Comparison

Monitoring vs ieRetail Margin Calculator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Monitoring

Control and monitor your home or business alarm system remotely from your iPhone. View real-time events, manage user access, and receive instant notifications for alarm activations. Includes a mobile panic alarm feature with GPS location sharing.

Highlights
  • Remote alarm system status view
  • Real-time event logging
  • User access history
  • Set/Unset alarm functionality
  • Multiple system management
  • Direct communication with monitoring station
  • Mobile panic alarm with GPS
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Alarm Watch - Take control of your alarm system wherever you are in the world! View the status of your home and business alarms from your iPhone View recent events in real time. Find out who has been using the alarm, and when Set or Unset the alarm Multiple alarm systems are viewable and controllable from one account Interact with the monitoring station during any alarm activations Change closing time of your business when working late to prevent the monitoring station from disturbing you when working late Notify the monitoring station when you are going to work outside of normal business hours The application now includes a mobile panic alarm which sends the monitoring station your GPS coordinates during an emergency Notifications of alarm activations directly to your phone where you can respond by choosing to send the guard or type in a note for the monitoring team to read Functionality of the application requires that the alarm system is monitored by an affiliate of AlarmWatch. To set or Unset your alarm through the application, a special control module must be installed. Available for New Zealand alarm systems only (Ask your alarm installer, or visit www.alarmwatch.co.nz to learn more about these services).

About

ieRetail Margin Calculator

This app helps buyers and sellers quickly calculate gross profit, margin, and markup for individual products. Easily adjust variables like cost or sell price to see how other figures change, and manage tax rates for accurate calculations.

Highlights
  • Calculate gross profit, margin, and markup
  • Adjust variables to see changes
  • Calculate sell and cost prices
  • Track profit in percentages or dollars
  • Manage tax (GST/VAT) rates
  • Store product data locally
Features
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The ieRetail Pro calculator is a quick calculator for buyers and sellers that calculates GPs, Cost, Sell, margin, and markup on a product by product basis. In this regard, the calculator can work on a product basis and the user is able to change one variable and note the commensurate changes in all the other variables for that product. You can therefore use it to calculate sell prices, cost prices, profit margins in percentages or dollars, and you can do this for as many products as you like. You also have the ability to change tax (GST/VAT) rates so it is equally useful no matter what tax rate may be in effect. The calculator can be used to answer: - What margin will I make at this sell price based on this cost? - What cost should I negotiate if I need to sell at this price and make this profit margin? - What sell price must I set to make this margin at that cost? - What is my GP% at these sell and cost prices? - What margin reduction will I have if I reduce my selling price by x%? - What does this GP% translate to in Dollar terms? - How much money do I make at that cost and sell? - How does GST change sell prices? - If I rounded up/down my sell prices what does that do to my profit margins? Products can be stored in a local database so you can keep track of many different costs and prices. This is useful if you want to save values for later reference.

Screenshots

Monitoring4 screens
ieRetail Margin Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Monitoring at Free against ieRetail Margin Calculator's $3.99. Monitoring also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 34 months). ieRetail Margin Calculator's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Monitoring is free to download; ieRetail Margin Calculator costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monitoring ships an update every 3 months, ieRetail Margin Calculator every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Monitoring versus ieRetail Margin Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonitoringieRetail Margin Calculator
PriceFree โ€” better$3.99
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months โ€” betterEvery 34 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Zealand Computing Solutionsi.e.Retail Limited

Customer experience

Monitoring

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

ieRetail Margin Calculator

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Monitoring

No in-app purchases

None

ieRetail Margin Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monitoring free?
Monitoring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ieRetail Margin Calculator free?
ieRetail Margin Calculator costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monitoring or ieRetail Margin Calculator have ads?
Neither Monitoring nor ieRetail Margin Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monitoring or ieRetail Margin Calculator?
Monitoring ships an update every 3 months, and ieRetail Margin Calculator every 34 months. Most recently, Monitoring was updated on September 21, 2026 and ieRetail Margin Calculator on September 29, 2026.

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