# ipFob

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id307826749](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id307826749)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id307826749`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alula Holdings, LLC
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (352 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.32.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-11
- **First published:** 2009-03-27
- **Size:** 273 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ipfob/id307826749)
- **Website:** [http://www.alula.com](http://www.alula.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://alula.com/legal/privacy-policy/](https://alula.com/legal/privacy-policy/)

## Description

ipFob integrates Alula’s professional security platform into a Chrome extension, offering real-time alerts, device control, and customizable Scenes and Recipes to automate your home.

It also provides Alula Cloud video access, zone configurations, and dealer-friendly setup to manage multi-site surveillance from a single interface, reducing hardware costs and complexity.

## Rankings

- #85,688 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise ipFob for its intuitive interface and remote control when it works, especially for vacation-remote access. However, multiple reviews point to recurring instabilities after updates that block arming/disarming or require re-login, plus usability and security concerns (small keypad UI, duplicate notifications, vague event history, and login/account issues). Overall, reliability hinges on updates, while usability and security are frequent pain points.

### Pros

- Intuitive UI that puts everything at your fingertips and lets you control multiple devices from the app.
- Useful remote access to the alarm system (e.g., for vacation home) and remote arming/disarming.
- When it works, the app is reliable and serves as a centralized control for the security system.

### Cons

- Major updates frequently break core functionality (e.g., forces login, prevents arming/disarming, or causes blank screens), making the app unusable for many users.
- Usability/readability problems persist (e.g., keypad numbers too small, UI changes reduce ease of use).
- Security and account-management concerns (not secure; password/login issues; limited or confusing multi-user/account options).
- Notification/history UX issues (double notifications, event history no longer shows clear zone descriptions or user names).
- Performance problems (very slow to connect or inconsistent function; app not loading or intermittently failing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id307826749)