Comparison

Garage Door Control vs Garadget

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

Head to head
About

Garage Door Control

Control your garage door remotely using your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Connect to compatible Bluetooth relay modules to open and close your garage with ease. Manage multiple doors, customize settings, and even use Siri voice commands.

Highlights
  • Open/close garage door via Bluetooth
  • Control multiple garage doors
  • Assign custom names to modules
  • Set signal duration and relay number
  • Apple Watch control
  • Siri voice commands via Shortcuts
Features
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With this app, you can easily open and close your garage door using your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. To use the app, you will need a garage door with an electric drive as well as a 2-channel relay module with Bluetooth BLE (“2 Channel Relay Module Bluetooth BLE”). This module is inexpensive and available in many online shops. Use an Internet search engine to find it. More information about the app and the relay module can be found on this website: garage-door-app.com The app can be connected to any number of modules. This way, you can equip several garage doors with a relay module each and conveniently control them all through a single app. By assigning an alias, each module can be clearly named and easily identified – for example: “Home garage,” “Workshop garage,” “Left garage door,” “Right garage door,” or “Parents’ garage.” The app also lets you set the signal duration and choose the relay number individually. For a double garage with two doors, both relays can be controlled separately. In this case, two buttons will appear: one for Door 1 and one for Door 2. The default password for these modules is “12345678.” For added security, you can change the password directly in the app. The password must be exactly eight digits long. With this app, you can also open and close your garage directly from the Apple Watch. The connection to the relay module only needs to be set up once via the iPhone. Afterwards, the control works directly from the Apple Watch, even without the iPhone. The Apple Watch app must be unlocked via a one-time in-app purchase. Additionally, you can create a Shortcut to open and close the garage. This allows you to control the door with Siri voice commands or via a shortcut on the Home Screen. The best way is to create two Shortcuts – for example, one named “Open garage” and one named “Close garage.” That way, you can use these exact commands with Siri. To use Shortcuts, you must either remove the ads or unlock the Apple Watch app – both are done with a one-time in-app purchase.

About

Garadget

Securely monitor and control your garage doors from anywhere using this smart WiFi controller. It offers peace of mind by allowing you to check your garage status remotely and grant access when needed.

Highlights
  • Remote garage door monitoring
  • Secure remote control
  • Peace of mind
  • Easy installation
  • Grant access remotely
Features
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Enjoy convenience and peace of mind by securely monitoring and controlling your garage doors from anywhere in the world with Garadget - easy-to-install open source WiFi smart garage door controller. Have you ever... - driven off forgetting your garage open or were unsure about it? - left your garage door open overnight by mistake? - found yourself without any way to enter your house? - needed to let somebody into your house when you were not there or were unable to get the door at that moment? Garadget addresses these and many other cases. To learn more and purchase the Garadget hardware please visit www.garadget.com

Screenshots

Garage Door Control4 screens
Garadget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garadget at none against Garage Door Control's 2. Garadget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). Garage Door Control's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Garage Door Control sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Garadget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Garage Door Control holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Garage Door Control's written reviews are positive against 50% of Garadget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Garage Door Control versus Garadget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarage Door ControlGaradget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (20 ratings) — better3.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews52.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVitalij SchaeferSoftcomplex, Inc.

Customer experience

Garage Door Control

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative38.1%

Garadget

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Garage Door Control

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$17.99
  • Unlock the Watch App$17.99
None

Garadget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Garage Door Control free?
Garage Door Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Garadget free?
Garadget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Garage Door Control or Garadget?
Garage Door Control is rated higher. Garage Door Control averages 3.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Garadget averages 3.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Garage Door Control or Garadget have ads?
Garage Door Control shows ads; Garadget does not.
Which is updated more often, Garage Door Control or Garadget?
Garage Door Control ships an update every 2 months, and Garadget every 2 months. Most recently, Garage Door Control was updated on October 26, 2026 and Garadget on October 24, 2026.

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