Comparison

Renesas SmartBond vs VKView

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Renesas SmartBond

Features
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The SmartBond™ app from Renesas Electronics is a mobile application that works as a generic tool for interacting with Bluetooth® Low Energy devices. With the app you can scan for and connect to Bluetooth® Low Energy peripherals. Multiple connections and scan filtering are supported. You can also use the app in peripheral mode, so that other devices can scan for and connect to it. The app can act both as GATT client and GATT server. All GATT operations are supported. The app recognizes the Bluetooth® SIG adopted GATT objects, which are displayed with their proper names, their values are parsed and displayed as text, and, where supported, a custom write user interface is available. You can configure the GATT server and peripheral mode, either directly, or by cloning existing peripherals.

About

VKView

Features
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VKView can directly access video surveillance products through the network to meet your needs of viewing live events on your mobile phone, controlling the pylon, playing back videos, pushing alarms, managing cloud devices, etc.

Screenshots

Renesas SmartBond4 screens
VKView4 screens

Verdict

The call

Renesas SmartBond and VKView are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Renesas SmartBond versus VKView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRenesas SmartBondVKView
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 25 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB308 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRenesas ElectronicsShenzhen Vikylin Technology Co.,Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Renesas SmartBond

No in-app purchases

None

VKView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Renesas SmartBond free?
Renesas SmartBond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VKView free?
VKView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Renesas SmartBond or VKView have ads?
Neither Renesas SmartBond nor VKView shows ads.

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