Platypush vs ShockAlarm
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Platypush
This app provides an easy way to access your Platypush (https://platypush.tech) devices and instances. The app scans for Platypush web services running on your network and offers a way to control integrations (lights, switches, music and media library and playback, cameras etc.) through the responsive web interface provided by the services. Features: * Automatic scan of devices on your network through Zeroconf/Bonjour. * Manual connection to devices not found on your network. Changelog: https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush-app/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
ShockAlarm
ShockAlarm is a powerful tool for controlling your Shockers via OpenShock. It allows you to fully manage your shockers, logs, shares, hubs, and share links. There is advanced functionaity like controling multiple shockers at the same time and specifying a random interval for intensity, duration and a delay (if you're into that). It's fully material you themed just like the standard Android apps you're already used to and provides a responsive ui with a nice design. Furthermore it fixes some layout flaws of the official OpenShock Frontend like having shared and own shockers in seperate tabs (which is annoying). On top it also has lots of info buttons you can press to get more insight on what something does. This app uses https://openshock.app/ by default but self hosted instances can be used as well.
| Feature | Platypush | ShockAlarm |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityMedia PlayerDev ToolsMessagingVideoBrowser | ProductivityMedia PlayerMessagingVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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