Vaillant vSMART Control vs CM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vaillant vSMART Control
This app offers remote control of your home's heating and hot water system from your smartphone. It allows for personalized scheduling, monitors outdoor temperature for optimal efficiency, and intelligently manages energy usage to save costs.
- Remote heating and hot water control
- Customizable time and temperature profiles
- Connect multiple controllers
- Wireless internet connection
- Weather compensation
- Intelligent thermostat functionality
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vSMART HeatingControl – take control of temperature, cost and consumption Saving energy has never been so easy. The Vaillant vSMART heating control app allows you to take total control of your heating anytime, anywhere from your smartphone. Designed to work harmoniously with all Vaillant boilers, the vSMART’s effortless connectivity ensures your boiler is working to its peak performance,always maintaining optimum efficiency. Featuring up to thirty tailored time and temperature profiles, the vSMART gives you the ability to schedule your home heating around your lifestyle. • Smart Phone App Allows remote control of heating and hot water whilst at home or on the move. • Connect multiple vSMART controllers to one app App can connect to multiple vSMART controls e.g. My Place, Mums Place. • Simple Wireless connection vSMART gateway connects to the internet using your Wi-Fi connection • Weather compensation vSMART constantly monitors the outside temprature, making sure your boiler only ever works as hard as it has to, reducing your energy consumption. • Intelligent thermostat The vSMART understands just how much energy your house requires to maintain the perfect temperature to ensure maximum efficiency and comfort. • Sleek modern design We are just as style conscious as we are energy conscious
CM
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Verdict
Vaillant vSMART Control and CM are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vaillant vSMART Control ships an update every 2 months, CM every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vaillant vSMART Control | CM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vaillant Group | XMaintain |
Bugs and requests
Vaillant vSMART Control
Reported bugs
64 issues- Gateway unreachable errors
- Loses connection frequently
- Stopped working
- App no longer opens
- Blank white screen
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- Breaks with every update
- British Summertime change error
- App won't connect
- System gets disconnected
- Heat turns on in summer
- App confused after time change
- System mode removed
- Losses connection very often
- Loses connection often
- Frequently losing connection
- Quick Actions menu greyed out
- Unable to install app
- Not setting up
- Heating schedules ignored
- Randomly turns heating on at night
- App and stat out of sync
- Stat and app don't match
- New app worse than old
- Useless update
- Heating gateway won't connect
- App/tech doesn't work
- Breaking changes in summer mode
- iOS app not updated for API changes
- Cannot manually set temperature in summer mode
- Thermostat registration failed
- Server update in winter renders app useless
- App ignores schedule and turns heating on at night
- Disconnection for no reason
- Near impossible to recognize WiFi
- Summer setting removed
- Hot water only button not same as summer setting
- Manual button in hot water mode doesn't switch on heat
- App and stat out of sync
- Stat and app don't match
- Heating gateway connection issues
- Learning/smart features don't work
- Manual override doesn't return to schedule
- Cannot get refund
- Breaking changes in summer mode
- iOS app not updated for API changes
- Cannot manually set temperature in summer mode
- Thermostat registration failed
- Server update in winter renders app useless
- App ignores schedule and turns heating on at night
- Disconnection for no reason
- Near impossible to recognize WiFi
- Summer setting removed
- Hot water only button not same as summer setting
- Manual button in hot water mode doesn't switch on heat
- App and stat out of sync
- Stat and app don't match
- Heating gateway connection issues
- Learning/smart features don't work
- Manual override doesn't return to schedule
- Cannot get refund
- App is too technical
- App vocabulary in help window is too technical
- Graphs are confusing
- Advanced settings are hard to understand
Requested features
36 requests- Add wireless radiator valves
- Allow adjustment of radiator flow temperature without advanced settings
- Provide access to information on the boiler display
- Include all service codes in advanced/service section
- Allow choice of trended variables
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- Add different curves (output profiles)
- Include an auto-locating 'away' function
- Add a button to just turn off the heating
- Show energy usage coinciding with cost
- Add instructions for graphs
- Include a summer setting/button
- Allow manual timed heating switch on for chilly evenings
- Fix app and stat sync issues
- Make advanced settings easier to understand
- Provide clearer explanations and vocabulary in help window
- Add a button to turn off heating
- Show energy usage and cost
- Add instructions for graphs
- Include summer setting
- Fix app and stat sync issues
- Make advanced settings easier
- Provide clearer help documentation
- Add wireless radiator valves
- Allow radiator flow temperature adjustment
- Provide access to boiler display information
- Include all service codes
- Allow choice of trended variables
- Add different output profiles
- Include auto-locating 'away' function
- Add a button to turn off heating
- Show energy usage and cost
- Add instructions for graphs
- Include summer setting
- Fix app and stat sync issues
- Make advanced settings easier
- Provide clearer help documentation
CM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vaillant vSMART Control
No in-app purchases
CM
No in-app purchases
