Danby vs 529 Garage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Danby
Manage your home appliances remotely from anywhere. This app allows for voice control, device interworking based on conditions, and easy sharing with family members, all while providing real-time safety alerts.
- Remote appliance control
- Voice control (Amazon Echo, Google Home)
- Device interworking automation
- Family device sharing
- Real-time safety alerts
- Control multiple devices
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Danby Smart. Smart life, smart living • Remotely control home appliances from anywhere • Add and control multiple devices at once with one App • Voice control via Amazon Echo and Google Home • Interworking of multiple smart devices. Devices automatically start/stop working based on temperature, location and time. • Easily share devices among family members • Receive real-time alerts to ensure safety
529 Garage
Secure your bicycle by registering its details and photos. Quickly report a stolen bike to initiate a missing bike alert and help recover stolen bicycles in your area.
- Bike registration
- Save bike information and photos
- Report stolen bikes
- Missing bike alerts
- Community recovery assistance
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529 Garage Bike Registration App Register. Report. Recover. Keep your bike safer with the 529 Garage. - Save important information about and photos of your bike - If your bike is stolen, quickly start a missing bike alert - Help get stolen bikes in your community back to their rightful owners
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 529 Garage at 3.1 against Danby's 2.4. 529 Garage also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months). Danby's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 15). On price, review sentiment, 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.
529 Garage holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Danby has 80 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Danby's written reviews are positive against 15% of 529 Garage's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Danby ships an update every 13 months, 529 Garage every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Danby | 529 Garage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (80 ratings) | 3.1 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.5% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 14.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Danby Products Limited | Project 529, Inc. |
Customer experience
Danby
529 Garage
Bugs and requests
Danby
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when selecting device
- Scheduled tasks not executing properly
- Incorrect outdoor temperature display
- Frequent app logout issues
Requested features
4 requests- Integration with Alexa and Google Home
- Ability to set custom temperature ranges
- Improved scheduling functionality
- Notification settings for when unit is full or needs maintenance
529 Garage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Danby
No in-app purchases
529 Garage
No in-app purchases
