Comparison

HomeLink® vs Automatic Gate Opener

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

Head to head
About

HomeLink®

This app guides you through programming your vehicle's built-in buttons to control smart home devices like garage doors and gates. It integrates with popular smart home platforms for enhanced in-car automation.

Highlights
  • Program vehicle buttons for home devices
  • Control garage doors and gates
  • Integrates with smart home platforms
  • Activate smart home routines
  • Bluetooth-enabled control
Features
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Use the HomeLink app for your HomeLink-equipped vehicle! The HomeLink app provides detailed instructions on how to program the HomeLink buttons in your car to operate your garage doors, gates, and other compatible smart home devices. HomeLink works with popular smart home platforms - giving drivers with Bluetooth®- enabled HomeLink even more smart home control from the comfort of their cars. The HomeLink integration with your preferred smart home platform can activate entire routines, all from the HomeLink buttons in your car! HomeLink® is the most widely used and trusted car-to-home automation system, with over 100 million HomeLink-equipped vehicles on the road today. HomeLink consists of vehicle-integrated buttons that use radio frequency (RF) and/or cloud-based wireless control to operate compatible home automation devices. By offering a combination of RF and cloud-based wireless control, HomeLink remains the industry standard for comprehensive, reliable, vehicle-to-home automation. For more information on HomeLink, visit: https://www.homelink.com Terms of Use (EULA), visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Automatic Gate Opener

Features
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If you currently open your gate or garage door by making a phone call, Automatic Gate Opener is a new experimental app that can do it for you in the background. Once set up, no manual action is needed. The app monitors your location, and when you approach the gate, at the predefined radius, it initiates the call itself. The call doesn’t come from your phone but from our server. This has several advantages: * Works even if you are on another phone call — no need to hang up or wait. * Easily manage access for friends, guests, coworkers, and others. Easy to share, easy to revoke. If your gate only opens when it receives a call from an approved number, you’ll need to whitelist our server phone number shown during signup. There are many gate manufacturers with different operating logic. This initial version of Automatic Gate Opener may not yet cover all use cases. If something doesn’t work as expected or you have questions or feedback, please contact us at autlo@autlo.com - we’ll be happy to help. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HomeLink®4 screens
Automatic Gate Opener4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Automatic Gate Opener at none against HomeLink®'s 1. Automatic Gate Opener also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HomeLink® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Automatic Gate Opener asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeLink® ships an update every 5 months, Automatic Gate Opener every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HomeLink® versus Automatic Gate Opener: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeLink®Automatic Gate Opener
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGentexAutlo OÜ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HomeLink®

One-time1
  • One Year$1.99
None

Automatic Gate Opener

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeLink® free?
HomeLink® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Automatic Gate Opener free?
Automatic Gate Opener is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HomeLink® or Automatic Gate Opener have ads?
Neither HomeLink® nor Automatic Gate Opener shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeLink® or Automatic Gate Opener?
HomeLink® ships an update every 5 months, and Automatic Gate Opener every 2 months. Most recently, HomeLink® was updated on October 29, 2026 and Automatic Gate Opener on October 30, 2026.

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