EnOcean Tool vs GVS Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EnOcean Tool
Configure and retrieve data from compatible EnOcean products using your smartphone's NFC interface. This app supports energy-harvesting wireless sensors and switches, enabling smart building and industrial applications.
- Read basic product information
- Configure EnOcean Equipment Profile
- Optimize energy consumption
- Check energy harvesting performance
- Set encryption level
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With EnOcean Tool you can configure features and read information of selected EnOcean products via the NFC interface of your smartphone. EnOcean modules use the energy harvesting principle, which extracts energy from the environment to supply self-powered wireless sensor networks. The battery-free wireless switches and sensors are completely maintenance-free and flexible in use. These energy harvesting sensors supply the data for the Internet of Things in a resource-saving, energy-autonomous and maintenance-free way – and thus help to use buildings, cities and industrial facilities more intelligently. EnOcean Tool enables you to: - read basic information - configure the EnOcean Equipment Profile - optimize energy consumption and transmission rate - check energy harvesting features and performance e.g. lighting conditions - set encryption level
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: EnOcean Tool at 100% against GVS Smart Home's 0%. GVS Smart Home's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, 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.
EnOcean Tool ships an update every 8 months, GVS Smart Home every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EnOcean Tool | GVS Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EnOcean GmbH | GVS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG |
Customer experience
EnOcean Tool
GVS Smart Home
In-app purchases
EnOcean Tool
No in-app purchases
GVS Smart Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is EnOcean Tool free?
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Do EnOcean Tool or GVS Smart Home have ads?
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