Door Minder vs DoorRemote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Door Minder
Enhance your home's safety with a low-cost, easy-to-install security system for your doors. It offers password-protected communication and long battery life without needing Wi-Fi or a mobile app for basic monitoring.
- Low-cost safety and security
- Easy 2-minute installation
- Works with sectional and tilt doors
- Up to 150 foot outdoor range
- Secure, password protected communication
- Extra long-life battery
- Low battery notification
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• Low cost safety & security for your family. • No wires to disconnect or hook up. • Easy 2 minute installation. • Works with sectional and tilt doors. • Does not change the way your door operates. • Up to 150 foot outdoor range. • Secure, password protected communication. • Extra long-life battery. • No home Wi-Fi needed. • No mobile app required. • Low battery notification. • Monitor up to 8 doors with optional app.
DoorRemote
Easily connect to and manage your garage door remotely. This application provides a simple interface to control your garage door from your device.
- Connect to garage door
- Remote control functionality
- Simple user interface
- Garage door management
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DoorRemote at 3.0 against Door Minder's 2.1. Door Minder's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
DoorRemote holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Door Minder's written reviews are positive against 0% of DoorRemote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Door Minder ships an update monthly, DoorRemote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Door Minder | DoorRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (10 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Lawson | Stage Coding |
Customer experience
Door Minder
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In-app purchases
Door Minder
No in-app purchases
DoorRemote
No in-app purchases
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