Comparison

tado° vs GARDENA Bluetooth App

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

GARDENA Bluetooth App

This application provides full control over smart garden devices via Bluetooth. It guides users through setup, allows configuration of device settings, and offers scheduling assistance to maintain gardens. Control is accessible within a 10-meter range.

Highlights
  • Full device setup on mobile
  • View and change device settings
  • Guided setup with EasyConfig
  • Scheduling assistant for garden maintenance
  • Control devices within 10m range
  • Enable rain pause for water controllers
Features
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GARDENA Bluetooth® App, manage your GARDENA Bluetooth® products The official GARDENA Bluetooth® app allows you to take full control of your GARDENA Bluetooth® products. Configure and install * Have the complete device setup on your mobile device. * View and change settings for your devices, change your mowers pin code, enable rain pause for your water controller to save water, and much more. Status and control * Pick up your smartphone, open the GARDENA Bluetooth® App, and you’ll be ready to go. * EasyConfig enables an easy and guided setup and provides step-by-step guidance for setting up and configuring your Bluetooth® devices. * The GARDENA Bluetooth® App helps you with a scheduling assistant to keep your garden just right. * EasyApp Control enables you to control your garden in the app with a distance of 10 m. Gardena GmbH Hans-Lorenser-Straße 40 89079 Ulm Germany Telefon: +49 (0) 7 31 4 90 - 123 Fax: +49 (0) 7 31 4 90 – 219 E-Mail: service@gardena.com Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Glen Instone Managing Director: Joachim Müller, Sarah Dürr Company headquarters: Ulm / Registergericht: HRB Ulm 721339 USt-IdNr.: DE 225 547 309 The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution, which you can find here: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. GARDENA does not take part in dispute settlement proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Screenshots

tado°4 screens
GARDENA Bluetooth App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GARDENA Bluetooth App at 78% against tado°'s 43%. GARDENA Bluetooth App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). tado°'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. GARDENA Bluetooth App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tado° holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tado° has 779 ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of tado°'s written reviews are positive against 78% of GARDENA Bluetooth App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tado° ships an update weekly, GARDENA Bluetooth App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
tado° versus GARDENA Bluetooth App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertado°GARDENA Bluetooth App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (779 ratings) — better4.3 (105 ratings)
Positive reviews42.7% of reviews78.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings779 — better105
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB1.6 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developertado°GARDENA

Customer experience

tado°

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

GARDENA Bluetooth App

All ratings105 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews511 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative16.2%

User reviews

tado°

From 779 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

GARDENA Bluetooth App

From 105 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
  • 🚀 Convenient remote control
  • 💡 Helpful for managing lawn care
  • 🤖 Works well with Gardena robots

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🔒 Limited remote access
  • 🔋 Bluetooth range concerns
  • 📚 Unclear instructions

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

GARDENA Bluetooth App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Failure to recognize devices after updates
  • Inability to change certain settings
  • Inconsistent sensor data display
  • App crashes and connection failures

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to delete schedules
  • Improved weather integration
  • Remote restart and control options
  • Detailed activity history and reporting

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

GARDENA Bluetooth App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tado° free?
tado° is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GARDENA Bluetooth App free?
GARDENA Bluetooth App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, tado° or GARDENA Bluetooth App?
tado° is rated higher. tado° averages 4.5 out of 5 from 779 ratings, while GARDENA Bluetooth App averages 4.3 from 105 ratings.
Do tado° or GARDENA Bluetooth App have ads?
Neither tado° nor GARDENA Bluetooth App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tado° or GARDENA Bluetooth App?
tado° ships an update weekly, and GARDENA Bluetooth App every 3 weeks. Most recently, tado° was updated on October 21, 2026 and GARDENA Bluetooth App on October 20, 2026.

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