Comparison

By vs The Meter Cube

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

Head to head
About

By

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With its user friendly interface, By-gate allows you to control and monitor your Vimar gate with ease with your smartphone or tablet from anywhere, at any time. Create an account for the use of the By-gate service, connect your device to the Internet and immediately start to control your gate with a simple click. Don't mind remembering to close your gate, By-gate will notify you if you forgot it open, do not open the gate in the morning when you go out or at night when you get back, with By-gate you can set one or more timers and find it already open when needed. You can even have the gate open automatically, simply by approaching it at a distance as you like thanks to the App geolocation function.

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The Meter Cube

Features
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The Meter Cube is the new app designed for CUBE devices. It allows you to manage your surveys directly from your smartphone or tablet by connecting the instrument via Bluetooth and viewing results in real time. This new version has been completely redesigned to provide a better user experience: a clearer, smoother interface that closely matches the way professionals work in the field. Every screen has been carefully designed to simplify scan setup, device control, project management, and export operations. With The Meter, you can survey indoor and outdoor environments, create floor plans and sections, work in automatic or manual mode, and save your surveys in DXF format, ready to be used with the most popular CAD software. The new app also introduces features specifically designed for CUBE3e, the new device equipped with an integrated encoder. Thanks to real-time angular tracking, CUBE3e converts every rotation into precise and continuous measurement data, transforming surveying from estimation into measurable reality. Designed for technicians, architects, surveyors, window installers, craftsmen, and measurement professionals, The Meter helps you work faster, more efficiently, and with greater confidence. Key Features: • Bluetooth connection to CUBE devices • Automatic environment scanning • Manual mode for selecting points of interest • Real-time survey visualization • DXF project export • Support for new encoder-equipped devices The Meter is continuously evolving. The interface and features will keep improving over time, driven by the real needs and feedback of the professionals who use CUBE every day.

Screenshots

By4 screens
The Meter Cube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: By at 8.0 against The Meter Cube's 15.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

By ships an update every 3 months, The Meter Cube every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
By versus The Meter Cube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterByThe Meter Cube
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVimar S.p.A.Officine IADR

In-app purchases

None

By

No in-app purchases

None

The Meter Cube

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is By free?
By is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Meter Cube free?
The Meter Cube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do By or The Meter Cube have ads?
Neither By nor The Meter Cube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, By or The Meter Cube?
By ships an update every 3 months, and The Meter Cube every 6 weeks. Most recently, By was updated on October 12, 2026 and The Meter Cube on October 8, 2026.

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