Comparison

BLE Door 4 vs Garage Door Control

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

Head to head
About

BLE Door 4

Control residential garage door openers, sliding gate operators, and swing gate motors using your iPhone or iPad. This app leverages Bluetooth 4.0 BLE technology to enable remote opening, closing, and stopping actions.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth 4.0 BLE connectivity
  • Control garage door openers
  • Operate sliding gate operators
  • Manage swing gate motors
  • Open, close, and stop actions
  • iPhone and iPad compatible
Features
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bluetooth 4.0 BLE Door. Iphone Bluetooth Receiver Usage: Connecting the Bluetooth receiver module with Iphone or Ipad bluetooth protocol, through application to control the residential garage door openers, sliding gate operators and swing gate motors’ openning, closing and stopping action.

About

Garage Door Control

Control your garage door remotely using your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Connect to compatible Bluetooth relay modules to open and close your garage with ease. Manage multiple doors, customize settings, and even use Siri voice commands.

Highlights
  • Open/close garage door via Bluetooth
  • Control multiple garage doors
  • Assign custom names to modules
  • Set signal duration and relay number
  • Apple Watch control
  • Siri voice commands via Shortcuts
Features
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With this app, you can easily open and close your garage door using your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. To use the app, you will need a garage door with an electric drive as well as a 2-channel relay module with Bluetooth BLE (“2 Channel Relay Module Bluetooth BLE”). This module is inexpensive and available in many online shops. Use an Internet search engine to find it. More information about the app and the relay module can be found on this website: garage-door-app.com The app can be connected to any number of modules. This way, you can equip several garage doors with a relay module each and conveniently control them all through a single app. By assigning an alias, each module can be clearly named and easily identified – for example: “Home garage,” “Workshop garage,” “Left garage door,” “Right garage door,” or “Parents’ garage.” The app also lets you set the signal duration and choose the relay number individually. For a double garage with two doors, both relays can be controlled separately. In this case, two buttons will appear: one for Door 1 and one for Door 2. The default password for these modules is “12345678.” For added security, you can change the password directly in the app. The password must be exactly eight digits long. With this app, you can also open and close your garage directly from the Apple Watch. The connection to the relay module only needs to be set up once via the iPhone. Afterwards, the control works directly from the Apple Watch, even without the iPhone. The Apple Watch app must be unlocked via a one-time in-app purchase. Additionally, you can create a Shortcut to open and close the garage. This allows you to control the door with Siri voice commands or via a shortcut on the Home Screen. The best way is to create two Shortcuts – for example, one named “Open garage” and one named “Close garage.” That way, you can use these exact commands with Siri. To use Shortcuts, you must either remove the ads or unlock the Apple Watch app – both are done with a one-time in-app purchase.

Screenshots

BLE Door 41 screens
Garage Door Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BLE Door 4 at 5.0 against Garage Door Control's 3.9. BLE Door 4 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Garage Door Control's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price 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. Garage Door Control sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. BLE Door 4 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLE Door 4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garage Door Control has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of BLE Door 4's written reviews are positive against 52% of Garage Door Control's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLE Door 4 ships an update every 7 months, Garage Door Control every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
BLE Door 4 versus Garage Door Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLE Door 4Garage Door Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews — better52.4% of reviews
Number of ratings120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer衍顺 王Vitalij Schaefer

Customer experience

BLE Door 4

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative32.3%

Garage Door Control

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative38.1%

In-app purchases

None

BLE Door 4

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Garage Door Control

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$17.99
  • Unlock the Watch App$17.99

Questions

Is BLE Door 4 free?
BLE Door 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Garage Door Control free?
Garage Door Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BLE Door 4 or Garage Door Control?
BLE Door 4 is rated higher. BLE Door 4 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Garage Door Control averages 3.9 from 20 ratings.
Do BLE Door 4 or Garage Door Control have ads?
Garage Door Control shows ads; BLE Door 4 does not.
Which is updated more often, BLE Door 4 or Garage Door Control?
BLE Door 4 ships an update every 7 months, and Garage Door Control every 2 months. Most recently, BLE Door 4 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Garage Door Control on November 1, 2026.

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