TailWind Smart vs Miofive
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
Miofive
Control your car dash cam wirelessly, preview footage, and adjust settings. Transfer videos and photos directly to your phone for easy sharing and review. Track your journeys with built-in GPS and access trip logs.
- Wireless dash cam control
- Footage and photo preview
- Firmware updates
- Wireless transfer to phone
- Built-in GPS tracking
- Trip logs
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A PREMIUM App that unleashes the power of your Miofive car dash cam [Easy control and access to your Miofive dash cam] You could preview your footage, photos, control all your dash cam settings, update the firmware via the App. Footage and photos can be transferred wirelessly from your dash cam to your phone so you'll always have the videos and images you need on hand. No computers, manual transfers, or cables are needed. You may review and transfer footage, photos, and share them to social networks with ease straight from the Miofive App. [Perfect for the road trip enthusiast] Capture and track your trips with the built-in GPS module. Create and access trip logs with ease, along with footage captured on each route.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Miofive at 4.5 against TailWind Smart's 3.4. Miofive also leads on ratings volume (514 vs 89) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). TailWind Smart's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 28%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Miofive holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miofive has 514 ratings behind it against 89, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of TailWind Smart's written reviews are positive against 28% of Miofive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TailWind Smart ships an update every 5 weeks, Miofive every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TailWind Smart | Miofive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (89 ratings) | 4.5 (514 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.8% of reviews — better | 27.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 89 | 514 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1931085 Ontario Ltd | Betavision Technology HongKong Limited |
Customer experience
TailWind Smart
Miofive
User reviews
TailWind Smart
From 89 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great product overall
- 👍 Well-designed app
- 👍 Excellent customer support
- 👍 Integrates with Home Assistant
- 👍 Works well with HomeKit
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app
- 🔋 Significant battery drain
- 🐛 Unreliable auto-open/close
- 🐛 Frequent sign-outs
- 🐛 Setup issues (Bluetooth, Location)
Miofive
From 514 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Good value
- 👍 Sharp video quality
- 👍 Clear audio
- 👍 Superb dashcam
Room to improve
- 🐛 Annoying personal info requests
- 🐛 Doesn't always record
- 🐛 Slow pairing and access
- 🐛 Settings changes fail often
- 🐛 Update breaks functionality
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
Miofive
Reported bugs
13 issues- Camera doesn't always start recording
- Memory card not working
- Update bricked the dashcam
- Verification code not sent for account creation
- GPS stops working after update
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- App crashes when trying to view album
- App crashes when trying to view videos
- App does not stay connected to the camera
- Videos and pictures not appearing in albums
- Cannot find dash cam WiFi on phone
- iPhone not syncing with the app
- Cannot delete emergency footage directly from camera
- App crashes on load
Requested features
7 requests- Option to refuse location data
- Allow reviewing footage without cam on
- Improve pairing and recording access speed
- Optimize video download process
- Add option to select language within the app
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- Improve connection stability
- Allow direct deletion of emergency footage
In-app purchases
TailWind Smart
No in-app purchases
Miofive
No in-app purchases









