Ave Cloud vs CieID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ave Cloud
Remotely manage your home automation systems from your smartphone. Control lights, shutters, and dimmers, and receive real-time alerts for security and technical events. The app also uses GPS to trigger actions when you approach your home.
- Remote control of home automation plants
- Control lights, shutters, and dimmers
- Receive push notifications for alarms
- GPS-based event triggering
- Access to central supervisor
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This App permits to our customers to have a complete remote control of their Home Automation Plants. The App requires an account to login in our Cloud system and see the plant list associated to that account. After the user login, you can enter in a specific home automation plant providing the username and password of the plant itself. Once the login has done, the user access directly to his/her home automation central supervisor and is able to control lights, shutters, dimmers, and so on of its plant. Bedise the direct control, the APP lets the user to receive push notification on burglar alarm events, or technical events when they occur. As a last feature, the app controls the position of the phone using GPS services. When the user arrives near his/her plant, it triggers an event sending a message to AVE Cloud service.
CieID
Access public administration and private services online using your electronic identity card. Securely authenticate your access from PC or smartphone with simplified login methods, including QR codes and push notifications. Supports NFC for enhanced security on compatible iPhones.
- Access public administration services
- Access private services
- Simplified PC access via QR code
- Push notification authentication
- Biometric authentication
- NFC access for high security
- PUK recovery functionality
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Con l’app CieID puoi accedere ai servizi online della Pubblica Amministrazione e dei privati aderenti ad “Entra con CIE”. Attiva le credenziali CIE (livello 1 e 2) su www.cartaidentita.it, apri l’App e configura l’accesso semplificato. Potrai autorizzare i tuoi accessi da PC semplicemente: - inquadrando dalla App il QR code che trovi nella pagina di richiesta accesso e inserendo il codice app CieID che avrai creato in fase di certificazione del dispositivo; se hai attiva la biometria, l’accesso è ancora più semplice perché puoi sostituirla al codice app CieID oppure - inserendo le tue credenziali CieID (username e password) nella pagina di richiesta accesso, riceverai una notifica push in App che dovrai accettare tramite l’utilizzo del codice app CieID o della biometria. Se accedi al servizio online da smartphone, autenticati con le credenziali CieID oppure apri la App e inserisci il codice app CieID, usa il riconoscimento biometrico se attivo. Se hai un iPhone dotato di tecnologia NFC puoi scegliere di accedere con il massimo livello di sicurezza (livello 3). Dopo aver ricevuto la tua Carta di Identità Elettronica, apri l’App e registra la tua carta inserendo il PIN di otto cifre e avvicinando la Carta sul retro dell’iPhone quando richiesto. Con l’App CieID è inoltre disponibile la funzionalità di Recupero PUK, per i cittadini in possesso di una Carta di Identità Elettronica che hanno associato alla propria identità digitale un indirizzo di posta elettronica o un numero di cellulare. Dichiarazione di accessibilità: https://form.agid.gov.it/view/85d3aa40-88cd-11f0-ae26-159be1ec7c8c
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CieID at monthly against Ave Cloud's every 2 months. On price, review sentiment, 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.
Ave Cloud ships an update every 2 months, CieID monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ave Cloud | CieID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (215 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews — better | 9.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 215 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 294 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ave s.p.a. | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Spa |
Customer experience
Ave Cloud
CieID
In-app purchases
Ave Cloud
No in-app purchases
CieID
No in-app purchases








