HC Admin vs Cooktop Safety Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HC Admin
Manage and monitor your Protector.NET and Odyssey access control systems remotely. View door and floor statuses, override controls, execute action plans, and manage users and credentials.
- Manage multiple system instances
- View door and floor status
- Override and resume controls
- Execute system action plans
- View historical notifications
- Manage users and credentials
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Companion application for your Protector.NET and Odyssey access control system. With this application you can - Manage and view multiple Protector.NET and Odyssey instances - View status of your doors, floors, inputs and outputs - Override and resume your doors, floors, inputs and outputs - Execute system level action plans - View historical notifications for your doors, floors, inputs, outputs and action plans - Manage Users and Credentials
Cooktop Safety Connect
This app manages an AI-powered kitchen sensor designed to prevent fires. It sends alerts for unsafe cooking situations and allows remote stove shutdown for enhanced home safety.
- AI-powered kitchen sensor management
- Fire prevention alerts
- Unsafe cooking situation notifications
- Remote stove shutdown
- IoT home safety solution
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CookTop Safety (CTS), is a company dedicated to enhancing home safety through smart, accessible technology. CTS is transforming home safety with our AI-powered kitchen sensor, a predictive IoT solution designed to prevent fires, the top cause of residential risks. This app allows for users to setup and manage their CTS Smart Kitchen Sensor(s), and provides them with alerts if unsafe cooking situations occur. The app also allows users to remotely shutdown their stoves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cooktop Safety Connect at 5.0 against HC Admin's 3.8. Cooktop Safety Connect also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). HC Admin's advantage is ratings volume (4 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cooktop Safety Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
HC Admin ships an update every 2 months, Cooktop Safety Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HC Admin | Cooktop Safety Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hartmann Controls Corp | Cooktop Safety Inc. |
Customer experience
HC Admin
Cooktop Safety Connect
In-app purchases
HC Admin
No in-app purchases
Cooktop Safety Connect
No in-app purchases
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