Smart gate vs DoorRemote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart gate
Remotely open and monitor your gate using a connected camera. This app is ideal for businesses, apartment complexes, or large households needing robust gate access control for multiple users and gates.
- Remote gate opening
- Gate monitoring via camera
- Supports unlimited users
- Supports unlimited gates
- Ideal for businesses and large households
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The Smartgate App works with the Calimet Camera to remotely open and monitor your gate. It allows any number of users, and any number of gates. This is perfect for businesses, apartment complexes, or large households who have a lot of incoming traffic and need a solution for a larger degree of gate access control.
DoorRemote
Easily connect to and manage your garage door remotely. This application provides a simple interface to control your garage door from your device.
- Connect to garage door
- Remote control functionality
- Simple user interface
- Garage door management
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Application allow to connect and control your garage door. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DoorRemote at 5.0 against Smart gate's 3.3. Smart gate's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
DoorRemote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Smart gate ships an update every 3 weeks, DoorRemote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart gate | DoorRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CaliMet Co., Inc. | STAGE CODING, Travnik |
Customer experience
Smart gate
DoorRemote
In-app purchases
Smart gate
No in-app purchases
DoorRemote
No in-app purchases
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