Comparison

Thinknx UP vs BTLock

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

Head to head
About

Thinknx UP

This app enhances professional home automation supervision with a redesigned interface for improved usability and performance. It offers advanced control over lighting, climate, and security systems, with customizable layouts and multilingual support.

Highlights
  • Home and building automation management
  • Advanced lighting control (RGBW)
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • HVAC and thermostat management
  • Multilingual interface support
  • Integration with security systems
  • Video surveillance management
Features
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Thinknx UP uplifts the level of supervisions for professional home automation. Completely redesigned and distinguished by unique key features, this app allows a leap forward in terms of usability and appealing providing the building enhanced performances as well as much more power and flexibility. A new RGBW POP-UP simplifies the usage of colored and tunable white lamps permitting to save unlimited number of colors and to shuffle between them. SCENES can be modified as easily as during recording, allowing any single action to be changed or even removed to get the desired end result. In addition to the automatically generated list, CUSTOMIZABLE PORTRAIT can be designed as for landscape to accommodate your prefer graphic. Reinvented SCHEDULES permit to easily create time or event based actions repeating on any time base. It is also possible to switch from one THEME to another just choosing it from the settings. The management of HVAC and thermostats has been lead to an even higher level presenting much more info to the user without any additional configuration. Last but not least, to deploy the app globally, interfaces can be now created in ANY LANGUAGE thanks to the minimal usage of fixed texts and the support of unicode fonts. Features: - Fast and easy setup using the free ThinKnx Configurator - Unlimited number of KNX group addresses - Multiproject support - Secure connection thanks to encrypted stream - Comfortable and intuitive usage - Simple and attractive design - Advanced logical functions Check list of the main software functions: - Management of complete home and building automation systems based on KNX, Z-Wave, BTicino, Modbus - Lights (on/off command with % value, dimmer, new RGBW control with colors and sequences set by the user) - Awnings and any kind of motorized shutter/curtain - Climate and heating (manual or scheduled climate control) - Display weather data - Load control, water, gas, electricity - Create custom scenarios - HVAC control with desired thermal modality (comfort, standby, night) - Basic Logic - Boolean functions (AND, OR, NOT, NOR, NAND) and filters. - Timed controls thanks to calendars and a lot of kind of timers - KNX bus monitor via web page - Smart Irrigation system - Voice control function Integrated anti-intrusion systems: - Bentel: Kyo8, Kyo16, Kyo32, Kyo320, Absoluta - Tecnoalarm: Tecno Out protocol - Paradox - Elkron: MP508TG - Aritech Advisor Master and Advanced - Honeywell Galaxy - Inim - Urmet - Siemens SPC - Elmo / Iess Integrated management of video surveillance systems: - Mobotix Cameras - Axis Cameras - Network Cameras with MJPEG or RTSP H264 video flow Integration of installations of other type such as: - Interfacing with devices with MODBUS RTU communication protocol (thermal / special plants / fire / electrical meters) as the FCC-PLANTHERM, RDZ, Menerga - Integration with air conditioning systems by Sanyo - Integration with air conditioners by Mitsubishi - Gateway Function to and from MODBUS-RTU Integrated management of audio / video multi-room: - Audiofy - Tutondo - Audio Matrix / video AMX multiroom, Autopatch, Kramer, Atlona (via serial interface), Gefen - Video walls NEC, Projectors Sanyo, LG Monitor (via serial interface) - Receivers Denon, Onkyo, Cambridge Audio (via serial or network) - Monitoring of all devices via IR remote control IR 36kHz or 52kHz and Global Caché - Internet of Things gateway - Sonos - Ethernet gateway

About

BTLock

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Unlike other smart locks that required networking to generate password, with our BTLock App,our lock doesn't need internet to generate password. Time-validity! Temporary password is valid for 24h since generation, it can be deleted on the door lock using a new temporary password generated thereafter. One time only! Each Temporary password can only be used once. 【Password Generation】Generate one-time temporary password by the code set up in the door lock. 【Password Sharing】 The generated one-time temporary password can be copied and sent to visiting friends. 【Customised Device Name】 The added devices can be customised and renamed. 【Add Device】 Add all devices that support BTLock APP, regardless of whether they require networking. 【Delete Devices】 The added devices can be deleted one by one. 【Language Selection】Language is available in English and Chinese.

Screenshots

Thinknx UP4 screens
BTLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

Thinknx UP and BTLock are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Thinknx UP versus BTLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinknx UPBTLock
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuForLu广东必达保安系统有限公司

In-app purchases

None

Thinknx UP

No in-app purchases

None

BTLock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thinknx UP free?
Thinknx UP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BTLock free?
BTLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thinknx UP or BTLock have ads?
Neither Thinknx UP nor BTLock shows ads.

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