tado° vs Urban Arrow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Urban Arrow
Keep your cargo bike secure and accessible with real-time location tracking and smart alerts. Monitor battery levels, receive theft notifications, and manage your bike's digital lock. Optional insurance integrations offer further peace of mind for your daily rides.
- Live location tracking
- Digital lock and motion sensor
- Theft alerts
- Battery and range overview
- Optional insurance integrations
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Your beloved Urban Arrow never out of sight with the Urban Arrow Connected app. With the Urban Arrow Connected app combined with the integrated Urban Arrow Connected GPS module, you'll always have complete control over your cargo bike. Thanks to the seamless connection via GPS, internet, and Bluetooth, you always know exactly where your Urban Arrow is. The integrated motion sensor keeps you constantly informed and sends an immediate alert if your bike moves unexpectedly. This way, your cargo bike is more secure than ever before. With Urban Arrow Connected, you not only enjoy ultimate theft protection but also various smart features that elevate your cycling experience. Download the Urban Arrow Connected app today and experience the ease and confidence of having full control over your Urban Arrow cargo bike. So you can enjoy daily rides with the kids, without any worries about the safety of your cargo bike. Key features of Urban Arrow Connected at a glance: Live location: View the real-time location of your cargo bike and know exactly where it is. Digital lock and motion sensor: Lock your bike digitally through the app and receive immediate notifications whenever something happens to your cargo bike thanks to the built-in motion sensor. Battery and range overview: Check the battery percentage and instantly see the remaining range per support module. Theft alert: Be instantly aware of a potential theft with our warning notifications. Extra benefits in combination with a Connected cargo bike insurance: Theft reporting: Easily report a theft through the app. Recovery service (optional): Activate the recovery service from your insurer. Pick-up and delivery service (optional): Use the pick-up and delivery service via your insurer. 24/7 roadside assistance (optional): 24/7 roadside assistance for emergencies via the app. Note: Urban Arrow Connected only works on the Urban Arrow Family and FamilyNext models with the integrated Urban Arrow Connected GPS module.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Urban Arrow at 5.0 against tado°'s 4.5. Urban Arrow also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12). tado°'s advantage is ratings volume (778 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. tado° sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Urban Arrow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Urban Arrow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tado° has 778 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
tado° ships an update weekly, Urban Arrow every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tado° | Urban Arrow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (778 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 778 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tado° | Urban Arrow |
Customer experience
tado°
Urban Arrow
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
Urban Arrow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
tado°
- 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
Urban Arrow
No in-app purchases









