Dang, now I just feel like I'm talking to myself! Frankly, that is how I suspect it will be for us as well. I do have some conditions set up in the AladdinConnect app, but it's very structured and limited in what it will let you do, and I just don't like it. We rarely lose internet, so I'm not overly concerned about the app losing connection to the cloud, but in general, I'm starting to move towards more local control, or redundancy to local. At least if we do have an internet outage we will still be able to get in and out of the garage.
I tried to use modes recently. That was an unmitigated mess. I don't know if ill go back and try again or not. If I do, it will likely be something simple like just Home or away.
And that right there is one of the deciding factors for me.