garage vs Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
garage
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Control a DIY garage opener from your phone. Requires a raspberry pi or similar running the following nodejs app: https://github.com/johntothee/garage. This app and the companion node app are open source. For info and setup see the readme pages at https://github.com/johntothee/garage_ios and https://github.com/johntothee/garage
Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote
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This app requires a Bluetooth receiver, which you can build yourself using the instructions from 35b0.de/garagedoor_remote. With just a few parts, you can control your garage doors with your iPhone!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: garage at daily against Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote's every 8 months. garage also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
garage ships an update daily, Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | garage | Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Erhardt | Torsten Schloßmacher |
In-app purchases
garage
No in-app purchases
Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is garage free?
Is Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote free?
Do garage or Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote have ads?
Which is updated more often, garage or Bluetooth Garagedoor Remote?
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