Comparison

Install Helper vs RouteThis Certify

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

Head to head
About

Install Helper

This utility app assists in the installation and configuration of ZTE's outdoor 4G/5G wireless routers. It uses an intelligent algorithm to detect and analyze network signal strength, guiding users to the optimal placement and orientation for their CPE device.

Highlights
  • Install ZTE 4G/5G wireless routers
  • Intelligent signal strength detection
  • Optimize CPE placement
  • Network signal analysis
  • Router configuration assistance
Features
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The InstallHelper app helps you to install ZTE's outdoor 4G/5G wireless routers (CPE). Integrated with ZTE's intelligent algorithm, this app intelligently detects and determines 4G/5G network's signal strength to help you find the best position or orientation for CPE installation and configuration.

About

RouteThis Certify

This app helps installation technicians map WiFi coverage, ensure installation standards, and provide customers with personalized certificates detailing their home network performance. It offers automated signal quality projections and mesh placement recommendations for optimal router setup.

Highlights
  • Map wall-to-wall WiFi coverage
  • Deliver personalized install certificates
  • Guided installation checkpoints
  • Cloud synchronization for support
  • Automated signal quality projections
  • Mesh placement recommendations
Features
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Flawless WiFi connectivity on day one. Installations are your business' first impression - make it count. Installation sets the tone for the entire subscriber experience, if you don't get the installation right you open your business up to a number of problems down the road. Certify provides installation technicians a tool to quickly map wall to wall WiFi coverage while delivering your customers a personalized install certificate that explains exactly what they can expect from their new internet service in every room of their home once the technician leaves the premises. Technicians are guided through important installation checkpoints to ensure every install meets the same standards. The work they do throughout an install is synchronized to the cloud for support agents or repair technicians to pick up in the future. The Certify app also provides on-premise technicians with automated signal quality projections overlaid on a map of the customers home footprint including mesh placement recommendations so they can discuss optimal configuration of the network to help customers make better decisions on router placement or range extender / mesh addons. Customers are provided with a visual map in the shape of their home with WiFi speed measures in every room, leaving customers with a clear picture of what to expect from their home network. All of this is automated and completed in minutes while your install technician walks around the home.

Screenshots

Install Helper3 screens
RouteThis Certify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RouteThis Certify at 2.3 against Install Helper's 1.0. RouteThis Certify also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). Install Helper's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RouteThis Certify holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RouteThis Certify has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Install Helper ships an update every 3 months, RouteThis Certify fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Install Helper versus RouteThis Certify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstall HelperRouteThis Certify
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)2.3 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—13.3% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZTE CorporationRouteThis Inc

Customer experience

Install Helper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

RouteThis Certify

All ratings15 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.7%

In-app purchases

None

Install Helper

No in-app purchases

None

RouteThis Certify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Install Helper free?
Install Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RouteThis Certify free?
RouteThis Certify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Install Helper or RouteThis Certify?
RouteThis Certify is rated higher. Install Helper averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while RouteThis Certify averages 2.3 from 15 ratings.
Do Install Helper or RouteThis Certify have ads?
Neither Install Helper nor RouteThis Certify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Install Helper or RouteThis Certify?
Install Helper ships an update every 3 months, and RouteThis Certify fortnightly. Most recently, Install Helper was updated on September 21, 2026 and RouteThis Certify on August 29, 2026.

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