Comparison

Home + Security vs Grimzoo

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

Head to head
About

Home + Security

Monitor your home remotely with smart security devices. Receive instant alerts for visitors, break-ins, smoke, and carbon monoxide. Control cameras, doorbells, and alarms from your smartphone for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Remote doorbell answering
  • Intruder alerts with siren
  • Person/animal/vehicle detection
  • Smoke and CO detection alerts
  • Door and window break-in alerts
  • Smart indoor camera integration
Features
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Leave your home with peace of mind thanks to the Legrand-Netatmo-Bticino smart security solutions! Receive an alert on your smartphone when a visitor rings your doorbell, if there is a break-in attempt, and if smoke or carbon monoxide are detected. The notifications are smart so that you can act as quickly as possible when necessary, avoiding false alarms. Create an environment adapted to your needs, install the products yourself or ask a professional installer and access all their features from the Home + Security app, with no subscription fees or extra costs. SMART VIDEO DOORBELL Allows you to see who's at your door and answer it from wherever you are. SMART INTERNAL UNIT WITH ALEXA BUILT-IN Receive notification when someone is calling, answer the call and open the gate from wherever you are. SMART OUTDOOR CAMERA WITH SIREN Alerts you and deters intruders with its siren. SMART OUTDOOR CAMERA Lights up and alerts you as soon as a person, animal or vehicle enters your property. SMART INDOOR CAMERA Alerts you as soon as a stranger enters your home. SMART INDOOR SIREN Works with the Smart Indoor Camera - Triggers automatically and scares away intruders. SMART DOOR AND WINDOW SENSORS Works with the Smart Indoor Camera - Fitted on the doors and windows of your choice, they alert you in the event of a break-in attempt. SMART SMOKE ALARM Alerts you if there is a fire, no matter where you are. You can take action even when you're not at home. SMART CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM Alerts you if there is carbon monoxide in your home, no matter where you are. You can take action even when you are away.

About

Grimzoo

Features
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Grimzoo is your life's memory. You tell it what you lived through, and your AI clone gets to know you, memory after memory. CATCH IT WHILE IT'S THERE A thought, a moment, a fit of laughter: note it down in seconds from the Manor. Write it, speak it, add a photo or a fifteen-second clip. Even with no signal, your capture sends itself the moment the network is back — nothing is lost on the train. NEVER FACE A BLANK PAGE Three ways to write, depending on your mood. The Fireside: a guided conversation that draws the story out of you, then composes it back in your own words. Free writing. Or questions drawn from what you have already written. A question of the day is waiting every time you open the app. YOUR GRIMOIRE, SORTED ON ITS OWN Your Memories file themselves by life theme, by feeling, by year, by tag. Instant search finds a word; search by meaning finds the one you only half remember. And when it is the photo that shows it, the Memory surfaces anyway — the Grimoire then tells you the photo is why. THE ATLAS Your Memories land on a map. One pin per place, zoom all the way down to the town. The "Place" field even reads the town from your text, the way it already reads the date — and you can always correct it or clear it. THE WITNESS A memory is not yours alone. Ask someone close to you to fill it in: they answer from a plain link, with no account to create, and you choose whether to quote their words or fold them into your story. Nothing is written without you. TALK TO YOUR CLONE Ask it anything about your own life. It answers with your Memories, your voice, your way of telling a story — and tells you which ones it read. The more you write, the more it sounds like you. SHARE, IF YOU WANT TO Send a Memory with a plain link, or open part of your Grimoire to the people close to you — with your Clone, if they want to ask you things. Close it again whenever you like. YOUR MEMORIES ARE YOURS The content of every Memory is encrypted (AES-256) and hosted in Europe. Lock the app with Face ID. No trackers, no ads, nothing sold on. You can delete your account and everything in it from the app, in two taps. Grimzoo is free. Your Grimoire is waiting.

Screenshots

Home + Security4 screens
Grimzoo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Home + Security and Grimzoo are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home + Security ships an update every 4 weeks, Grimzoo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Home + Security versus Grimzoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome + SecurityGrimzoo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (379 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings379 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLegrand - Netatmo – BticinoPierre Haegeli

Bugs and requests

Home + Security

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when selecting camera type
  • Geolocation-based automation not working
  • Dropbox integration not functioning properly
  • Shortcuts integration broken after recent update
  • Delayed or missing motion notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to disable video call notifications
  • Improve notification scheduling and customization
  • Implement multi-camera management and filtering
  • Allow control of floodlight brightness and automation
  • Expose object detection to HomeKit for automations

Grimzoo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Home + Security

No in-app purchases

None

Grimzoo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home + Security free?
Home + Security is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grimzoo free?
Grimzoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home + Security or Grimzoo have ads?
Neither Home + Security nor Grimzoo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home + Security or Grimzoo?
Home + Security ships an update every 4 weeks, and Grimzoo fortnightly. Most recently, Home + Security was updated on October 18, 2026 and Grimzoo on October 4, 2026.

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