Visual Home vs IoT NET
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.
IoT NET
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IoT NET is an IoT platform for data collection, processing, visualization, and device management. It enables device connectivity via industry standard IoT protocols - MQTT, CoAP and HTTP and supports integration OPC-UA, AWS, Azure, RabbitMQ and many other. IoT NET combines scalability, fault-tolerance and performance so you will never lose your data. Provision and manage devices and assets Provision, monitor and control your IoT entities in secure way using rich server-side APIs. Define relations between your devices, assets, customers or any other entities. Collect and visualize data Collect and store telemetry data in scalable and fault-tolerant way. Visualize your data with built-in or custom widgets and flexible dashboards. Share dashboards with your customers. SCADA High-performance Monitor and control your industrial processes in real time with SCADA. Use SCADA symbols on dashboards to create and manage any workflow, offering full flexibility to design and oversee operations according to your requirements. Process and React Define data processing rule chains. Transform and normalize your device data. Raise alarms on incoming telemetry events, attribute updates, device inactivity and user actions. Microservices Construct your IoT NET cluster and get maximum scalability and fault-tolerance with microservices architecture.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IoT NET at none against Visual Home's 1. IoT NET also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and device support 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. IoT NET asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Visual Home | IoT NET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Binner | SCSAutomation |
In-app purchases
Visual Home
- Advanced Features$1.491 Month
IoT NET
No in-app purchases









