Comparison

GecApp vs Ave Cloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GecApp

Control and monitor GecApp's smart devices, including programmable thermostats and remote activators. Manage settings, alarms, and auxiliary relays for temperature control, lighting, and more.

Highlights
  • Device activation and management
  • Real-time settings monitoring
  • Temperature alarm threshold management
  • Antifreeze mode enablement
  • Auxiliary relay control
  • User authorization management
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GECAPP is a smartphone App, which is able to interface in an easy and intuitive manner with its own devices: GecApp Crono GSM” and β€œGecApp Crono Wi-Fi”, and remote activator GSM β€œGSM03”. Through the application, you can select which device to activate and manage it. By operating with the devices, via the App you can know the real-time settings, intervene on the basic functionality, manage thresholds’ temperature alarm, enable and set the antifreeze mode, and check the status of connected devices – equipped with dry contact relay. The programmable thermostats "GecApp Crono GSM" and "Crono GecApp Wi-Fi" are equipped, in addition to the standard relay for temperature management, with an independent auxiliary relay, which allows you, via the App, to activate any other thermoregulation’s devices present in the system, or to activate and deactivate auxiliary loads (electric gates, lighting, irrigation, etc.). When using the App to operate the remote controller GSM03, you can manage all features, as control the two relays, check the status of connected devices to the 3 dry contact inputs and manage the authorizations to enabled users to use the device. In future, it will be added to the App the ability to manage a whole new set of devices on which we are working.

About

Ave Cloud

Remotely manage your home automation systems from your smartphone. Control lights, shutters, and dimmers, and receive real-time alerts for security and technical events. The app also uses GPS to trigger actions when you approach your home.

Highlights
  • Remote control of home automation plants
  • Control lights, shutters, and dimmers
  • Receive push notifications for alarms
  • GPS-based event triggering
  • Access to central supervisor
Features
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This App permits to our customers to have a complete remote control of their Home Automation Plants. The App requires an account to login in our Cloud system and see the plant list associated to that account. After the user login, you can enter in a specific home automation plant providing the username and password of the plant itself. Once the login has done, the user access directly to his/her home automation central supervisor and is able to control lights, shutters, dimmers, and so on of its plant. Bedise the direct control, the APP lets the user to receive push notification on burglar alarm events, or technical events when they occur. As a last feature, the app controls the position of the phone using GPS services. When the user arrives near his/her plant, it triggers an event sending a message to AVE Cloud service.

Screenshots

GecApp4 screens
Ave Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GecApp at 11.0 against Ave Cloud's 13.0. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GecApp ships an update every 3 months, Ave Cloud every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
GecApp versus Ave Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGecAppAve Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews18.0% of reviews β€” better12.9% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS11.0 β€” better13.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size40 MB294 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeca srlAve spa

Customer experience

GecApp

Written reviews50 reviews
Positive18.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative66.0%

Ave Cloud

Written reviews31 reviews
Positive12.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative80.6%

In-app purchases

None

GecApp

No in-app purchases

None

Ave Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GecApp free?
GecApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ave Cloud free?
Ave Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GecApp or Ave Cloud have ads?
Neither GecApp nor Ave Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GecApp or Ave Cloud?
GecApp ships an update every 3 months, and Ave Cloud every 2 months. Most recently, GecApp was updated on September 20, 2026 and Ave Cloud on July 17, 2026.

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