beam Home vs DoorRemote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
beam Home
Control and monitor your garage door remotely using your smartphone. Grant access to others and receive alerts if your door is left open. Integrates with other smart home devices for enhanced convenience and security.
- Remote garage door control
- Activity monitoring
- Customizable door names
- Grant access to friends/family
- Open door notifications
- Smart home integrations
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This update improves the overall stability, reliability, and performance of the application. By updating deprecated libraries and enhancing internal components, the app is better equipped to support the latest platforms and devices. Additionally, a new crash monitoring solution has been integrated, enabling our team to detect, investigate, and resolve issues more quickly. This helps reduce unexpected crashes and ensures a more reliable experience for our users.
DoorRemote
Easily connect to and manage your garage door remotely. This application provides a simple interface to control your garage door from your device.
- Connect to garage door
- Remote control functionality
- Simple user interface
- Garage door management
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: beam Home at 4.2 against DoorRemote's 3.0. beam Home also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (233 vs 4). DoorRemote's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
beam Home holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: beam Home has 233 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of beam Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of DoorRemote's.
beam Home ships an update every 2 months, DoorRemote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | beam Home | DoorRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (233 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 233 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beam Labs LLC | Stage Coding |
Customer experience
beam Home
DoorRemote
Bugs and requests
beam Home
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes during setup
- App crashes on launch after update
- Cannot log in after setup
- Reset password link not sent
- Controller disabled due to too many failed attempts
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- Controller requires paired door sensor error
- App malfunctions when needed
- Door sensor drains battery quickly
- Cannot link with Alexa
- Apple Watch app closes when trying to open
Requested features
3 requests- Watch complication for Apple Watch
- Ability to turn opener light on/off
- Update app with Apple HomeKit support
DoorRemote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
beam Home
No in-app purchases
DoorRemote
No in-app purchases
