garage vs DoorRemote
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
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: garage at 5.0 against DoorRemote's 3.0. garage also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). DoorRemote's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
garage ships an update daily, DoorRemote every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | garage | DoorRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Erhardt | Stage Coding |
In-app purchases
garage
No in-app purchases
DoorRemote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is garage free?
Is DoorRemote free?
Which has better reviews, garage or DoorRemote?
Do garage or DoorRemote have ads?
Which is updated more often, garage or DoorRemote?
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