Comparison

tado° vs SmartAlarm+2

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

Head to head
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.

About

SmartAlarm+2

This app integrates CCTV and intrusion detection for comprehensive home or business security. Remotely view camera feeds, arm/disarm your system, and control various smart devices like gates, lights, and locks. Receive instant voice notifications for alarms and events, with secure cloud management.

Highlights
  • View multiple IP camera streams
  • Arm and disarm security system
  • Voice push notifications for alarms
  • Control gates, lights, doors, sprinklers
  • System status monitoring
  • Unlock with Face ID or fingerprint
Features
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The SmartAlarm+2 combines CCTV and Intrusion systems in one app, providing a total security solution for your home or business. SmartAlarm+2 allows you to: • View multiple streams of IP Cameras from Hikvision • Arm and disarm your security system • Receive voice push notifications in case of alarms and events • View the system status • Control up to 30 devices including: - Opening and closing your gates - Turning your lights on and off - Locking and unlocking your doors - Turning your sprinklers on and off • Notifications when your system is armed or disarmed • Get your system to tell you who has armed the system • Unlock the app by Face ID or fingerprint • And much more! These features can quickly and easily be setup and managed through the cloud, enabling you to rapidly benefit from controlling your security and CCTV systems from one app, anytime, anywhere using a secure connection. The system is further supported by 24/7 monitoring and alarm response by the Banham Alarm Receiving Centre.

Screenshots

tado°4 screens
SmartAlarm+24 screens

Verdict

The call

tado° and SmartAlarm+2 both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 43% of tado°'s written reviews are positive against 0% of SmartAlarm+2's. tado° also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (779 vs 22). SmartAlarm+2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads 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. SmartAlarm+2 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 tado° against 4.6 for SmartAlarm+2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tado° has 779 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of tado°'s written reviews are positive against 0% of SmartAlarm+2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tado° ships an update weekly, SmartAlarm+2 every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
tado° versus SmartAlarm+2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertado°SmartAlarm+2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (779 ratings)4.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings779 — better22
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB271 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertado°Pyronix Ltd.

Customer experience

tado°

All ratings779 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews785 reviews
Positive42.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative43.7%

SmartAlarm+2

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

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

SmartAlarm+2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

SmartAlarm+2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tado° free?
tado° is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartAlarm+2 free?
SmartAlarm+2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, tado° or SmartAlarm+2?
SmartAlarm+2 is rated higher. tado° averages 4.5 out of 5 from 779 ratings, while SmartAlarm+2 averages 4.6 from 22 ratings.
Do tado° or SmartAlarm+2 have ads?
Neither tado° nor SmartAlarm+2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tado° or SmartAlarm+2?
tado° ships an update weekly, and SmartAlarm+2 every 8 months. Most recently, tado° was updated on October 21, 2026 and SmartAlarm+2 on October 21, 2026.

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