Visual Home vs IoTBind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Home
Unify and control your smart home devices from a single dashboard. Visualize data from various sources and trigger actions on connected devices. Offers advanced features through an optional subscription.
- Unified dashboard for smart home data
- Control connected devices
- Support for Philips Hue, HomeKit, Homematic, and more
- MQTT and HTTP REST client
- JavaScript Lambda functions
- Homescreen widgets
- Favorites management
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Visual displays the data from different sources on an unified dashboard. In addition it allows controlling and triggering actions on connected devices. Directly supported are currently - Philips Hue - HomeKit - Homematic - Ezcontrol XS1 - HTML Widgets - Open Weather Map - PVOutput.org The more experienced user can also use - MQTT Client (Subscribe, Publish) - HTTP REST Client - JavaScript Lambda functions # Information on HomeKit Visual offers to visualize the values of all HomeKit accessories with readable characteristics and scalar data formats (e.g. integer, float). In addition Visual can set values to writable characteristics with scalar data formats. # Information on the In-App purchase • This App offers an auto-renewing subscription "Advanced Features" that unlock extended features: - JavaScript Lambda functions - Search and filter datapoints - Trigger scenes defined in the Philips Hue bridge - Debug logging for all endpoints - Multi column dashboard - Homescreen Widgets - Favorites • This In-App purchase is an auto-renewing subscription • The subscription duration is 1 month • For the price please check the In-App purchase details on AppStore or in the App itself • Your iTunes account will be charged for the purchase at the time of subscription purchase. • The subscription is renewed automatically, unless the automatic renewal is terminated at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Your iTunes account will be charged the same amount as the original subscription within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be disabled in your iTunes account after the original purchase.
IoTBind
Control microcomputers like ESP8266 and Raspberry Pi via your smartphone over the cloud. Create custom devices such as switches, sensors, and GPS trackers to manage your smart home projects and visualize data.
- Cloud control for microcomputers
- Create custom devices
- Smart home device management
- Interactive sensor data review
- Geographic tracking on map
- Historical data charting
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Control your ESP8266, ESP-12, Arduino, NodeMCU or Raspberry Pi and other microcomputers with the smartphone over the cloud Internet platform. You can Create a Device like Switch,Sensor,water Level or GPS Tracking and more!! iotBind platform for DIY internet of thinks makers, is an innovative platform to provide solutions for creative minds to unleash their ideas and projects and connect them to a single platform that provides them with all the services of communication, control and information collection through tools created based on the tests and tests we have done We are navigating in the Internet space things we share solutions and experiences with you. iotBind APIs supported communication protocols to connect yor Device with platform like : - HTTP/HTTPS - MQTT - Websocket - CoAP and more protocols coming iotBind API Reference and Example Code : https://iotbind.com/api.html Example Device : - ESP8266, ESP32, NodeMCU - Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino Nano , Arduino Mini , Arduino , Arduino Due, Arduino 101 - Raspberry Pi - Spark Core - Particle Core - TinyDuino - Particle Photon - SparkFun Board - Wicked WildFire And any other device that supports Internet access with one of the supported protocols. What you can do with this app: * View all project in your account * Control all smart home devices connected in the project * Interactive data review of sensors * See device details * View History data by chart graph * Geographic tracking devices live on the map * Display time and date by timezone * Edit account data * View project data and properties * View departments in each project * View all devices in the departments * Add a new devices * Add timer on Switch devices * Add and delete departments * Add and delete devices from departments * Manage and display your favorite devices * View DIY GPS tracking devices on Google Maps * View and delete all your massege from project and more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IoTBind at none against Visual Home's 1. IoTBind also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Visual Home sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per month. IoTBind asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Visual Home against 1.0 for IoTBind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Home | IoTBind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Binner | Adel Alkhalifi |
Customer experience
Visual Home
IoTBind
In-app purchases
Visual Home
- Advanced Features$1.491 Month
IoTBind
No in-app purchases









