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 smart home devices, including security systems, locks, lights, and thermostats. Monitor video feeds and receive alerts from a single interface for enhanced home management and security.
- Unified smart home device control
- Security system management
- Remote lock and garage door operation
- Thermostat and lighting adjustments
- 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 (494K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). iTippers's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position 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 494K 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 (494K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 494K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #153 — better | #191 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 379 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
