Comparison

SB Smart Lock App vs PingRoom

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

Head to head
About

SB Smart Lock App

Features
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Step into the world of intelligent security with the SB IoT control app. Designed for simplicity and convenience, our app is your single point of control for all SB security devices - from smart locks to alarms and everything in between. Seamless Integration: The SB IoT control app integrates perfectly with all SB devices, providing a unified, user-friendly interface. Setup is quick and simple - just connect your devices to the app and start controlling them right from your smartphone. Intelligent Security: Our app provides real-time updates about your smart devices, ensuring your home or office's safety is never compromised. Be it an intruder alert from your smart lock or a smoke signal from your alarm, you'll always stay informed. Smart Controls: Whether you're at home or away, controlling your devices is just a tap away. You can lock/unlock your doors, arm/disarm your security alarms, and much more directly from the app. Scheduled controls and automation further enhance your convenience and safety. User Management: Granting access to your family, friends, or staff is a breeze with our app. Create and manage multiple user profiles, decide who gets access to what, and when, for enhanced security. The SB IoT control app is more than just an app; it's a smart ecosystem for your SB security devices, ensuring you peace of mind knowing your premises are secure. Install now and experience the future of intelligent security.

About

PingRoom

Instantly notify groups with a single tap. Create custom rooms for family, friends, or teams, and communicate urgent updates or quick questions without endless group chats. Automate pings based on location or schedule for seamless coordination.

Highlights
  • One-tap instant alerts
  • Customizable rooms and pings
  • Lock Screen quick replies
  • Automated pings (location, schedule, webhooks)
  • Room organization with folders
  • Personal Room for direct contact
Features
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Send group alerts in one tap. Share an update, ask a question or request confirmation from family, friends and teams. “Home safe.” “Dinner’s ready.” “Can someone cover this shift?” Create a room, invite your people and send a Ping when they need to know. GET AN ANSWER Ask a Question with two to four options. Members can answer from the Lock Screen or the room. The first response decides, and everyone sees the result. Request confirmation from one person or everyone, in private or public rooms. See who confirms or dismisses; dismissals are saved separately and do not count as confirmations. Choose urgent delivery when timing matters. MAKE EVERYDAY UPDATES QUICK Save Quick Pings with text, emoji, sound, color and links, or use just an emoji. Attach a place, or set a Quick Ping to ask for a link or location when tapped. Pro adds photo and file inputs. Pro room owners can add pages for up to 16 Quick Pings. Use private, public or Personal rooms. Organize rooms in folders, start with templates, and share a folder with one link so others can preview and join its rooms. Explore without signing in. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES Share status, steps, progress, metrics, countdowns, decisions and matchups. Preview updates before sharing, then follow them in the room, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. FIND ROOMS NEARBY Find public rooms on the map and browse their updates before joining. Public room owners can add a place to help people find them. ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES Send and receive Pings, answer Questions and confirm Pings on Apple Watch. Use Quick Pings in the interactive Smart Stack widget. Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets or a Control Center control. Connect Siri, Shortcuts, NFC tags and personal automations. YOUR PERSONAL ROOM Share your Personal Room link or QR so people can reach you without your phone number. Choose who can Ping you and add private notes to connections. Pro adds insights and custom QR designs. CONNECT APPS AND AI Let apps and AI agents Ping you, ask a Question or request a decision, then continue after your answer. Choose which rooms they can access, view their activity and revoke access when needed. PingRoom AI output is labeled AI-generated. Before the first transfer, you choose which model provider may receive agent data. You can report unsafe output in the app. FREE TO START Create up to five rooms, join up to 20 and keep your latest 100 Pings for free. No credit card required. PingRoom Pro adds unlimited rooms and joins, place and scheduled triggers, incoming and outgoing webhooks, photo and file attachments, extra Quick Ping pages, password-protected rooms, external-channel forwarding, unlimited history, Personal Room insights and custom QR designs. PingRoom Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current billing period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://pingroom.io/terms Privacy: https://pingroom.io/privacy

Screenshots

SB Smart Lock App3 screens
PingRoom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SB Smart Lock App at none against PingRoom's 2. SB Smart Lock App also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PingRoom's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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. PingRoom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SB Smart Lock App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SB Smart Lock App ships an update every 2 months, PingRoom every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SB Smart Lock App versus PingRoom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSB Smart Lock AppPingRoom
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB225 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDESI ALARM VE GUVENLIK SISTEMLERI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETIMindzone Technologies L.L.C

In-app purchases

None

SB Smart Lock App

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PingRoom

Subscriptions2
  • PingRoom Pro — Monthly$9.991 Month
  • PingRoom Pro — Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is SB Smart Lock App free?
SB Smart Lock App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PingRoom free?
PingRoom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SB Smart Lock App or PingRoom have ads?
Neither SB Smart Lock App nor PingRoom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SB Smart Lock App or PingRoom?
SB Smart Lock App ships an update every 2 months, and PingRoom every 10 days. Most recently, SB Smart Lock App was updated on October 4, 2026 and PingRoom on October 21, 2026.

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