Konnected Smart Home vs Tailwind Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Konnected Smart Home
This utility app helps set up and manage smart home devices, integrating existing wired security systems and garage door openers with popular automation platforms. It aids in discovery, configuration, debugging, and updating your smart home hardware.
- Integrates wired alarm systems
- Connects garage door openers
- Supports SmartThings, Alexa, Home Assistant, Hubitat, HomeSeer, Control4
- Device setup and discovery
- Configuration and debugging
- Firmware updates
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Konnected makes hardwired technology smarter! Our Alarm Panel revives your wired alarm system by integrating an old pre-wired home security system with popular home automation platforms including SmartThings, Alexa, Home Assistant, Hubitat, HomeSeer and Control4. Our new smart Garage Door Opener accessories do the same with your existing garage door opener. This app assists with setup, discovery, configuration, debugging and updating your Konnected devices. Now supports Konnected's new Garage Door Opener!
Tailwind Watch
Control your garage doors remotely using your Apple Watch. Open, close, or check their status from anywhere. This app offers convenient access to your home's garage.
- Open garage doors
- Close garage doors
- Check garage door status
- Remote access
- Apple Watch compatible
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The Tailwind watch app allows you to open, close, or check the status of your garage doors from anywhere using your apple watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tailwind Watch at 4.0 against Konnected Smart Home's 2.4. Tailwind Watch also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (50% vs 29%). Konnected Smart Home's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 6). 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.
Tailwind Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Konnected Smart Home has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Konnected Smart Home's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tailwind Watch's.
Konnected Smart Home ships an update monthly, Tailwind Watch every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Konnected Smart Home | Tailwind Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (43 ratings) | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konnected, Inc. | 1931085 Ontario Ltd |
Customer experience
Konnected Smart Home
Tailwind Watch
In-app purchases
Konnected Smart Home
No in-app purchases
Tailwind Watch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Konnected Smart Home free?
Is Tailwind Watch free?
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