HomeAlerts vs eighty32 SwitchBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
HomeAlerts
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Get reminded when you left a window open or when your espresso machine is ready to brew. Receive notifications in response to any events in your smart home. You can manage Alerts from all your devices and trigger notifications for these Alerts from HomeKit automations. Notifications for each Alert can be delivered to all your devices or only to specific ones. You can also set a delay when a triggered notification should be delivered.
eighty32 SwitchBox
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The show network, in your hand. SwitchBox turns your iPhone into the control surface for the show network. Discover and manage your Netgear and Cisco switches over plain SNMP ā see every port like the console, power-cycle a frozen AP with one tap, and let the Network Doctor give you a pre-show GO / NO-GO on PTP, multicast and PoE. NO SPECIAL HARDWARE Plug your iPhone into the show LAN with any off-the-shelf USB-C to Ethernet adapter ā or hop on the management Wi-Fi ā and you're managing switches in seconds. FIND & MANAGE ⢠Auto-discovers managed switches on the LAN ⢠Every port like the console ā link, speed, PoE, VLAN, labels ⢠One-tap PoE power-cycle, port shut/enable, and VLAN changes NETWORK DOCTOR A pre-show GO / NO-GO verdict that reads PTP, IGMP querier, multicast, errors and PoE ā then tells you what's wrong and how to fix it, in plain tech English. SEE THE WHOLE RIG ⢠PTP grandmaster and IGMP querier health ⢠LLDP topology map with your Dante / NDI devices ⢠Per-port utilization, error counters and SFP optic levels ⢠Pre-show snapshot with a shareable health report Built for AV, RF and broadcast techs who'd rather fix the network from the rack than crouch at a laptop. SwitchBox is part of the eighty32 family of field tools. SwitchBox Pro unlocks port control (enable/shut, PoE power-cycle, set VLAN), the full Network Doctor diagnosis, and health-report export ā a one-time purchase. SwitchBox talks only to the devices on your local network that you point it at. It collects no personal data: no analytics, no advertising, no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HomeAlerts at none against eighty32 SwitchBox's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. eighty32 SwitchBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HomeAlerts asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | HomeAlerts | eighty32 SwitchBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moritz Sternemann | Chris DeBrizzio |
In-app purchases
HomeAlerts
No in-app purchases
eighty32 SwitchBox
- SwitchBox Pro$29.99
Questions
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