Comparison

iBridge vs Liz

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Home security management
  • Video camera monitoring
  • Home automation control
  • Real-time event notifications
  • SMS and MMS alerts
  • User and zone management
Features
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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.

About

Liz

Features
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Liz turns a spare tablet into an always-on display for someone with memory difficulty, and keeps their family in the loop from anywhere. The tablet sits on a kitchen counter or a bedside table, showing today's reminders in large, readable text and a rotating slideshow of the people who love them. There is nothing to unlock, nothing to open, and nothing to remember how to use. It is simply on. From your phone, you send the reminders and the photos. FOR THE PERSON USING THE TABLET • Today's reminders, in type large enough to read across a room • Tap one to check it off — that is the entire interface • A slideshow of family photos, each captioned with who is in it • An undo button, for when something gets checked off by mistake FOR THE FAMILY • Send a reminder from your phone - once, or repeating daily, weekly, monthly or yearly • Schedule one to appear at a particular time • Mark a reminder important so it stays at the top of the display • Add photos with a caption: who is in it, how they are related, where it was taken • Get a notification the moment a reminder is checked off • Find out if the tablet goes offline • Everyone caring for the same person shares one view, so nothing is doubled up SETTING IT UP Install Liz on a tablet, choose "Set up a Liz device", and share the four-digit code with your family. Anyone who enters it can help. Liz contains no advertising, no analytics, and no tracking of any kind.

Screenshots

iBridge3 screens
Liz3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: iBridge at 11.0 against Liz's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
iBridge versus Liz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBridgeLiz
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNAPCO Security TechnologiesJUSTIN ANDREW WACHEN

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

Liz

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iBridge

No in-app purchases

None

Liz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBridge free?
iBridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Liz free?
Liz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iBridge or Liz have ads?
Neither iBridge nor Liz shows ads.

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