Comparison

GZBtech vs Allarise

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

Head to head
About

GZBtech

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1. Smart Control: Illuminate Your World Instantly - Anytime, Anywhere. 2, Customizable Brightness and Color: Craft Your Perfect Ambiance with a Touch. 3. Preset Scenes: Transform Spaces with Magical One-Tap Lighting Scenarios. 4. Music Sync: Let Your Lights Dance to the Rhythm of Life. 5. Multi-Device Management: Your Entire Lighting Universe in One App. 6. Scheduled Timings: Automate Your Lighting, Personalize Your Comfort. 7. Family Sharing: Connect, Control, and Enjoy Smart Lighting Together. 8. Quick Connect: Seamless Integration into Your Smart Home Ecosystem.

About

Allarise

This app enhances your morning routine by integrating with smart home devices. Set reliable alarms that trigger custom actions like adjusting lights or scenes. It also offers wake-up challenges and calming sleep sounds for a personalized start and end to your day.

Highlights
  • Reliable alarm engine independent of ringer/mute
  • Home Assistant MQTT integration
  • Wake-up missions (math, shake, HA action)
  • Calming sleep sounds with timers
  • Customizable wallpaper packs
  • Morning weather forecast integration
Features
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Allarise turns your alarm into the starting point for a smarter morning routine. Wake up with simple, reliable alarms that connect with Home Assistant to adjust lights, scenes, devices, and routines so your home starts the day with you. Add wake-up missions when you need help waking up, wind down with calming sleep sounds, and enjoy a clean, ad-free experience without accounts or tracking. ALARM ENGINE - Allarise plays at the volume you set, independent of your ringer and mute switch. Alarms are designed to fire reliably when your phone is muted, on Do Not Disturb, or locked. - Set recurring schedules, customize snooze durations, and configure each alarm independently. - Free includes 2 alarms. Pro unlocks unlimited alarms. HOME ASSISTANT INTEGRATION - Turn your alarm into part of your smart home. - Allarise includes full two-way MQTT integration with Home Assistant, so your alarms can do more than just make noise. Your alarms can publish their status to Home Assistant, trigger automations, and expose controls you can use as part of your smart home routine. - Add buttons to alarms in Allarise to trigger Home Assistant automations directly from the app. Use them to control lights, scenes, devices, routines, and more from the same place you manage your alarms. - Home Assistant can also send commands back to Allarise. Create alarms, edit alarms, control sleep sounds, arm alarm zones, sync alarm status, and build deeper automations around your morning and bedtime routines. - Connect through your own self-hosted MQTT broker. A step-by-step setup guide and interactive MQTT Payload Builder are available at https://allarise.app to make setup easier. WAKE-UP MISSIONS - Make sure you are actually awake before dismissing your alarm. - Dismiss alarms by solving math problems, shaking your phone, or completing a Home Assistant action. Missions are configurable per alarm, - so you can choose the wake-up challenge that works best for you. SLEEP SOUNDS - Fall asleep to rain, ocean waves, white noise, and more. - Use lock screen controls, adjustable sleep timers, and fade-out transitions. Sleep sounds can also be controlled remotely from Home Assistant using MQTT too. - Pro unlocks custom imported alarm tones and sleep sounds. WALLPAPER PACKS - Customize the look of your alarm and home screens with curated wallpaper packs. Each pack includes light and dark variants designed to look great out of the box. - Unlock all wallpaper packs with Pro. MORNING WEATHER - See today's forecast when your alarm goes off, powered by Apple WeatherKit. - Weather cards can be enabled on up to two alarms. PRIVACY FIRST - No analytics. No ads. No Allarise account required. - Your alarm data stays on your device. MQTT credentials are stored securely in the iOS Keychain. - Allarise only communicates with the services needed for the features you choose to use, including Apple’s native services such as WeatherKit and the App Store, your own self-hosted MQTT broker if you enable Home Assistant integration, and the National Weather Service if you enable NWS alerts. - When NWS alerts are enabled, your location is included in the request to the National Weather Service so Allarise can retrieve alerts for your area. Your location is not stored by Allarise or sent to our servers. - Nothing is sent to us, ever. THE LEGAL STUFF Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://allarise.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://allarise.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

GZBtech4 screens
Allarise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GZBtech at none against Allarise's 2. GZBtech also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.1). Allarise's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 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. Allarise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GZBtech asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GZBtech ships an update every 17 months, Allarise every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GZBtech versus Allarise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGZBtechAllarise
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCUHOM INC.DOMORE TECH LLC

In-app purchases

None

GZBtech

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Allarise

Subscriptions1
  • HaWake Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • HaWake Pro - One Time Purchase$6.99

Questions

Is GZBtech free?
GZBtech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Allarise free?
Allarise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GZBtech or Allarise have ads?
Neither GZBtech nor Allarise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GZBtech or Allarise?
GZBtech ships an update every 17 months, and Allarise every 2 months. Most recently, GZBtech was updated on October 28, 2026 and Allarise on October 23, 2026.

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