ADT Control ® vs iTippers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ADT Control ®
This app provides a unified platform to control and monitor various smart home devices, including security systems, locks, lights, and thermostats. Users can manage their home environment remotely, receive alerts, and view video feeds from a single interface.
- Remote security system control
- Smart lock management
- Lighting and thermostat adjustment
- Garage door operation
- Live video monitoring
- Customizable alerts
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The new ADT Control app delivers on ADT’s commitment to provide new and innovative ways to help protect what matters most. More than a smart app, ADT Control app is the new interactive service that seamlessly connects the key devices in customers’ homes on one platform—so they work together and work smarter. ADT allows customers to control the security system, locks, lights, garage doors and thermostats, watch video and get alerts from a single screen.
iTippers
Easily calculate tip percentages and split bills with friends. This app features a user-friendly interface for quick calculations, offering both exact and rounded results to simplify accounting.
- Calculate tip percentages
- Split bills among friends
- Exact and whole number results
- Easy-to-use interface
- Simplified accounting
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iTippers has a fantastic, easy to use user interface that allows users to easily select the tip percentage and get actual results or whole number results that makes accounting a lot easier. The iTipper app also allows users to split the bill among their friends. It is very fun and easy to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ADT Control ® at Free against iTippers's $0.99. ADT Control ® also leads on ratings volume (495K vs 1) and chart position (#143 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
ADT Control ® is free to download; iTippers costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iTippers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADT Control ® has 495K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ADT Control ® | iTippers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (495K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 495K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #143 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 360 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADT LLC | ALNILAM TECHNOLOGIES LLC |
Customer experience
ADT Control ®
iTippers
Bugs and requests
ADT Control ®
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app freezes and crashes
- Inconsistent camera connectivity
- Inaccurate alarm status reporting
- Inability to change default camera screenshot
Requested features
5 requests- Panic button feature
- Ability to customize camera settings
- Improved video playback and storage
- Seamless integration with other smart home devices
- Automated arming/disarming based on location
iTippers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ADT Control ®
No in-app purchases
iTippers
No in-app purchases
