Comparison

PostNL vs tado°

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

Head to head
About

PostNL

Track and send packages with ease. Get a complete overview of items in transit and find nearby service points. Activate My Mail for a view of incoming mail (Netherlands only). Receive real-time status updates via notifications and a home screen widget.

Highlights
  • Track packages
  • Send packages
  • Find PostNL points
  • My Mail overview
  • Status notifications
  • Home screen widget
  • Digital stamps
Features
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Easily track packages with the PostNL app Track and send your packages with the PostNL app. In the app, you always have a complete overview of everything on its way to you. Sending a package is also easy via the app. Looking for a PostNL point? You can easily find these in the app as well. Curious about which mail is on its way to you? Activate My Mail so you also have a complete overview of all your mail (note: only available in the Netherlands). This way, you always have us at hand! Always up-to-date If you enable notifications, we ensure that you are always informed of the latest status of your package. Also, install the PostNL widget on your home screen to always stay up-to-date. Sending something? Have the QR code from your account scanned and receive a shipping confirmation by email. Easily create a label via the app and have it printed at a PostNL point. Need a stamp? Buy a digital stamp and write it on the letter, convenient! Download the app and let us know what you think!

About

tado°

This app allows you to remotely control your home's heating, air conditioning, and heat pumps. It helps reduce energy consumption and costs through intuitive control and insights into your usage patterns.

Highlights
  • Remote heating and AC control
  • Energy usage insights
  • Energy-saving tips
  • Automated climate control
  • Matter and Thread compatibility
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Your home's energy at your fingertips. From anywhere, anytime. The tado° app isn't just for smart heating. It makes your whole home ready for intelligent energy management. Connect your tado° energy tariff. Keep your consumption and costs in view at any time. And with Smart Charging, your EV charges automatically when energy is cheapest. All in one app. SMART HEATING CORE FUNCTIONS • Remote control via app: Control your heating system anytime, from anywhere. • Smart Schedule: Easily set up custom heating schedules for each room. • Room Link: The smart integration between room thermostats and boiler makes your heating system more efficient. The boiler only runs when a room needs heat. And every room heats to its own target temperature. • Smart Home Integration: tado° is compatible with Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung SmartThings via Matter. • Easy DIY installation: The app provides custom step-by-step installation instructions tailored to your heating system. MORE WITH AI ASSIST Get even more smart features with AI Assist (subscription). Our AI learns your routines and room characteristics to boost comfort and efficiency. You can save up to 55%¹ more energy than with the free app. • Adaptive Heating: Learns the unique heating patterns for each of your rooms, optimising your energy consumption and enhancing your comfort, while you stay in control. • Geofencing: Using your phone’s location, tado° turns off the heating when no one’s home. • Preheat before arrival: With predictive AI, tado° will warm up your home again just before you get back. • Holiday Mode: Turns off your heating when you go on holiday and automatically switches it back on in time for your return. • Open Window Detection: tado° detects open windows without requiring additional sensors, automatically pausing your heating to avoid wasting energy. • Hydronic Balancing: Automatically manages water flow to ensure even heat distribution to all radiators. • Care & Protect: Monitors your heating system, notifies you if unusual heating behaviour is detected and helps you to solve issues with easy step-by-step guides. • Air Comfort: Helps you to achieve a healthier indoor climate, with insights and specific advice, e.g. when you should open the windows, or if a room is at risk of developing mould. • Automated Flow Temperature Optimization: Optimizes the maximum flow temperature of an OpenTherm boiler according to the outside temperature to save energy. • Climate Report: Visualizes the room temperature and heating activity for any of your rooms over time. • Energy IQ: See exactly how much energy you consume – broken down by room and month. Keep track of your costs at any time. ONE APP FOR YOUR HOME ENERGY From your smart thermostat to your energy tariff, heat pump and EV charging: tado° brings it all together. • Dynamic Tariff Integration: Connect your tado° energy tariff (available in Germany and Austria) or any other dynamic energy provider. • Smart Charging: Automatically charge your electric car when electricity prices are at their lowest. Set a ready-by time and tado° handles the rest. Included free with tado° Energy. Available as an in-app subscription for all others. • Balance for heat pumps: Your heat pump automatically runs when electricity is cheapest. tado° Balance maximizes efficiency by monitoring energy prices and outdoor temperatures. Available as an in-app subscription. ¹Up to 55% more savings is based on internal modelling comparing the use of tado° AI Assist vs the free tado° app. Actual savings depend on household characteristics, usage patterns and external factors.

Screenshots

PostNL4 screens
tado°4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PostNL at none against tado°'s 12. PostNL also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). tado°'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (43% vs 21%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. tado° sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PostNL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for PostNL against 4.5 for tado°. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 778 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of PostNL's written reviews are positive against 43% of tado°'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PostNL ships an update every 2 weeks, tado° weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PostNL versus tado°: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPostNLtado°
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.1K ratings)4.5 (778 ratings)
Positive reviews21.0% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better778
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPostNL Holding B.V.tado°

Customer experience

PostNL

All ratings2,108 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive21.0%
Neutral11.8%
Negative67.2%

tado°

All ratings778 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews780 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral13.7%
Negative43.3%

User reviews

PostNL

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient delivery
  • 👍 Helpful app
  • 👍 Good service

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Delivery issues
  • 🐛 Tracking problems
  • 🐛 Unreliable service
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 🌐 Lack of language options

tado°

From 778 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient heating control
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Easy to install and set up
  • 👍 Useful scheduling and automation features
  • 👍 Convenient remote control

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues
  • 🔋 Battery life problems with smart radiator valves
  • 👎 Overly aggressive upselling of subscription features
  • 👎 Unreliable open window detection
  • 👎 Lack of flexibility in temperature control

Bugs and requests

PostNL

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Account creation issues
  • Inaccurate tracking information
  • Notification problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add English language option
  • Improve delivery preferences
  • Provide more delivery updates

tado°

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App frequently crashes or becomes unresponsive
  • Syncing issues between app and hardware
  • Incorrect temperature readings from smart radiator valves
  • Inability to add/assign rooms in the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and apply scheduling templates
  • Improved Siri/HomeKit integration
  • Option to disable subscription upselling
  • More granular temperature control
  • Better battery life indicators

In-app purchases

None

PostNL

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

tado°

Subscriptions10
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist$3.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist1 Month trial$3.991 Month
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  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist6 Months trial$3.991 Month
  • Balance AC - Yearly Plan$29.991 Year
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist$29.991 Year
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist1 Year trial3 variants$29.991 Year
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Balance for Heat Pumps3 Months trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is PostNL free?
PostNL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tado° free?
tado° is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PostNL or tado°?
PostNL and tado° are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2.1K and 778 ratings respectively.
Do PostNL or tado° have ads?
PostNL shows ads; tado° does not.
Which is updated more often, PostNL or tado°?
PostNL ships an update every 2 weeks, and tado° weekly. Most recently, PostNL was updated on September 29, 2026 and tado° on September 28, 2026.

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