ESENTA vs GVS Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESENTA
Control your smart doorphone remotely. Receive notifications for visitors, view live video streams, communicate via two-way audio, and unlock doors from your smartphone or tablet, no matter where you are.
- Remote doorphone control
- Visitor notifications
- Live video streaming
- Two-way audio communication
- Remote door unlocking
- Motion detection
- Night vision
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This App allows you to control your ESENTA SIAS door phone. ESENTA offers more than just a networked door intercom, ESENTA is the connection of your smart home to the outer world. A platform for a variety of helpful applications, which exceeds the functionality of a classic door intercom by far. ESENTA SIAS is easily connected to your home network and informs you with a push notification when a person is at your door. You then have the possibility to call up a live video-stream from a distance, talk to the person and open the door. With ESENTA, you always have your home in view via your smartphone or tablet, no matter where you are. Functions: - Live stream from high resolution wide angle camera - Two-way audio communication - Motion detection and night vision function - Snapshot storage
GVS Smart Home
Control GVS video door communication devices and building automation features like lights, blinds, and heating. Monitor your door with audio, video, and a door opener function. Receive snapshots and popups when the doorbell rings.
- Video door communication control
- Building automation (lights, blinds, heating)
- Door opener function
- Snapshot function
- Doorbell ring notifications
- Remote monitoring
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The GVS Smart Home app can be used to control GVS video door communication devices and GVS building automation. - Door communication: audio and video transmission as well as monitoring of your door communication with door opener function, snapshot function, popup when the doorbell rings - Smart Home: Control lights, blinds, shutters and heating including many special functions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ESENTA at 100% against GVS Smart Home's 0%. ESENTA also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ESENTA ships an update every 3 months, GVS Smart Home every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESENTA | GVS Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ESENTA GmbH | GVS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG |
Customer experience
ESENTA
GVS Smart Home
In-app purchases
ESENTA
No in-app purchases
GVS Smart Home
No in-app purchases
