Smart Gateway App vs TOPENS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Gateway App
Remotely manage your home automation system, controlling lighting, blinds, temperature, security, and video cameras. Monitor energy consumption, set timers, and manage irrigation. Requires a Smart Gateway and an annual fee.
- Remote control of lighting and blinds
- Temperature and humidity monitoring
- Anti-intrusion system management
- Video camera access
- Energy consumption tracking
- Timer and logic function settings
- Irrigation control
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Thanks to Smart Gateway APP the management of the home automation system is simple and intuitive, with the ability to remotely control lighting, blinds and shutters, scenarios, temperature and humidity in every room, anti-intrusion system and video cameras. The new Gewiss APP also allows you to check the energy consumption of your home at any time, as well as setting timers, logic functions, load control and irrigation. In order to work, the APP requires the presence of a Gewiss Smart Gateway connected to the home automation system and the payment of an annual fee. The APP configuration is made using the online GEWISS IoT Configurator software, which can be accessed visiting gewiss.com in the "Services/Software/Smart Gateway APP" section.”
TOPENS
This app provides a platform for managing your home's smart door machine. It enables convenient and fast communication between your mobile phone and the door machine, facilitating internet connectivity.
- Smart door machine management
- Mobile phone and door machine interaction
- Internet communication with door machine
- Home intelligent platform
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Sanford smart app is your home's intelligent door machine management platform. Through Sanford, you can complete the convenient and fast interaction between mobile phone and door machine, and realize the Internet communication with door machine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Gateway App at 3.0 against TOPENS's 1.4. Smart Gateway App also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). TOPENS's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Smart Gateway App holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TOPENS has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Smart Gateway App's written reviews are positive against 0% of TOPENS's.
Smart Gateway App ships an update every 3 months, TOPENS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Gateway App | TOPENS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GEWISS | Hangzhou Sanford Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Smart Gateway App
TOPENS
In-app purchases
Smart Gateway App
No in-app purchases
TOPENS
No in-app purchases
