Comparison

iRISCO vs Home + Security

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

Head to head
About

iRISCO

Manage your home's security, video surveillance, and smart devices from a single, intuitive app. Arm or disarm alarms, view live camera feeds with AI-powered analysis, and automate lights, climate, and more for enhanced safety and convenience.

Highlights
  • Total alarm management
  • Visual verification with cameras
  • AI-powered video analysis
  • Smart home device control
  • Multi-property management
  • Instant notifications & event history
Features
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About this app More than secure. More than smart. From alarms and cameras to climate and lights automation, iRISCO gives you full control over what matters most. Three powerful worlds in one app: professional-grade security, intelligent video solution and smart home control. Protect your world and shape how you live with iRISCO. Why iRISCO? Experience a beautifully intuitive app that makes it simple and natural to manage alarms, cameras, and smart devices wherever you are. Spend less time worrying and more time living, with complete peace of mind at your fingertips. Unmissable features you’ll love: * Total alarm management: Arm or disarm your entire system or secure just the areas you choose. * Visual verification with iWave & Beyond: See exactly what’s happening through integrated camera detectors and smart cameras, get real-time alerts. * Advanced AI Video Solution: Professional-grade protection beyond simple verification - built-in intelligence, including face recognition, license plate detection, line crossing alerts, and more. * Personalised home screen: Pin your top Partitions, cameras, scenes and devices for one-tap control. * Effortless multi-property management: Switch between homes, offices or rental sites with ease. * Instant notifications & detailed event history: Always know what’s happening. Full smart home integration iRISCO brings your home to life with automation that adapts to you, making every day safer, easier, and more comfortable. Control lights, climate, shutters, doors, and appliances — all from one app, wherever you are. Security and convenience finally work as one. All your security. One powerful app. iRISCO unites your alarm, video and smart home controls into a single easy-to-use platform. Whether it’s your home, office, or rental properties, you’ll always know what’s happening — and be ready to respond on time. Smarter. Safer. Always connected. Backed by the secure RISCO Cloud, iRISCO keeps you in touch with what matters most, with reliable remote access and automatic updates to keep your system running at its best. Download iRISCO today and experience safer, smarter living right in your hands. A complete 360° solution Full control of alarms, cameras, and smart home devices AI-powered video with smart alerts and replay Manage multiple homes or business sites with ease Personalized dashboard and one-tap scenes Instant notifications and detailed activity logs Backed by the secure RISCO Cloud for confidence anywhere

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

iRISCO4 screens
Home + Security4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Home + Security at 69% against iRISCO's 14%. Home + Security also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). iRISCO's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iRISCO sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $21.49 per year. Home + Security asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iRISCO ships an update every 2 months, Home + Security every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iRISCO versus Home + Security: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRISCOHome + Security
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (379 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.7% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size412 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRISCO GroupLegrand - Netatmo – Bticino

Customer experience

iRISCO

Written reviews211 reviews
Positive13.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative80.6%

Home + Security

All ratings379 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews933 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative24.9%

User reviews

iRISCO

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use interface for basic alarm control
  • 🔒 Reliable hardware alarm system
  • 📱 Multi-site management capability
  • 🎨 Modern, improved design in recent updates
  • 📧 Email notifications for alarm events

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Severe battery drain (30-70% background usage)
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • ⏱️ Extremely slow to load and respond
  • 🔌 Connectivity issues and panel offline errors
  • 🔐 Privacy violations - unauthorized microphone access

Home + Security

From 379 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Reliable performance
  • 🔒 Secure storage and privacy
  • 💡 Intelligent detection and alerts
  • 👍 Excellent integration with HomeKit

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues and disconnections
  • 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Inaccurate motion and person detection
  • 🔋 Overheating and high power consumption
  • 💡 Lacking customization options

Bugs and requests

iRISCO

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Microphone hijacking without permission or warning
  • App fails to open on certain devices
  • Notifications not working despite permissions enabled
  • Alarm status display incorrect (shows unset when armed)
  • Slider reverts and requires refresh to confirm status
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  • Notification sounds revert to system default
  • Part setting fails 30% of the time
  • App logs out randomly
  • Server timeout errors when setting alarm
  • Panel connection drops randomly
  • App hangs when turning off alarm
  • Passcode rejection on login despite correct entry
  • App takes 30-90 seconds to open
  • Notifications sent every 30 seconds about cloud connection
  • Camera images take excessive time to load
  • Video export crashes the app
  • App refuses to run claiming device is jailbroken
  • App incompatible with iOS 26
  • Front door detector indicator turns red incorrectly
  • HD/SD setting doesn't default to HD
  • Event history doesn't show part sets in notifications tab

Requested features

19 requests
  • Scheduled arm/disarm functionality
  • Time-based zone configuration
  • Apple Watch support for arm/disarm
  • HomeKit and Alexa integration
  • Siri Shortcuts support
Show 14 more
  • Ability to customize home page layout
  • Dark mode option
  • Zoom and enlarge camera view
  • Manual alarm activation feature
  • WiFi settings management in app
  • Battery status monitoring for sensors
  • Geofencing integration
  • Mute audio speech option for night use
  • Ability to edit site names with special characters
  • Add/delete/edit zones in partitions
  • Apple Pay billing integration
  • Customizable notification sounds that persist
  • Seconds precision in event log timestamps
  • Customizable home screen imagery

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

8 purchases

iRISCO

Subscriptions8
  • Plus 11 Month trial$21.491 Year
  • Plus 1 Connect$39.991 Year
  • Plus 21 Month trial$42.991 Year
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  • Plus 1 Audio Connect$48.901 Year
  • Plus 31 Month trial$64.991 Year
  • Plus 61 Month trial$85.991 Year
  • Plus 101 Month trial$149.991 Year
  • Plus 10+1 Month trial$234.991 Year
None

Home + Security

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iRISCO free?
iRISCO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Home + Security free?
Home + Security is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iRISCO or Home + Security have ads?
Neither iRISCO nor Home + Security shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iRISCO or Home + Security?
iRISCO ships an update every 2 months, and Home + Security every 4 weeks. Most recently, iRISCO was updated on September 23, 2026 and Home + Security on September 24, 2026.

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