Toolip for iPhone vs Home by Building 36
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toolip for iPhone
Remotely manage your home control system from anywhere with an internet connection. Monitor security, control access, operate lights and climate, and manage irrigation. Receive real-time notifications for property entry.
- Remote system operation
- Video camera monitoring
- Security system control
- Access management
- Lighting control
- Climate control
- Irrigation management
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Use Toolip for iPhone to remotely operate your Toolip Home Control system from any place where you have an internet connection. View and control your video cameras, review recorded video, arm, disarm or inspect you security, control access to property or building. Receive push notifications when someone enters your property by the optional ground radar and see the assigned camera tracking targets. Operate your lights, create and modify light scenes, inspect and switch climate modes, run irrigation zones and change their timing. Toolip Home Control is an extremely user friendly system that can automatically keep your property safe and secure while saving considerable amounts of energy and water through unprecedented integration.
Home by Building 36
This app offers homeowners a smart way to manage their homes, optimizing energy usage and enhancing comfort. It connects users with professional installers for system maintenance, ensuring peak performance.
- Home system control
- Energy consumption optimization
- Maximize comfort
- Connect with installers
- System maintenance
- Remote access
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We provide homeowners a simple and elegant way to control their home. We provide a new level of intelligence to optimize energy consumption and maximize comfort. We connect homeowners and professional installers to better maintain the systems in a home ensuring maximum performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Toolip for iPhone at 5.0 against Home by Building 36's 3.3. Toolip for iPhone also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Home by Building 36's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Toolip for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home by Building 36 has 168 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Toolip for iPhone ships an update every 5 weeks, Home by Building 36 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toolip for iPhone | Home by Building 36 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.3 (168 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 31.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 364 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iDo Technology, Inc. | Building 36 Technologies |
Customer experience
Toolip for iPhone
Home by Building 36
Bugs and requests
Toolip for iPhone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Home by Building 36
Reported bugs
15 issues- iOS app not working with WiFi after December 2025 iOS update
- App won't open or launch
- Login failures on iPhone 16
- Temperature readings showing negative values (e.g., -5.5)
- App loses connection to thermostat
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- Settings don't sync between app and device
- Schedule times shift or change unexpectedly
- App requires reinstallation after each use
- WiFi reconnection extremely difficult
- Push notifications not working
- App crashes on startup
- Temperature changes take minutes to sync
- Changes require multiple re-entries
- App logs out unexpectedly
- Doorbell camera integration failures
Requested features
12 requests- Dark mode option
- Battery life indicator in app
- Ability to rename thermostats
- HomeKit integration support
- Google Home app compatibility
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- Desktop app version
- Reorder/sequence thermostats
- Schedule editing in app instead of website
- Better on/off status indicators
- Background app refresh option
- Save user credentials option
- In-app tutorial videos
In-app purchases
Toolip for iPhone
No in-app purchases
Home by Building 36
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Toolip for iPhone free?
Is Home by Building 36 free?
Which has better reviews, Toolip for iPhone or Home by Building 36?
Do Toolip for iPhone or Home by Building 36 have ads?
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