ADT Pulse ® vs rockhome
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.
rockhome
Remotely manage your camera, stream live video, and communicate using two-way audio from your smartphone. Share video content with others. Designed for specific camera hardware.
- Remote camera control
- Live video streaming
- Two-way audio communication
- Video sharing
- Smartphone integration
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rockhome allows you to control your camera, view live video and use two-way audio communication anywhere and anytime with your smartphone. RockHome is designed specifically for Rock cameras. With RockHome, you can also share videos with your family or friends. terms of use: https://www.rscamera-app.com/html/rockhome/terms-of-use/en privacy policy: https://www.rscamera-app.com/html/rockhome/privacy-policy/en awareness service agreement: https://www.rscamera-app.com/html/rockhome/awareness-service-agreement/en continuous subscription service agreement: https://www.rscamera-app.com/html/rockhome/continuous-subscription-service-agreement/en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ADT Pulse ® at 4.8 against rockhome's 1.1. ADT Pulse ® also leads on ratings volume (850K vs 38) and review sentiment (28% vs 4%). rockhome's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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.
ADT Pulse ® holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADT Pulse ® has 850K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of ADT Pulse ®'s written reviews are positive against 4% of rockhome's.
ADT Pulse ® ships an update every 3 months, rockhome every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADT Pulse ® | rockhome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (850K ratings) — better | 1.1 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews — better | 3.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 850K — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADT LLC | Shenzhen RenQing Excellent Investment Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
ADT Pulse ®
rockhome
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
rockhome
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ADT Pulse ®
No in-app purchases
rockhome
No in-app purchases
