Top Garage Door Apps

These days there is an app for nearly everything. Speeding up communication, access to information, answers to questions, and opening your garage door are all represented in mobile web applications.

Opening, closing, and monitoring your garage door can now be done conveniently from your mobile device. Many of these apps allow you to manage your garage door using only local WiFi network or your home network.

Apps for the Android, Blackberry, and all Apple devices are continuing to grow in popularity and are becoming more and more diverse. Many of these apps even feature web applications that allow you to remotely access the controls through a web browser to see the status of your door or open and close it.

How do the Apps Work?

Typically, the garage door apps work in conjunction with a typical garage door opener through radio transmission connected to a router by way of Ethernet. This allows the device to exchange a signal with the garage door opener. This is essentially the same concept as a wireless remote controlled opener that transmits the frequency via receiver.

The difference is really such that the app communicates with your home router. Many of these apps also give you the benefit of being able to work from anywhere there is an internet connection. This means that you don’t have to be in close range to control your door.

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Popular Garage Door Apps

Here are some of the most widespread and popular garage door opener apps available online and through garage door carriers:

• Craftsman AssureLink- This app is free on Android and iPhone and allow you to monitor and control your garage door from any location. The whole setup costs upwards of $200.

• LiftMaster- Through an internet two-way radio communication system you can control your garage door, home gates, and even home lights. The system runs around $200 and up and the app is free on iPhone and Android devices.

• GD Mate- This system turns your Android into a garage door opener through a Bluetooth receiver connection to the overhead garage door opener. The app comes free with purchase of the receiver and installation is quick. This system has a lower price tag at $50 and is compatible with a number of garage doors.

• SecuRemote- This app works within the same range as a traditional garage door opener to manage your door. The SecuRemote device uses a Bluetooth to work with your existing opener system. The app is free on all 3 smartphone devices and you can also add other users to the system.

• MyDoorOpener- This iPhone app lets you securely open, close, and monitor your garage door remotely through your phone. The system works on a similar premise as others by connecting to your existing garage door opener and transmitting a signal via an ethernet board and your home network.

These garage door apps were designed for efficiency and security to offer remote control over your garage at all times. Whether you need to let in a delivery driver for a package or close the door you left open when you left the house, these garage door apps can come in very handy.

  Ben Vaughn

About the Guest Author:

Ben Vaughn contributes regular articles on garage door installation tips, mobile apps, and garage maintenance. He is borderline obsessed with garage structures.