Violet vs HPE Instant On
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Violet
This app provides a streamlined way to request support for your smart home technology from your custom AV installer. It also offers features like parental controls, network security, and home presence detection to manage your connected devices.
- 1-tap support requests
- Parental device control
- Network intruder detection
- Home presence alerts
- Remote device power reboot
- Internet speed diagnostics
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Meet Violet 2 – The Digital Support App Violet is a revolutionary Digital Support app designed for you and your custom AV installer. Get Violet to request support from your custom AV installer in 1-tap, access parental controls, enhance network security, see how fast your internet connection is, solve smart home technology problems and so much more. PLEASE NOTE: The Violet Digital Support App requires a special Login and Password that can only be obtained from your custom AV installer. Get Violet today, by requesting access to the Violet Digital Support App from your custom AV installer. For more information about getting started with the Violet Digital Support app, please write to info@getviolet.com. Violet’s Digital Support features include: Request Support: in 1-tap request support from your custom AV installer to get help for a problem with your smart home technology faster than ever Parental Control: a simple and easy to use parental control, Violet lets you block and unblock devices from accessing your network Network Security: detect and block potential intruders from accessing your network Home Presence Detection: Violet alerts you when new devices, family and guests join and leave your network so you can always visualize what is happening at your home Remote Power: reboot the power of certain devices to solve a problem with your smart home in 1-tap Network diagnostics: see how fast your internet connection is performing
HPE Instant On
Manage and troubleshoot your network of access points and switches remotely. This app provides a simple, secure, and reliable way to ensure high performance for your small business network.
- Remote setup
- Network management
- Troubleshooting tools
- Wi-Fi access point control
- Switch management
- Secure network performance
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Set up, manage, and troubleshoot an Instant On network from anywhere, at any time. Instant On Wi-Fi access points, switches, and secure gateways work together to deliver high performance and built-in security, ideal for small businesses with one site or many.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HPE Instant On at 20% against Violet's 0%. HPE Instant On also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 3). Violet's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Violet holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HPE Instant On has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Violet's written reviews are positive against 20% of HPE Instant On's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Violet ships an update every 2 months, HPE Instant On every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Violet | HPE Instant On |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Domotz Inc | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company |
Customer experience
Violet
HPE Instant On
In-app purchases
Violet
No in-app purchases
HPE Instant On
No in-app purchases
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