iBridge vs EverPresent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBridge
Manage your home security, video cameras, and automation remotely. Receive instant alerts for security events, including video clips, and control system users and zone descriptions.
- Home security management
- Video camera monitoring
- Home automation control
- Real-time event notifications
- SMS and MMS alerts
- User and zone management
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Napco’s state of the art mobile application used to manage home security, video cameras and home automation. Subscribers can now receive notifications on virtually any security system event through email alerts, SMS messaging or 10-second MMS video clips to their smart phone, configured and managed through this new version. Subscribers can also manage security system users, change zone descriptions and view Messenger system history events.
EverPresent
Easily view, organize, and share your digitized archives. Track project updates and collaborate with the team on your digitized memories. Sharing with loved ones is free and unlimited.
- View digitized archives
- Organize digital memories
- Share archives securely
- Track project updates
- Collaborate with team
- Supports photo, video, audio digitizing
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The EverPresent app provides a private, secure, user-friendly platform for our clients. You will be able to easily view, organize and share your digitized archives. The app will also provide updates on your projects while we work on them, and allow for easy collaboration with our team when working on nuanced projects. The app is free to use for updates during your project and for 60 days after your project completes. Long term storage plans are entirely optional, and very affordable. The EverPresent app is compatible with all smartphones and tablets. The app supports all of our digitizing services, including photo scanning, slide digitizing, video tape transfer, audio digitizing and more. Sharing with loved ones is free and unlimited, and can be done via password protected invitations to the app, via text, email, Facebook or Twitter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EverPresent at 3.6 against iBridge's 2.4. EverPresent also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 20%). iBridge's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 17) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EverPresent holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of iBridge's written reviews are positive against 62% of EverPresent's.
iBridge ships an update every 5 months, EverPresent every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBridge | EverPresent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (70 ratings) | 3.6 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAPCO Security Technologies | EverPresent |
Customer experience
iBridge
EverPresent
Bugs and requests
iBridge
Reported bugs
12 issues- Constantly switches orientation
- Never connects or won't connect quickly
- Forces manual alarm operation
- Defaults to Verizon carrier and cannot be changed
- Auto-login overrides settings
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- "Away" mode arms as "Stay"
- Unable to connect to security system
- App crashes with new iOS versions (historical)
- Climate control dropdown does not work
- Dropdown menu shows only one thermostat when multiple exist
- App turns off top line on iOS devices
- Z-wave bridge doesn't play nicely with other controllers
Requested features
13 requests- Incorporate features from Alarm.com
- Improve ease of use
- Allow access to phone contacts
- Fix carrier selection bug
- Add Face ID/Touch ID for login/disarm
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- Add portrait mode
- Add an exit button
- Improve zone list setup and display
- Add sunrise/sunset feature
- Auto-detect network connectivity
- Fix climate control dropdown issues
- Improve UI and design elements
- Make font black instead of light gray
EverPresent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iBridge
No in-app purchases
EverPresent
No in-app purchases
