones
- Auto open feature through IFTTT no longer works after iOS 13
- App crashes on iPad when clicking login
- Consistent backgrounding problem, requires app kill to connect
- Logs out user, password reset fails
- Registration of email didn't work
- App testing severely lacking
- Signs you out all the time at random
- IFTTT integration doesn't work with Apple
- App can't use Bluetooth from iPhone but can with Android
Requested features
8 requests- Clearer setup flow with firmware update check
- Documentation matching latest UX
- HomeKit integration release
- Siri Shortcuts improvement
- Watch face complication for watch app
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- Disable notifications while home using location services
- Manage 'admin' settings
- Fix iPad crash on login
Konnected Smart Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TailWind Smart
No in-app purchases
Konnected Smart Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TailWind Smart free?
Is Konnected Smart Home free?
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