ADT Pulse ® vs Quotabelle
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.
Quotabelle
This app delivers inspiring quotes as gentle, recurring reminders throughout your day. You can collect your favorite quotes, organize them into themed collections, and receive them on a schedule that suits you. It's designed to help you pause, reflect, and stay inspired.
- Collect favorite quotes
- Schedule recurring reminders
- Organize quotes into themed collections
- Access a library of wisdom
- Receive gentle notifications
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Quotabelle — wisdom, delivered. In the rush of daily life, it's easy to lose the thread of what matters. Quotabelle brings it back — one quote at a time. Quotabelle lets you collect the quotes that move you and receive them as gentle, recurring reminders throughout your day. Like a bell calling you back to the present, each notification is a small invitation to pause, reflect, and carry a little inspiration forward. What you can do with Quotabelle: • Build your own lists of favorite quotes • Schedule gentle reminders to receive them on your rhythm — daily or whenever suits you • Organize quotes into themed collections for whatever you need: motivation, calm, focus, gratitude • Return to a growing library of wisdom whenever you want a lift Whether you're starting your morning, taking a mindful break, or winding down, Quotabelle keeps the words that inspire you close at hand. Pause. Reflect. Be inspired — again and again.
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Verdict
ADT Pulse ® and Quotabelle both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Quotabelle's written reviews are positive against 28% of ADT Pulse ®'s. Quotabelle also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). ADT Pulse ®'s advantage is ratings volume (850K vs 2) 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.
Quotabelle 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 2, 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 100% of Quotabelle's.
ADT Pulse ® ships an update every 3 months, Quotabelle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADT Pulse ® | Quotabelle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (850K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 850K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADT LLC | Philpot & Co LLC |
Customer experience
ADT Pulse ®
Quotabelle
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
Quotabelle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ADT Pulse ®
No in-app purchases
Quotabelle
No in-app purchases
