Tether Mobile vs Photomate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tether Mobile
Model and monitor building performance for compliance, energy efficiency, and sustainability. Capture building information, assess compliance with standards, and install sensors for environmental monitoring. Establish a digital identity for your property.
- Building information capture
- Healthy Home Standards assessment
- Tether sensor installation
- Environmental quality monitoring
- Digital building identity
- Survey data capture
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Model your building, monitor its performance, check if its compliant and analyze if its healthy, energy efficient and sustainable. Tether It, built by Tether, is a powerful tool that enables you too: 1. Capture building information 2. Assess if your home is compliant with the New Zealand Healthy Home Standards 3. Install Tether sensors to monitor environmental quality and energy consumption 4. Capture survey data 5. Establish your buildings own digital identity Whether you are a property manager, healthy home inspector, DIY landlord, building scientist, Architect or property developer, Tether has a solution for you. The Tether Tick, our Healthy Home Standards assessment of compliance feature is a revolutionary tool for Healthy Home inspectors and property managers. The Tether Tick can be fully integrated into your property management platform and provide a seamless experience saving massive amounts of time on double entry while reducing liability and risk exposure.
Photomate
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All New photomate app for StudentCard ID platform users. New functionality including; - When adding new records you can now enter all data fields and choose between staff and student templates - Check Suspended records, and the contents of the current batch. - Update information on old records and order ID reprints - Use photos captured previously on your phone, and or use existing photos on the students record. PhotoMate is a productivity tool provided exclusively for StudentCard ID Partners and requires a StudentCard CMS login to access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Photomate at 10.0 against Tether Mobile's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Tether Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Photomate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tether Mobile | Photomate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tether NZ Ltd | STUDENT CARD NEW ZEALAND LIMITED |
In-app purchases
Tether Mobile
No in-app purchases
Photomate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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