Comparison

Sentian vs SmartAlarm+3

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sentian

This app provides advanced smart home security, offering real-time perception through sight, sound, and motion detection. It allows users to manage intruder alarms, control home automation, and view live or archived camera footage remotely.

Highlights
  • Real-time sight, sound, and motion detection
  • Intruder alarm system management
  • Home automation device control
  • Live and archived camera footage viewing
  • Push notifications for events
Features
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Sentian (Pty) Ltd is at the forefront of smart home security aiming to turn your property into an extension of yourself. To give it, and therefore you, perception through the senses of sight, sound and motion detection, among others. To make it ‘sentient’, giving you greater control and insight into the status of your property and your loved ones within, wherever you are. The Sentian app is the most advanced of the available user interfaces into the Sentian InTouch and OnSight home system with push notification support for all the events generated by your home. The app enables an owner or a user granted access to a Sentian enabled home, to interact with all the system capabilities including managing the intruder alarm system, control home automation devices, view and control cameras, camera archive footage and camera cloud event footage. NOTES: * The Sentian app is only usable by individuals with access to an estate running the Sentian InTouch and OnSight embedded system. * Some ISP's have DNS resolution issues for local WAN addresses, we then recommend changing your DNS provider to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 rather than the router assigned one.

About

SmartAlarm+3

Features
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Stay in control of your security system wherever you are. The Banham SmartAlarm+3 enables you to easily manage your burglar alarm remotely and get real-time alerts and updates. Features include: - Arm & Disarm your intruder alarm system from anywhere - See at a glance what’s set and not set so you can easily check and amend your level of security based on who is in the property - Geo location feature reminds you to set your security system when you leave your property - Get real-time alarm alerts - Get notifications whenever the alarm system is armed or disarmed. - View your history so you can see a full list of what’s happened with your alarm system - Alert feature enables you to send your location details to named contacts at once - Create ‘bubbles’ of contacts and see who’s bubble you’re in, so you can get location updates - Set shortcuts for common tasks, such as a full or partial set of the alarm without even needing to open the app - Choose which notifications you’d like to receive - Call our 24/7 alarm support team directly from within the app Important note: this app will only be activated upon purchase and after installation by a Banham engineer. If you have CCTV and entry systems you will need to use the Banham SmartAlarm+2 app.

Screenshots

Sentian3 screens
SmartAlarm+31 screens

Verdict

The call

Sentian and SmartAlarm+3 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sentian ships an update every 2 months, SmartAlarm+3 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sentian versus SmartAlarm+3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSentianSmartAlarm+3
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB307 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSentian Pty LtdPyronix Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Sentian

No in-app purchases

None

SmartAlarm+3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sentian free?
Sentian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartAlarm+3 free?
SmartAlarm+3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sentian or SmartAlarm+3 have ads?
Neither Sentian nor SmartAlarm+3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sentian or SmartAlarm+3?
Sentian ships an update every 2 months, and SmartAlarm+3 every 4 months. Most recently, Sentian was updated on October 16, 2026 and SmartAlarm+3 on October 8, 2026.

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