Comparison

TailWind Smart vs lüft

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic opening and closing
  • Remote control from anywhere
  • Vehicle detection for specific door opening
  • Customizable alerts and schedules
  • Activity history log
  • Unlimited user access
Features
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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

About

lüft

Monitor your indoor air quality from anywhere with real-time sensor readings and visual alerts. Track trends, receive custom notifications, and analyze mold and outdoor air risks. Integrates with other devices and allows data sharing with professionals.

Highlights
  • Real-time IAQ sensor readings
  • Traffic light color-coded alerts
  • Indoor Mold Risk Indicator
  • Outdoor Air Quality Risk Indicator
  • Trend charts for short/long-term fluctuations
  • Custom alerts and notifications
  • Nightlight function programming
Features
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Mobile app for lüft made by SunRADON, the company trusted every day by Radon and Indoor-Air-Quality professionals worldwide to monitor homes, schools, workplaces, and health care facilities. Because clean air matters, the lüft mobile app provides you easy access to monitor your Indoor-Air-Quality from anywhere and anytime. A dashboard view gives you access to (6) IAQ sensor readings at once. Traffic light color coding of the sensor readings quickly visualizes elevated or even dangerous readings. The app also provides Indoor Mold Risk and Outdoor Air Quality Risk Indicators for a complete analysis of the air surrounding you. Because Air-Quality and Radon levels fluctuate based on your home’s ventilation, airflow, and weather conditions the built-in trend charts let you drill down and review short- and long-term fluctuations from a single day to a year. Setup up custom alerts and notifications when thresholds are reached to take actions to improve the air you breathe. The lüft Mobile app advanced features also allows you to program the integrated Nightlight function to suit the comfort of your home, synchronize temperature with other lüft™ or HVAC, securely share data with Indoor-Air-Quality professional of your choice, and setup to receive daily, weekly, or monthly air-quality summary reports. It further allows to download trend data for even more in-depth analysis when needed. Setup as easy as 1-2-3: download app, plug in device, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Screenshots

TailWind Smart4 screens
lüft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TailWind Smart at 52% against lüft's 0%. TailWind Smart also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (89 vs 12). lüft's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TailWind Smart holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TailWind Smart has 89 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of TailWind Smart's written reviews are positive against 0% of lüft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TailWind Smart ships an update every 5 weeks, lüft every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TailWind Smart versus lüft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTailWind Smartlüft
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (89 ratings) — better2.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews51.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings89 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1931085 Ontario LtdSunRADON LLC

Customer experience

TailWind Smart

All ratings89 ratings
Positive56.2%
Neutral10.1%
Negative33.7%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive51.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative39.3%

lüft

All ratings12 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral22.2%
Negative77.8%

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

lüft

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TailWind Smart

No in-app purchases

None

lüft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TailWind Smart free?
TailWind Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is lüft free?
lüft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TailWind Smart or lüft?
TailWind Smart is rated higher. TailWind Smart averages 3.4 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while lüft averages 2.2 from 12 ratings.
Do TailWind Smart or lüft have ads?
Neither TailWind Smart nor lüft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TailWind Smart or lüft?
TailWind Smart ships an update every 5 weeks, and lüft every 2 months. Most recently, TailWind Smart was updated on October 20, 2026 and lüft on October 11, 2026.

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