Comparison

TrySmartPanics vs Garnet Control Pro

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

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About

TrySmartPanics

This demo app simulates a personal monitored security platform. It allows users to test features like panic buttons, GPS tracking, and video surveillance before committing to a full service. Customize with your own branding for client demonstrations.

Highlights
  • Panic buttons with location, sound, and image evidence
  • Alarm panel management
  • Virtual guardian with route and time control
  • GPS tracking for vehicles
  • Video security camera visualization
  • Group tracking with geofencing and speed monitoring
  • SOS button integration
Features
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TrySmartPanicsis the demo APP version of SmartPanics, the ideal platform to provide you with personal monitored security, either individually or as a family or business group. This demo APP version is connected emulating a service provider with a monitoring center like a private security company or public government organization and send alerts with map location, photo, audios and and video clips as evidence of the event. Here we simulate accounts, vehicles, cameras and members of your group so that you can perform all functionality checks. Send us your logo and corporate colors and we will customize your APP to offer you demos with high loyalty power. TrySmartPanics provides you: - Police, fire and medical panic buttons with geographic position notification, sound and images of your emergency (MY ALARMS) - Management of your alarm panels including activations and deactivations (MY ACCOUNTS) - Virtual guardian that accompanies you from one place to another with route and time control. (ON MY WAY) - GPS Tracking of all your vehicles (MY VEHICLES) - Visualization and control of your video security cameras (MY CAMERAS) - Reception of all your events and alerts by PUSH messages (MY MESSAGES) - Tracking and monitoring of your family group, geofence entry and exit, monitoring of maximum speeds, inactivity and cell phone battery status (MY GROUP) - Programmable alerts report to the control center (MY ALERTS) - Cell phone location if it has been stolen, from the TrySmartPanics of another member of your group. - Use of an external Bluetooth SOS button connected to the cell phone After testing TrySmartPanics you will be able to download the complete functional APP SmartPanics and you chosen service provider will give you a QR code to activate the APP in the monitoring center or will be able to choose a provider if you do not have one yet, from the same APP. Once your APP is activated you will be able to add all the members of your group from there by creating your own QRs for them TrySmartPanics is free, it has no extra charge note even the APP. To test the full functionality we recommend you to download TrySmartPanics For additional information please contact us at https://monitoringsoft.com/portfolio/smartpanics/

About

Garnet Control Pro

Monitor and manage your security systems with real-time status updates and advanced features. Control zones, trigger emergencies, and automate smart devices for enhanced safety and convenience.

Highlights
  • Real-time system status visualization
  • Partition status by color coding
  • Zone management with custom icons
  • Manual zone exclusion/inclusion
  • Emergency alerts (police, fire, medical)
  • Smart device automation
  • User permission management
Features
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Cuando se diseñó Garnet Control Pro se pensó fundamentalmente en la experiencia de usuario con sus sistema de seguridad, una rápida visualización brinda la información relevante con estados en tiempo real. Las funciones avanzadas permiten una visualización general de estados de partición por colores en el listado de sistemas de alarmas asociadas, además cuenta con notificaciones operativas con acceso directo desde menú principal. Cada sistema permite ver desde una pantalla principal: • Estado de batería • Red Eléctrica • Estado de Red WiFi • Estado de conexión de datos • Últimos 4 eventos con información de video verificación en caso de alarma y minutos transcurridos desde la generación del suceso. • Acceso directo a los últimos 100 eventos con fecha y hora. Gestión de Zonas Esta sección de la app permite ver el estado de zona (abierta, cerrada, inhibida o en alarma) con sus colores característicos para una mejor y rápida identificación. Cada zona admite la personalización del icono que se elige desde una amplia galería disponible. Muchas veces, es importante excluir o incorporar manualmente zonas. Desde esta sección, el usuario podrá anular una o mas zonas de manera muy simple en un solo paso. Emergencias La aplicación permite disparar tres tipos de emergencias con sonidos diferenciados (Policial, incendio y emergencia médica), al activar una emergencia el sistema reportará a todos los medios habilitados, incluyendo monitoreo. En esta sección también se encuentra “Aviso de llegada” que genera una emergencia a la comunidad si no llegas a tiempo. Admite dos tiempos diferentes, 5 y 10 minutos que deberán ser desactivados antes de que se cumpla la cuenta regresiva. Muchas veces se requiere un disparo de sirena manual. Esta función también la encontramos en esta sección y permite activar y desactivar con un simple botón la sirena, de esta manera se podrá disuadir cualquier eventualidad al llegar a lugar. Automatizaciones La aplicación brinda la posibilidad de utilizar módulos o enchufes inteligentes inalámbricos o cableados, de esta manera pueden realizar tareas que en su mayoría son rutinarias para nosotros. Los clientes tienen la posibilidad de vivir una experiencia de usuario distinta y más amigable gracias a la simplicidad que Garnet Control Pro, por ejemplo, apagar o encender luces, calderas, riegos, puertas de garage, filtros de piscina, entre muchos artefactos más. Estas acciones se pueden realizar de forma manual con un simple paso o programar por días de la semana y horarios predeterminados. De esta manera la automatización reemplaza acciones rutinarias. Comunidad Hasta 20 usuarios con funciones principales con la posibilidad de brindar permisos configurables por usuario del control del sistema, recepción de eventos y accesos a cámaras, además la comunidad posibilita la incorporación de hasta 200 usuarios con funciones secundarias como recepción de eventos restringidas (alarmas y emergencias) y la visualización de cámaras.

Screenshots

TrySmartPanics4 screens
Garnet Control Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Garnet Control Pro at 4.8 against TrySmartPanics's 3.0. Garnet Control Pro also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (80 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Garnet Control Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garnet Control Pro has 80 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrySmartPanics ships an update every 5 months, Garnet Control Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TrySmartPanics versus Garnet Control Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrySmartPanicsGarnet Control Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (80 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings180 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftGuard Technologies LLCAlonso Alarmas

Customer experience

TrySmartPanics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Garnet Control Pro

All ratings80 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

TrySmartPanics

No in-app purchases

None

Garnet Control Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TrySmartPanics free?
TrySmartPanics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Garnet Control Pro free?
Garnet Control Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TrySmartPanics or Garnet Control Pro?
Garnet Control Pro is rated higher. TrySmartPanics averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Garnet Control Pro averages 4.8 from 80 ratings.
Do TrySmartPanics or Garnet Control Pro have ads?
Neither TrySmartPanics nor Garnet Control Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrySmartPanics or Garnet Control Pro?
TrySmartPanics ships an update every 5 months, and Garnet Control Pro fortnightly. Most recently, TrySmartPanics was updated on September 23, 2026 and Garnet Control Pro on September 17, 2026.

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