Comparison

SimpliSafe Home Security App vs OnPlot

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

Head to head
About

SimpliSafe Home Security App

Control your home security system remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Arm or disarm your system, receive instant alerts, and view a detailed timeline of events. Live video streaming is also available with compatible cameras.

Highlights
  • Remote arm/disarm
  • Instant notifications
  • Event timeline
  • Live video streaming
  • System control
Features
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The SimpliSafe Home Security iPhone and iPad app lets you control your SimpliSafe security system from anywhere in the world. Arm and disarm the system, set instant notifications and keep track of everything in an up to the minute timeline. You can even watch and capture live video if you have a SimpliSafe camera.

About

OnPlot

This AI-powered planner helps you effortlessly organize your day. Simply speak or type your to-dos, and it intelligently creates tasks, schedules, reminders, and routines. View your entire day in a clear timeline and sync with your Apple Calendar.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted task creation
  • Natural language input (voice/text)
  • Daily timeline view
  • Apple Calendar integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Recurring routines
  • Customizable themes
Features
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OnPlot is an AI-assisted daily planner and scheduler designed to make organizing your day feel effortless. Speak or type what you need to do, and OnPlot helps turn it into organized tasks, scheduled activities, reminders, timers, and routines—all in one clear daily view. PLAN NATURALLY Tap “Tell me what you need to do” and speak naturally, or type instead. You can say something like: “Piano lesson at 5, finish my homework, and remind me to take out the trash in 20 minutes.” OnPlot can separate what you said into multiple activities, clean up titles, identify timing, and organize each item before you add it. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE See tasks and scheduled activities together in a simple timeline so you always know what’s coming next. Create and manage: • Tasks • Fixed and flexible scheduled activities • Timers and reminders • Important dates • Recurring routines CALENDAR Move between days or open the full calendar to see your plans across weeks and months. APPLE CALENDAR Connect Apple Calendar to bring scheduled activities into OnPlot and keep your plans together in one place. Tasks and reminders remain separate, helping keep your calendar clean. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Stay organized without opening the app. OnPlot widgets can help you: • Check off today’s tasks • See what’s coming next • Jump quickly into voice entry REMINDERS & TIMERS Get notified about scheduled activities, tasks, timers, reminders, and important dates so nothing important slips through the cracks. RECURRING ROUTINES Set activities to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or on selected days—great for classes, workouts, lessons, chores, and everyday routines. MAKE ONPLOT YOURS Choose between Light, Dark, and System appearance modes, then personalize the app with color themes including OnPlot, Sunrise, Midnight, Ocean, Cherry, Forest, and more. BUILT TO STAY SIMPLE OnPlot is designed to help you spend less time maintaining a productivity system and more time actually getting things done.

Screenshots

SimpliSafe Home Security App4 screens
OnPlot4 screens

Verdict

The call

SimpliSafe Home Security App and OnPlot both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of OnPlot's written reviews are positive against 24% of SimpliSafe Home Security App's. OnPlot also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). SimpliSafe Home Security App's advantage is ratings volume (323K vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OnPlot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpliSafe Home Security App has 323K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of SimpliSafe Home Security App's written reviews are positive against 100% of OnPlot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpliSafe Home Security App ships an update weekly, OnPlot every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SimpliSafe Home Security App versus OnPlot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpliSafe Home Security AppOnPlot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (323K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings323K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size436 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimpliSafe IncClara Ling

Customer experience

SimpliSafe Home Security App

All ratings323,233 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive23.9%
Neutral14.7%
Negative61.4%

OnPlot

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SimpliSafe Home Security App

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes and login issues
  • Sensors going offline or malfunctioning
  • Inconsistent camera performance and connectivity

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to delete camera recordings
  • Geofencing for automatic arming/disarming
  • Integration with Apple HomeKit and Google Home
  • Customizable sensor settings and zones

OnPlot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SimpliSafe Home Security App

No in-app purchases

None

OnPlot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpliSafe Home Security App free?
SimpliSafe Home Security App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OnPlot free?
OnPlot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SimpliSafe Home Security App or OnPlot?
OnPlot is rated higher. SimpliSafe Home Security App averages 4.8 out of 5 from 323K ratings, while OnPlot averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SimpliSafe Home Security App or OnPlot have ads?
Neither SimpliSafe Home Security App nor OnPlot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpliSafe Home Security App or OnPlot?
SimpliSafe Home Security App ships an update weekly, and OnPlot every 8 days. Most recently, SimpliSafe Home Security App was updated on October 24, 2026 and OnPlot on October 18, 2026.

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