ADT Pulse ® vs Shepard.Love
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.
Shepard.Love
Connect with your church community through a centralized platform. Engage in group discussions, RSVP to events, manage donations, and track spiritual growth with fun challenges.
- Community feed with photos and videos
- Group chat and event management
- Secure online giving
- Prayer request sharing
- Service and child check-in
- Engagement badges and challenges
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Shepard is the all-in-one app for your church community. See what's happening in the feed, join your groups and small groups, RSVP to events, give securely in seconds, share prayer requests, check the family in on Sunday, and earn badges as you grow. FOR MEMBERS • Community feed with photos, video, and stories • Groups with chat, notices, events, polls, and custom tabs • Church and group event calendars with RSVP • Secure giving one-time and recurring powered by Stripe • Prayer wall and care requests • Service check-in, opt-in auto-attendance, and child check-in • Badges, streaks, and challenges that make engagement fun • Push notifications for the things that matter FOR CHURCHES • A full admin dashboard for members, groups, events, giving, and communications • Member import from your current church software • Granular staff permissions give each leader exactly the access they need • Workflows that welcome guests and follow up automatically Is your church switching to Shepard? Ask your church admin for an invite, or download the app and search for your church to join.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Shepard.Love at free against ADT Pulse ®'s subscription. ADT Pulse ®'s advantage is ratings volume (850K vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
Shepard.Love holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADT Pulse ® has 850K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ADT Pulse ® | Shepard.Love |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (850K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 850K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ADT LLC | DENZEL CHRISTOPHER COMBS |
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
Shepard.Love
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ADT Pulse ®
No in-app purchases
Shepard.Love
No in-app purchases









