Comparison

Savant vs Vel

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

Head to head
About

Savant

Effortlessly manage your entire smart home from lighting and climate to entertainment and security. Personalize your environment with custom scenes and schedules, and gain intelligent control over your home's energy usage. Monitor and manage power consumption, even with solar panels or backup batteries.

Highlights
  • Unified smart home control
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • Real-time lighting visualization
  • Intelligent energy monitoring
  • Remote security access
  • Multi-room audio/video control
Features
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It’s the app that all other smart home apps have been modeled after. Innovative and beautifully designed, the Savant Pro app is the easiest and most intuitive way to manage your smart home. Control your lighting, climate, entertainment and security with a single app on your iOS device. Savant is the only smart home platform that also allows you to monitor and manage how power is used throughout your home. UNIQUE AND PERSONAL Get ready for next-level personalization. Automate your home with Savant Scenes to capture the perfect music, climate, lighting and security for every occasion. Create a schedule around your Savant Scenes or activate them manually using your voice, iOS devices, in-wall touch panels, Savant Pro Remotes, and keypads. The Savant Pro app also lets you customize your views—your rooms and home become the app, and with Savant’s award-winning TrueImage feature, you can visualize your lighting in real-time with images that update live as you adjust the settings. LIGHTING FOR LIFE Savant’s patented Daylight Mode adjusts color temperature to match the sun throughout the day, harmonizing with your natural circadian rhythm. And our impeccably designed keypads let you recall different lighting scenes that you’ve created in the app with just a single touch. INTELLIGENT CONTROL OVER ENERGY USE The Savant Power System is a truly smart energy solution that gives you personalized control over energy consumption, whether you’re 100% on the grid or you have solar panels, a generator or a backup battery. The Savant Power System lets you monitor and prioritize different electrical loads across your home, manage consumption during a grid outage, and gain insights about your historical usage. SECURITY AND SAFETY FROM ANYWHERE With Savant, you can control locks and garage doors, access your security and door entry systems, and access your cameras from anywhere. The app sends you customized notifications for critical events, such as extreme temperatures or motion alerts. AUDIO AND VIDEO EVERYWHERE Savant is an industry leader in audio and video switching technology. Get high fidelity digital audio pumped throughout the home with our newly re-designed music interface, which supports Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Deezer, Sirius XM, TuneIn and more. Want to play video games while watching the big game? With the Savant Pro app, you can tile multiple video streams onto one screen, making it perfect for sports or news events. YOUR PERFECT CLIMATE Control virtually any climate system with Savant. Set climate schedules and control the temperature and lights for pools and spas. Create Savant Scenes to capture the perfect climate, lights and music for any occasion, accessible at the touch of a button through your thermostat. Ready to design your Savant smart home? Visit savant.com to find an authorized dealer.

About

Vel

Features
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vel is the AI try-on app: pick any piece, from our catalog or a photo of your own, and see it on your body in about a minute. HOW IT WORKS • Add one full-body photo (private, only you see it) • Choose a top, outerwear, bottoms, shoes, or upload a photo or screenshot of something you're eyeing • vel renders the outfit on you WHY PEOPLE USE VEL • Decide before you buy: screenshot a piece from any store and see it on yourself first • Build outfits from thousands of catalog pieces across your favorite brands • Keep every look in your wardrobe, save pieces you love, and share your best fits YOUR PHOTOS STAY YOURS Your body photo is private and is used only to create your renders. We never use your photos to train AI models, and we never sell your data. SUBSCRIPTIONS vel Pro and vel Premiere are paid auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly through your Apple ID, that unlock monthly generation credits. Your first generation on each device is free. Continued try-ons after that require a paid subscription. Prices are shown in the app before you purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Service: https://vel.giggles.me/terms Privacy Policy: https://vel.giggles.me/privacy

Screenshots

Savant4 screens
Vel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Savant at none against Vel's 4. Savant also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Savant asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Savant versus Vel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSavantVel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSavant Systems Inc.Giggles Platforms Inc

Bugs and requests

Savant

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lighting and shades control not working
  • Doorbell and camera integration issues
  • Syncing problems between app and hardware
  • Unreliable Wi-Fi connectivity

Requested features

4 requests
  • Voice control integration
  • Improved music playback and volume control
  • Customizable scenes and automation options
  • Better integration with third-party smart home devices

Vel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Savant

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Vel

Subscriptions4
  • Pro$11.991 Month
  • Premiere$29.991 Month
  • Pro$59.991 Year
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  • Premiere$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Savant free?
Savant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vel free?
Vel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Savant or Vel have ads?
Neither Savant nor Vel shows ads.

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