Discovery vs Onvis Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discovery
This utility displays Bonjour services on your local network or wide-area domains. It helps debug programs, detect connected computers, and monitor available services. Ideal for network administrators and developers.
- Browse local and remote Bonjour services
- Automatic domain and service detection
- Display service details (domain, IP, TXT record)
- Network debugging tool
- Monitor network devices
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Discovery is a utility that displays all of the Bonjour services available on the local network or on Wide-Area Bonjour domains. Use it to debug your latest program, detect computers connected to your network, or just keep tabs on what services are available. Perfect for network admins or developers! Features: • Browses for services on local or remote domains using Bonjour • Automatically detects all available local domains and services • Displays information about each service, including domain name, IP address(es), and TXT record
Onvis Home
This smart home app allows you to control various connected devices like outlets and lightbulbs. It offers seamless integration with popular voice assistants, enabling convenient management of your home environment.
- Apple HomeKit support
- Alexa integration
- Google Assistant integration
- Control smart outlets
- Control smart lightbulbs
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Onvis home is a smart home app,support apple homekit,alexa and google assistant.we have many smart home devices,you can use it control our outlet or lightbulb.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Discovery at 88% against Onvis Home's 12%. Discovery also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). Onvis Home's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Discovery holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 113 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Discovery's written reviews are positive against 12% of Onvis Home's.
Discovery ships an update every 6 months, Onvis Home every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discovery | Onvis Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (67 ratings) — better | 1.7 (113 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 11.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 | 113 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lily Ballard | Shenzhen Champon Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Discovery
Onvis Home
In-app purchases
Discovery
No in-app purchases
Onvis Home
No in-app purchases
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