Genea Submeter Billing vs Host Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Genea Submeter Billing
This app streamlines tenant billing for supplemental equipment by automating meter readings and invoice generation. It provides a detailed audit trail and customizable reports for accounting software, saving property teams time.
- Automated meter reading
- Tenant invoice generation
- Audit trail of calculations
- Customizable billing reports
- PDF/CSV invoice export
- Reduces manual processing time
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Genea Submeter Billing (AMRB) Mobile App Free for ALL Genea customers. Genea Submeter Billing (AMRB) provides these benefits to property teams: • Professionalizes and streamlines the process of billing tenants for supplemental equipment • Ensures recoupment of energy cost of supplemental meters • Detailed audit trail of calculations and meter values enhances transparency of invoices for tenants •. Provides customized billing information to import into accounting software • Monthly invoices generated as PDF’s or CSV for easy delivery to tenants •. Reduces time wasted by property teams in manually processing invoices About Genea: Genea provides cloud-based software and services for the commercial real estate industry. Our Submeter Billing solution simplifies the process of collecting submeter values and billing tenants for supplemental equipment. The Genea Submeter Billing (AMRB) mobile app streamlines the collection of submeter values and automatically generates high quality tenant invoices. For submeters networked to the BAS/EMS, Genea Submeter Billing automatically reads and records submeter values every fifteen minutes, and generates tenant invoices. For standalone submeters not networked to the BAS/EMS, Genea Submeter Billing provides an innovative mobile app to enhance and simplify the process of collecting submeter values. After submeter values are uploaded from the mobile app to the Genea Submeter Platform, high quality tenant invoices are automatically generated. Genea Submeter Billing also provides tenants and property teams with an online portal to view historical invoices (including time stamp images of meter values) and track energy consumption history making the billing transparent and simple.
Host Core
This business platform streamlines property management and tenant experience. It allows for online submission and approval of work requests, with optional features for access control, concierge services, and visitor management.
- Online work request submission
- Work request approval
- Access control integration
- Concierge services
- Visitor management
- Food and beverage services
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Host Core – CBRE’s exclusive digital management and tenant experience platform powered by VTS. This agile app makes life easier for Property Management teams and Tenant Admins, with Host Core features that facilitate work requests to be made and approved online. Enhanced functionality can be enabled on the platform (Host Building) to include Access Control, Concierge Services, Visitor Management and Food and Beverage to connect occupiers to their spaces and provide insight to strengthen asset management, engagement and satisfaction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Genea Submeter Billing at 5.0 against Host Core's 3.0. Host Core's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Genea Submeter Billing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Genea Submeter Billing ships an update every 2 months, Host Core fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Genea Submeter Billing | Host Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 321 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genea | CBRE, Inc. |
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Genea Submeter Billing
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In-app purchases
Genea Submeter Billing
No in-app purchases
Host Core
No in-app purchases
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