Google Admin vs Smart Sentry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Admin
Manage your Google Workspace and other Google services from your mobile device. Add and manage users and groups, access support, and review audit logs for your organization. Ideal for super admins on the go.
- User management
- Group management
- Password reset
- Audit log review
- Contact support
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Google Admin lets you manage your account for Google Workspace and other Google services, on-the-go. Add and manage users and groups, contact support, and view audit logs for your organization. FOR WHOM? - This app is for super admins who use the Admin Console to manage Google Workspace or other Google services for their organization. It provides the following features: • User Management - Reset passwords and add, edit, suspend, delete, and restore users • Group Management - Add, edit, or delete groups, and view and add group members. Email, chat, and schedule meetings with group members directly from the app. • Audit Logs - Review logs
Smart Sentry
This app transforms your existing security camera system into a proactive monitoring solution using AI-powered video analytics. Receive real-time alerts, manage their status, and view live camera feeds directly from your mobile device.
- Real-time security alerts
- Alert status management
- Review closed alerts
- Live camera view
- Arm/Disarm cameras
- Notification control
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Sentry AI is the global leader of AI-powered video analytics solutions for physical security and public safety. Sentry AI connects with your legacy security camera system and transforms it into a proactive monitoring system. Smart Sentry AI App is an application for Mobile users (System owner, manager, on duty roaming guard) to receive real-time alerts on your phone and interact with Sentry AI Smart Surveillance Platform. What you can do with the Smart Sentry AI app: - Receive real-time alerts from your Sentry AI account with details: time, location, status, log. - Update alerts status: Accept, add a note, feedback, and close alerts. - Review recently closed alerts. - Manage your account login, changing password. - Mute/Unmute app notifications. - Live View - Arm / Disarm Cameras
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Sentry at 4.0 against Google Admin's 1.7. Smart Sentry also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). Google Admin's advantage is ratings volume (486 vs 3) and review sentiment (9% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart Sentry holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Admin has 486 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of Google Admin's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Sentry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Google Admin ships an update every 8 months, Smart Sentry every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Admin | Smart Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (486 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 486 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart Home Sentry, Inc | |
Customer experience
Google Admin
Smart Sentry
Bugs and requests
Google Admin
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch, even after reinstalls
- User status not showing correctly
- Sign-in loop, unable to log in
Requested features
3 requests- Add more admin features like the web version
- Allow managing devices, groups, and policies
- Improve UI and add more functionality
Smart Sentry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Admin
No in-app purchases
Smart Sentry
No in-app purchases
Questions
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