Comparison

monitorCat vs HL Beam Smoke Detector

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

Head to head

monitorCat

smoke/CO alarm Wi-Fi assitant

Free

🔧 Utilities

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HL Beam Smoke Detector

Free

🔧 Utilities

No ratingsView app →

About

monitorCat

Features

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A lot of smoke/CO detector can NOT send internet notification other than generating loud or pitch noise alarm, the App use your smart phone to listen to the alarm and send real time gmail notification, by which, we extend life to our old smart phone to be as wireless assistant, what's more, we don't have to buy expensive wireless smoke/CO detector and pay monthly fee, the App is free!

About

HL Beam Smoke Detector

Features

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This Bluetooth communication software is specially used for EDB01 by Horing Lih。 Display Data：Smoke level reading、Temperature reading、Dynamic curve、Status diagram。 History log review，check current communication data。 And entire record data review。

Screenshots

monitorCat3 screens

HL Beam Smoke Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: monitorCat at fortnightly against HL Beam Smoke Detector's every 10 months. monitorCat also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

monitorCat ships an update fortnightly, HL Beam Smoke Detector every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

monitorCat versus HL Beam Smoke Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	monitorCat	HL Beam Smoke Detector
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Fortnightly — better	Every 10 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	8.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	8 MB	3 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Wei Zhao	一隅數位有限公司

In-app purchases

None

monitorCat

No in-app purchases

None

HL Beam Smoke Detector

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is monitorCat free?

monitorCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is HL Beam Smoke Detector free?

HL Beam Smoke Detector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do monitorCat or HL Beam Smoke Detector have ads?

Neither monitorCat nor HL Beam Smoke Detector shows ads.

Which is updated more often, monitorCat or HL Beam Smoke Detector?

monitorCat ships an update fortnightly, and HL Beam Smoke Detector every 10 months. Most recently, monitorCat was updated on November 6, 2026 and HL Beam Smoke Detector on October 29, 2026.