FriedrichLink vs Identity Defender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FriedrichLink
Control your Friedrich Kuhl and WallMaster air conditioners remotely via your smartphone. Enjoy personalized comfort and energy savings with intelligent scheduling and voice command options.
- Remote smartphone programming
- Voice command control
- Intelligent scheduling
- Personalized comfort
- Energy savings
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Designed for Friedrich Kuhl and WallMaster Room Air Conditioners to effortlessly control your indoor environment. Remote smartphone programming, voice commands, and intelligent scheduling options ensure personalized comfort and energy savings.
Identity Defender
This app offers comprehensive identity protection by monitoring the dark web, credit activity, and public records for signs of theft. It helps reduce online exposure and provides alerts for suspicious activities, along with data removal tools and restoration support.
- Dark web monitoring
- Credit monitoring
- Data removal tools
- Identity alerts
- ID theft restoration support
- Neighborhood Watch alerts
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Identity Defender is an identity protection app from the makers of ExpressVPN. It helps you detect identity theft early with powerful identity monitoring, dark web monitoring, credit monitoring, and data removal tools designed to reduce exposure of your personal information online. Stay ahead of identity theft with real-time ID alerts, credit monitoring, and continuous monitoring of public records linked to your identity. Identity Defender helps you monitor your identity across the dark web, financial accounts, property records, court records, and more. With Identity Defender, you can: Receive identity alerts for suspicious activity linked to your personal details Monitor your credit score, activities, and access detailed credit reports Use dark web monitoring to check if your data appears on the dark web Find and remove personal information from data brokers Monitor home titles, vehicle titles, court records, and financial accounts for signs of fraud Get alerts for high-risk transactions and suspicious 401(k) activity Receive ID theft restoration support and insurance coverage up to $5M for eligible users Stay informed with Neighborhood Watch alerts for registered offenders nearby Identity Defender goes beyond basic identity monitoring. It helps you reduce your online exposure and protect what matters most. Previously available inside the ExpressVPN app, Identity Defender is now a dedicated app built specifically for identity protection, allowing faster improvements and expanded protection as threats evolve. Built by the ExpressVPN team, Identity Defender combines identity monitoring, credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and data removal into one powerful identity protection app. Important information An ExpressVPN account with an active VPN plan is required to use Identity Defender. Identity Defender is currently available to U.S. subscribers only. Terms of Service https://www.expressvpn.com/tos Privacy Policy https://www.expressvpn.com/privacy-policy-identity-defender
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FriedrichLink at none against Identity Defender's 1. FriedrichLink also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.7). Identity Defender's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 7%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Identity Defender sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $129.99 per year. FriedrichLink asks for nothing beyond the download.
FriedrichLink holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of FriedrichLink's written reviews are positive against 20% of Identity Defender's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FriedrichLink ships an update every 5 weeks, Identity Defender every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FriedrichLink | Identity Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (23 ratings) — better | 2.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.6% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rheem Manufacturing Company | Express VPN |
Customer experience
FriedrichLink
Identity Defender
Bugs and requests
FriedrichLink
Reported bugs
45 issues- Power button requires double press
- App reports inaccurate information due to sleep mode
- App crashes
- App takes a long time to turn off AC
- Forget changing thermostat
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- App crashes after making a change
- App spins and does nothing
- App says disconnected and won't reconnect after update
- Password field blocks '#' character
- App won't open
- Unit shows as disconnected
- App won't load
- App gets stuck loading
- Cannot put AC on schedule to turn off
- Cannot set fan level
- App hangs and nothing happens
- Error when setting schedule
- Cannot connect to WiFi
- Cannot add product to app
- Unable to login after reset/biometrics
- Login screen reverts after a few seconds
- App crashes on login
- Endless login loop
- App takes a minute to open and load ACs
- AC temperature not updated
- App spins when trying to turn on AC
- Displays wrong temperature
- Doesn't update settings
- Changing temperature takes 30 seconds or hangs
- App needs to be restarted every time it's opened
- Takes 10+ minutes to sync with AC units
- Wrong room temp and doesn't read weather
- Unable to open app due to login error
- App doesn't work after upgrade
- Cannot control AC at all after 3 days
- Cannot turn off AC
- Same error message as others stated
- Data in wrong format
- Previous app warning persists
- Slow responses
- Screen frequently sticks on spinning loading icon
- Cannot see temperature under finger when dragging
- Button stays greyed out when creating account
- Loading indicator freezes app
- Cannot connect to WiFi with ')' in name
Requested features
10 requests- Integrate Matter or HomeKit
- Add option to schedule turning off unit
- Improve app functionality and features
- Fix character restrictions in text fields
- Add option for unit to turn off after X hours
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- Make app work reliably
- Improve app design and user experience
- Allow control of AC remotely
- Fix scheduling function for Wallmaster
- Make app optimized for iPad
Identity Defender
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FriedrichLink
No in-app purchases
Identity Defender
- 12-Month Subscription$129.991 Year
Questions
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