Banner Extreme vs Home + Security
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner Extreme
Create custom LED-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, time, date, music info, and even social media feeds. Customize appearance with various settings for speed, size, shape, and color.
- Customizable LED-style messages
- Display time and date
- Show music information
- Integrate social media feeds
- Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
- Customizable element size and shape
- Color customization with randomization
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
Home + Security
Monitor your home remotely with smart security devices. Receive instant alerts for visitors, break-ins, smoke, and carbon monoxide. Control cameras, doorbells, and alarms from your smartphone for peace of mind.
- Remote doorbell answering
- Intruder alerts with siren
- Person/animal/vehicle detection
- Smoke and CO detection alerts
- Door and window break-in alerts
- Smart indoor camera integration
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Leave your home with peace of mind thanks to the Legrand-Netatmo-Bticino smart security solutions! Receive an alert on your smartphone when a visitor rings your doorbell, if there is a break-in attempt, and if smoke or carbon monoxide are detected. The notifications are smart so that you can act as quickly as possible when necessary, avoiding false alarms. Create an environment adapted to your needs, install the products yourself or ask a professional installer and access all their features from the Home + Security app, with no subscription fees or extra costs. SMART VIDEO DOORBELL Allows you to see who's at your door and answer it from wherever you are. SMART INTERNAL UNIT WITH ALEXA BUILT-IN Receive notification when someone is calling, answer the call and open the gate from wherever you are. SMART OUTDOOR CAMERA WITH SIREN Alerts you and deters intruders with its siren. SMART OUTDOOR CAMERA Lights up and alerts you as soon as a person, animal or vehicle enters your property. SMART INDOOR CAMERA Alerts you as soon as a stranger enters your home. SMART INDOOR SIREN Works with the Smart Indoor Camera - Triggers automatically and scares away intruders. SMART DOOR AND WINDOW SENSORS Works with the Smart Indoor Camera - Fitted on the doors and windows of your choice, they alert you in the event of a break-in attempt. SMART SMOKE ALARM Alerts you if there is a fire, no matter where you are. You can take action even when you're not at home. SMART CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM Alerts you if there is carbon monoxide in your home, no matter where you are. You can take action even when you are away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Home + Security at Free against Banner Extreme's $0.99. Home + Security also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (380 vs 2). Banner Extreme's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Home + Security is free to download; Banner Extreme costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Home + Security holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home + Security has 380 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 70% and 69% positive.
Banner Extreme ships an update every 2 months, Home + Security every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner Extreme | Home + Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (380 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better | 68.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 380 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Legrand - Netatmo – Bticino |
Customer experience
Banner Extreme
Home + Security
Bugs and requests
Banner Extreme
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Home + Security
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when selecting camera type
- Geolocation-based automation not working
- Dropbox integration not functioning properly
- Shortcuts integration broken after recent update
- Delayed or missing motion notifications
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to disable video call notifications
- Improve notification scheduling and customization
- Implement multi-camera management and filtering
- Allow control of floodlight brightness and automation
- Expose object detection to HomeKit for automations
In-app purchases
Banner Extreme
No in-app purchases
Home + Security
No in-app purchases
Questions
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