ADT Pulse ® vs CHeKT.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ADT Pulse ®
Control your home or business security and automation system remotely. Manage cameras, lights, locks, and thermostats, and receive alerts for peace of mind. Arm or disarm your system, adjust settings, and set custom automations from anywhere.
- Remote system arming/disarming
- Control lights, locks, and thermostats
- View live surveillance camera feeds
- Receive security and arrival alerts
- Set custom automations and schedules
- Remote door lock/unlock
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The ADT Pulse® app allows you to control your home or business security and automation system from virtually anywhere. Using your iOS device, you can manage your home or business security system, surveillance cameras, lights, locks, thermostats and more! With a tap or swipe you can easily help protect what matters most to you, and enjoy an additional level of peace of mind. With ADT Pulse, you can: • Arm your system before you leave your home or business from virtually anywhere in the world. • Turn on your lights right from your app before you arrive at home or work. • Ensure you have turned off small appliances after you leave your home directly through the app. • Lock and unlock your doors remotely to allow the dog sitter or others to enter your home when you’re away. • Receive alerts when your children arrive home from school and view live video to check in on them. • Adjust your thermostat or put it on a schedule that fits your life. • Set up custom automations and schedules with vacation modes for the ultimate amount of control for your home! To use the ADT Pulse app, you must be an active ADT customer and subscriber to ADT Pulse interactive services.
CHeKT.com
Monitor and control your home or business in real-time from anywhere. This app provides interactive security, video monitoring, and home automation solutions for instant awareness and remote control.
- Real-time monitoring
- Remote control
- Video monitoring
- Home automation
- Interactive security
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This app is only available for CHeKT service. with an CHeKT security system, you can monitor and control your home or business in real-time and from anywhere. CHeKT's interactive security, video monitoring and home automation solutions give you instant awareness and remote control for the places you care about most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CHeKT.com at 100% against ADT Pulse ®'s 28%. CHeKT.com also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). ADT Pulse ®'s advantage is ratings volume (851K vs 8) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
ADT Pulse ® holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADT Pulse ® has 851K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of ADT Pulse ®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of CHeKT.com's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ADT Pulse ® ships an update every 3 months, CHeKT.com every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADT Pulse ® | CHeKT.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (851K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 851K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADT LLC | CHeKT LLC. |
Customer experience
ADT Pulse ®
CHeKT.com
Bugs and requests
ADT Pulse ®
Reported bugs
4 issues- App unable to connect to security system
- Camera feeds frequently going offline
- Arm/disarm functions not working reliably
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view full video history
- Geofencing for automatic arming/disarming
- Tighter integration with smart home devices
- Faster app response times
CHeKT.com
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ADT Pulse ®
No in-app purchases
CHeKT.com
No in-app purchases
