Comparison

Metronet vs Vimar VIEW Wireless

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

Head to head
About

Metronet

Monitor and manage your home security system remotely. Receive real-time alerts, control devices via an interactive map, and view surveillance cameras. Automate lighting, heating, and irrigation for enhanced convenience and security.

Highlights
  • System status monitoring
  • Real-time event notifications
  • Interactive graphic maps for device control
  • Home automation (lighting, heating, irrigation)
  • Video surveillance camera viewing
  • Centralized management via cloud server
Features
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ONLINE PREVIEW Control the status of your system: power supply, battery, alarms. REAL TIME NOTIFICATIONS Receive real time notifications for each event. GRAPHIC MAPS Enable or disable devices directly touching icons on the map. INTUITIVE ICONS Enable and disable different areas of your home. HOME AUTOMATION Control lighting, heating, irrigation. VIDEOSURVEILLANCE With Metronet, you can view your video surveillance system cameras directly from your smartphone or tablet. MORE POWER TO SECURITY IESS takes advantage of a solid, last generation Cloud Server to be able to incorporate and manage a large number of control units connected via Wi-Fi (for compatible models), LAN Ethernet and GSM. Compared to integrated Web Server solutions, Metronet allows for the centralized management of performance-heavy functions, unburdening the control units and making their computing power available for other functions, including their main purpose: to guarantee security. SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM The use of SSL communication protocols, combined with certificates issued by a world-famous certification authority, provides a safety profile at the same level of the solutions adopted by the activities of remote banking. In order to use the multilevel service (METRONET and METRONETCLUB), the panel must be registered to the platform by an authorized IESS installer. Some advanced features are only available for accounts created by installers who sign up for the METRONETCLUB platform.

About

Vimar VIEW Wireless

Program and manage Vimar connected wiring systems for smart home control of lights, shutters, and temperature. Create custom environments and scenarios, monitor energy usage, and integrate with smart speakers for remote access.

Highlights
  • Smart home system programming
  • Create environments and sub-environments
  • Device enrollment and parameter setting
  • Control lights, shutters, and temperature
  • Energy monitoring
  • Integration with smart speakers
  • Bluetooth 5.0 mesh network
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The VIEW Wireless App is designed for programming Vimar connected wiring series (Eikon, Arkè, Plana and Idea) via tablet or smartphone and creating the VIEW Wireless smart system, locally, thanks to simple steps guided by an extremely user-friendly interface. The VIEW Wireless connected system allows the smart management of lights, roller shutters, electrical socket outlets, energy monitoring, temperature control, accesses and scenarios. The devices liaise with one another in a mesh network based on the Bluetooth 5.0 standard; they are installed like traditional flush mounted devices beside electro-mechanical 1-way switches, push buttons and 2-way switches or retrofit/in junction boxes to accommodate all installation situations and thanks to a Bluetooth/wi-fi gateway, they allow connectivity with the Vimar Cloud for integration with smart speakers and local and remote control via the VIEW APP. The connected devices allow the creation of smart systems both in new buildings and in renovations and, thanks to the easy installation, also in existing traditional systems in the form of a simple functional upgrade. Supervision via the VIEW APP also makes it possible to benefit from a single platform control interface with VIEW IoT Smart Systems, which VIEW Wireless is a sub-system of: you can in fact also control the By-alarm burglar alarm system, the IP and 2F+ video door entry systems and the Elvox IP cameras (after integration by a professional installer via the VIEW PRO APP). In detail, the VIEW Wireless APP allows: • the creation of environments and sub-environments; • enrolment of devices, setting their parameters and allocating them in the created environments; • association of wired or radio push buttons (battery-free, thanks to the Energy Harvesting technological motor by EnOcean), to replicate control points or call up scenarios; • association with the Bluetooth/wi-fi gateway; • checking the radio coverage of the mesh network configured; • delivery of the system to the administrator user. What’s more, the VIEW Wireless APP is designed to convert the radio standard of devices from Bluetooth 5.0 to Zigbee 3.0 (and vice-versa) ensuring configuration and direct control via the Zigbee Hub and related App. The App can only be accessed by entering installer credentials, which are generated on the MyVIMAR portal.

Screenshots

Metronet4 screens
Vimar VIEW Wireless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Metronet at 50% against Vimar VIEW Wireless's 0%. Vimar VIEW Wireless's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Vimar VIEW Wireless is free to download; Metronet costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Metronet versus Vimar VIEW Wireless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetronetVimar VIEW Wireless
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIESS S.r.l.Vimar S.p.A.

Customer experience

Metronet

Written reviews50 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral26.0%
Negative24.0%

Vimar VIEW Wireless

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Metronet

No in-app purchases

None

Vimar VIEW Wireless

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metronet free?
Metronet costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vimar VIEW Wireless free?
Vimar VIEW Wireless is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Metronet or Vimar VIEW Wireless have ads?
Neither Metronet nor Vimar VIEW Wireless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metronet or Vimar VIEW Wireless?
Metronet ships an update every 6 weeks, and Vimar VIEW Wireless every 6 weeks. Most recently, Metronet was updated on September 22, 2026 and Vimar VIEW Wireless on September 21, 2026.

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