CTV Home vs Safety Layers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CTV Home
Manage your smart home devices, including video intercoms and Wi-Fi cameras, from anywhere. Control multiple devices simultaneously and share access with family members. Create custom scenarios for automated actions.
- Video intercom control
- Wi-Fi camera management
- Socket control
- Remote device access
- Multi-device support
- Device sharing
- Scenario configuration
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Video intercom, Wi-Fi cameras, sockets and other smart devices - all in one app CTV Home. Control of your devices from anywhere in the world. Use multiple devices at a time in one app. Share your devices with your family members. Create and configure various scenarios. Easy, fast and always in your smartphone!
Safety Layers
Enhance your online security and privacy with a tool that offers robust ad blocking and secure traffic encryption. Customize settings for a personalized browsing experience. Enjoy a cleaner, safer internet.
- Ad blocking
- Traffic encryption
- Customizable settings
- Independent feature control
- Secure browsing
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Enjoy a cleaner and more secure browsing experience with our app. It combines powerful ad blocking and traffic encryption in one convenient solution. Both features work independently, giving you full control over how you use them. With built-in settings and customization options, you can easily configure the app to match your personal needs and preferences. We are using the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CTV Home at 3.7 against Safety Layers's 2.9. CTV Home also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Safety Layers's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). 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.
CTV Home holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Safety Layers has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CTV Home ships an update every 12 months, Safety Layers every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTV Home | Safety Layers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.9 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 53.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City Video, LLC | SOFTITURA |
Customer experience
CTV Home
Safety Layers
In-app purchases
CTV Home
No in-app purchases
Safety Layers
No in-app purchases
