FTD Mercury Mobile Plus vs Altec Smart Security System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus
Manage orders, deliveries, and payments on the go. Track delivery routes, capture signatures and photos, and view real-time order status. Requires FTD Mercury X6 or later and Mercury Delivery.
- Mobile Dashboard for orders, tickets, and charges
- Delivery Snapshot with current order status
- Delivery Routes with turn-by-turn directions
- Delivery Confirmations
- Signature and Photo Capture
- Wireless Dashboard Messages
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FTD Mercury Mobile Plus includes time-saving features such as: • Mobile Dashboard: Keep track of what’s going on with orders, tickets, and credit card charges. • Delivery Snapshot: Keep track of your deliveries for the day, including the current order status. • Delivery Routes: See routes, stops, and orders and mark them delivered. • Map and Directions: View a map of the current truck and recipient locations, plus get turn-by-turn directions. • Delivery Confirmations: Mark orders delivered from your phone. • Dashboard Messages: Get your Dashboard messages delivered wirelessly. • Delivery Signature Capture and Photo Capture from Phone. Note: You must be using FTD Mercury X6 Fall or later and Mercury Delivery to use FTD Mercury Mobile Plus with Delivery Routing and new signature and photo capture
Altec Smart Security System
Monitor your home remotely with live video IP cameras and receive instant alerts for motion or sound detection. Control smart home devices using voice commands through integrated speakers.
- Remote camera monitoring
- Motion and sound alerts
- Voice-controlled smart home
- Live video streaming
- 24/7 home surveillance
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The Altec Smart Security System app allows you to easily connect and control your Live Video IP Cameras via any mobile device from anywhere and to setup your Live Voice Speakers to control your smart home with your voice. With the Altec Smart Security System app, you can see what is going on in your home 27/7. Get automatic alerts from your Live Video IP Cameras on motion and sound detection events. The Speakers section is the entry point for the quick start guide and user manual for your Live Voice Speakers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FTD Mercury Mobile Plus at 3.0 against Altec Smart Security System's 1.7. FTD Mercury Mobile Plus also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 8%). Altec Smart Security System's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 11) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). 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.
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altec Smart Security System has 59 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of FTD Mercury Mobile Plus's written reviews are positive against 8% of Altec Smart Security System's.
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, Altec Smart Security System every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FTD Mercury Mobile Plus | Altec Smart Security System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (11 ratings) — better | 1.7 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FTD, Inc. | Sakar international inc., |
Customer experience
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus
Altec Smart Security System
In-app purchases
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus
No in-app purchases
Altec Smart Security System
No in-app purchases
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