Comparison

Tether Mobile vs Photomate

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Building information capture
  • Healthy Home Standards assessment
  • Tether sensor installation
  • Environmental quality monitoring
  • Digital building identity
  • Survey data capture
Features
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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.

About

Photomate

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Tether Mobile4 screens
Photomate4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

Tether Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Photomate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tether Mobile versus Photomate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTether MobilePhotomate
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.110.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTether NZ LtdSTUDENT CARD NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

Tether Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Photomate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tether Mobile free?
Tether Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photomate free?
Photomate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tether Mobile or Photomate have ads?
Neither Tether Mobile nor Photomate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tether Mobile or Photomate?
Tether Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Photomate monthly. Most recently, Tether Mobile was updated on October 14, 2026 and Photomate on September 18, 2026.

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