VTi HomeMate vs Alta Networks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VTi HomeMate
Control smart home devices like lights, TVs, and cable boxes remotely. Schedule actions, create custom scenes, and manage your connected devices with this radio frequency control hub.
- Control lights, TV, and cable boxes
- Radio frequency control
- Remote access
- Timers and schedules
- Scene creation
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Your VTi Smart Hub goes beyond controlling your Vertilux Shades, you can also control your lights, TV, cable box...since this is also a radio frequency control device.Remote Access , Timers/Schedules, Scenes and other available features.
Alta Networks
Manage and monitor your wireless networks from anywhere using your mobile device. Easily deploy secure networks, view device telemetry, and control content restrictions. Schedule network downtime with a built-in scheduler.
- Deploy secure wireless networks
- Monitor real-time telemetry
- Manage content restrictions
- Schedule network downtime
- Cross-site network management
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Deploy, monitor and manage your network across multiple sites from the convenience of your mobile device. -Easily create, manage and deploy secure wireless networks -View real-time and historical telemetry with a visual timeline of each connected device. -Manage content restrictions for WiFi devices -Set and manage network downtime via a built-in scheduler The management interface is easily accessible via mobile app or web browser. Sign up for an Alta Labs account using just your name, email, and password or use Google Authentication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alta Networks at 82% against VTi HomeMate's 11%. Alta Networks also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). VTi HomeMate's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Alta Networks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of VTi HomeMate's written reviews are positive against 82% of Alta Networks's.
VTi HomeMate ships an update every 7 months, Alta Networks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VTi HomeMate | Alta Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (22 ratings) | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertilux Limited | Soundvision Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
VTi HomeMate
Alta Networks
In-app purchases
VTi HomeMate
No in-app purchases
Alta Networks
No in-app purchases
