iDor Mobile vs Hercules CyclePay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iDor Mobile
See and speak with visitors at your door from your iPhone or iPad, whether you're home or away. Receive instant alerts when someone rings, and control access remotely. Compatible with most video intercom systems.
- See visitors at your door
- Communicate with visitors
- Remote door access control
- Multiple camera view switching
- Elevator call functionality
- Works on 3G/4G/LTE networks
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The doorbell rings, but you’re not expecting visitors. With the iDor Mobile™ app, you can immediately see who’s at your door. Using your iPhone or iPad, you can now communicate with your visitors from your home or remotely on a 3G/4G/LTE network. • When someone rings your doorbell or presses the call button, an image automatically appears on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple Watch. You can now talk directly with your visitor and decide if you want to open the door. • If you have multiple cameras installed, you can also switch between interior and exterior views of your home. You can use a soft button to call up the elevator to your floor or even your apartment. As long as you are within the wireless range of your home or are accessing a 3G/4G/LTE network, iDor Mobile is always ready for you — it’s the most useful innovation since the invention of the doorbell! All you need to control the iDor Mobile app is the controller, an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch with Version 11 and up, a Siedle or iDor Mobile video intercom system, and a wireless or 3G/4G/LTE connection. Is your intercom system older? No problem — iDor Mobile is compatible with most video intercom systems
Hercules CyclePay
Easily start washing machine and dryer cycles using your phone at participating laundry locations. Send service requests directly through the app for any issues encountered.
- Start washer and dryer cycles
- Phone-based cycle activation
- Send service requests
- Real-time machine status (select locations)
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IMPORTANT: ONLY WORKS IN HERCULES LAUNDRY LOCATIONS. LOOK FOR SIGNAGE. You can easily start cycles on washers and dryers in your laundry room with your phone. You can also send service requests if needed. * Real-time machine status only at select locations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hercules CyclePay at 4.3 against iDor Mobile's 2.2. Hercules CyclePay also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 101). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Hercules CyclePay holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hercules CyclePay has 2.3K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of iDor Mobile's written reviews are positive against 41% of Hercules CyclePay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iDor Mobile | Hercules CyclePay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (101 ratings) | 4.3 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better | 41.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 101 | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iDor Mobile LLC | Hercules Corp |
Customer experience
iDor Mobile
Hercules CyclePay
User reviews
iDor Mobile
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Video is very clear
- 👍 Can see who's at the gate
- 👍 Calls phone when not home
- 👍 Works remotely
- 👍 Reliable solution
Room to improve
- 🐛 Login failures
- 🐛 Notifications are silent
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Leaves users locked out
- 🐛 Cameras blacked out
Hercules CyclePay
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient app
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Useful features like notifications
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable machine status
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 💰 Overcharging issues
- 🤖 Buggy and glitchy
Bugs and requests
iDor Mobile
Reported bugs
55 issues- Login failures
- Notifications not working
- App crashes
- App offline
- App not connecting
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- App not working
- App sync issues
- Cameras blacked out
- Gate open buttons missing
- App constantly offline
- Missed deliveries
- Silent pop-ups
- App crashes when opening
- Unnoticeable chime/vibration
- Not intuitive to let people in
- Crashes on WiFi
- Hard to use design
- Poorly thought out app
- Never works
- Never connects to allow entry
- Only works as a security camera
- Always down, locked out
- Never worked as advertised
- Controls never work
- Bugs out after notification
- No customer service number
- Horribly designed
- Full of bugs
- Poor design choices
- Terrible app
- Doesn't notify
- Update removed settings
- Cannot hear buzzer remotely
- Cannot answer intercom remotely
- Cannot call elevator remotely
- App stopped working
- Blank screen on open
- Notification issues
- Terrible user experience
- Bugs out after notification
- Only allows door opening when ringing
- Very short window to open door
- Kills phone battery life
- Routinely crashes
- Blank offline screen
- Randomly ceased functioning
- Doesn't ring when someone buzzes
- No camera feed
- Outdated UI
- App shuts down quickly
- Does nothing when trying to call
- SIP issues
- Crashes after a few moments
- Newest update removed ability to answer/open door
- Cannot see camera feed
Requested features
19 requests- Update the app
- Include sound and vibration options for notifications
- Move controls to the home screen
- Provide feedback when a button is tapped
- Update visuals and layout
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- Improve user experience
- Allow multiple alert options
- Set up alerts that keep vibrating or ringing
- Debug the app
- Fix the app
- Add more recent updates
- Make volume louder
- Provide options for alert sounds
- Make doorbell alerts more noticeable
- Add dark mode option
- Improve notification delivery
- Fix SIP issues
- Add ability to answer and open door
- Restore camera feed functionality
Hercules CyclePay
Reported bugs
4 issues- Machines not connecting to app
- Incorrect cycle time reporting
- Charges without starting machines
- Frequent app crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Allow manual time input for dryers
- Improve machine status visibility
- Implement remote machine control
- Save payment information
In-app purchases
iDor Mobile
No in-app purchases
Hercules CyclePay
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iDor Mobile free?
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