Ajax Security System 4+

Unusable Apple Watch app. Hard to use on iphone

Let me say first that I do like Ajax product for its reliability (battery and SIM card for hub), variety of sensors, ease of installation and price.

However the apps for phone and especially watch are written with utter disregard for usability. Cryptic error messages, very small font, very bad icons (a circle with a small opening, grey on white - impossible to see on small screen or without reading glasses). No explanation what night mode is. Errors when one locks (or unlocks) twice.
A font used is hard to read on My large Xr.

Apple Watch app is most problematic. It seem to require a phone nearby. I often go outside with watch on my hand and my main phone at home, while I approach the door, my watch senses wifi from inside and my phone too, still, it blinks
“Connecting..” message and cannot unlock. I had to resort to calling my girlfriend to unlock, or a remote control :)

And the watch app does require “hard press” on screen, which is totally non-intuitive. Also, it does not confirm locking and unlocking action by distinct text or sound - only that “broken” circle.

There are standard icons for On and Off status, or Locked/Unlocked. Why reinvent the wheel?

Developer Response ,

Good day!
Thank you for your interest in Ajax Systems!
Night mode is a mode that you can use to arm your perimeter and stay inside the house without any alarm triggers. More about Night Mode in the article: https://support.ajax.systems/en/what-is-night-mode/
"Hello!

The app on Apple Watch does not receive the information about the system state if the application on the smartphone was dumped off from the memory of the phone (when you swipe away the app in the task manager), thereby currently to properly transfer the states to the app on Apple Watch you should not dump off the app from the memory of the iPhone, leaving the app running in background.

At the moment, the timing of the implementation of a separate application for the Apple Watch is still unknown.

If you have any other problem with the application on Apple Watch - please contact our technical support

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Thanks for the app

For now everything is stable. It would be great to have a control for turning security on/off with watch

Missing Important Feature

I’ll start by saying that the app is overall good and has a nice UI.

That said, it simply is unacceptable that an app that needs to interact with alarm systems does not have yet iOS widgets to interact with said alarms.

Also, the geofencing feature (which could be a game changer) seems to me a bit primitive since it apparently doesn’t interact with iOS maps API and requires a constant location permissions, which seems excessive and an issue on battery life. Also, last time I checked the geofence wouldn’t be able to devise whether some else was still in the house. Hence the automation would not be functional at all. Instead I would suggest a higher level of integration with Apple HomeKit and iOS to solve many of the above issue.

And to reiterate, widgets were already a must in 2023…

Developer Response ,

Hello,
Thank you for the feedback, we greatly appreciate it!
Your suggestion for improvement will be forwarded to our RnD team.