GV vs Harmony Lighting by Orvia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GV
This utility app allows users to remotely access and manage GV-Cloud VMS hosts and GV-Cloud Access Control devices. It provides features like live viewing, playback, push notifications for events, and door control.
- Integrates with GV-Cloud VMS and Access Control
- Multi-channel live view (up to 16 divisions)
- Playback from cloud or local hosts
- Push notifications for events
- Access and event log query
- Remote door lock/unlock
- Fisheye dewarping
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The GV-Cloud mobile is a free app that integrates with the GV-Cloud VMS and GV-Cloud Access Control. Using GV-Cloud mobile app, you can access GV-Cloud VMS hosts / GV-Cloud Access Control devices from your mobile devices, to receive push notifications upon events, watch live views, play back recordings, take snapshots, unlock doors, query for event logs and more. For questions or suggestions, contact GeoVision Support at support@geovision.com.tw Feature - Integration with GV-Cloud VMS and GV-Cloud Access Control - Multi-channel live view of up to 16 divisions - Playback from GV-Cloud or local hosts - Push notifications upon events - Access and event log query - Output trigger to send alarms - Fisheye dewarping for GeoVision fisheye cameras - Controller connection and door status display - Live viewing of cameras mapped to doors - Remote door lock / unlock
Harmony Lighting by Orvia
Control your Harmony lighting system remotely. Select from various dynamic show types, schedule them to run automatically, and monitor your lights live from anywhere. You can also split your lights into different zones for customized control.
- Variety of show types
- Automated show scheduling
- Live light monitoring
- Zone-based lighting control
- Temporary schedule overrides
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The Harmony app is the easiest way to remotely access your Harmony lighting controller. - Choose from a variety of show types, including Static Color, Flash All, Chase, Fade All, Fade Chase, Random Fade, RhythmMap Chase, RhythmMap Flash, and RhythmMap Volume - Schedule shows to automatically run at specific times, including sunrise and sunset - Temporarily override the schedule with any show - Monitor your lights live from anywhere - Split your lights into multiple zones, and schedule different shows for different zones (Background image credit: Krystian Zajdel, CC-BY-SA-4.0) This app is only compatible with and requires a Harmony lighting controller. For more information, please visit https://orvialighting.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GV at none against Harmony Lighting by Orvia's shown. GV also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Harmony Lighting by Orvia's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GV against 5.0 for Harmony Lighting by Orvia. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
GV ships an update every 3 months, Harmony Lighting by Orvia every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GV | Harmony Lighting by Orvia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GeoVision inc | Orvia Lighting |
Customer experience
GV
Harmony Lighting by Orvia
In-app purchases
GV
No in-app purchases
Harmony Lighting by Orvia
No in-app purchases
Questions
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