Comparison

By vs IpDoor Mobile

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

Head to head
About

By

Control your home automation system remotely. Manage lighting, climate, and security from your smartphone or tablet, whether you're at home or away. Requires specific hardware for Vimar By-me or KNX systems.

Highlights
  • Remote system supervision
  • Control via LAN/Wi-Fi
  • Control via 3G/Internet
  • User-friendly icons
  • Optimized access speed
  • iOS 13+ localization settings
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By-web - Enables supervising the Vimar By-me home automation system (requiring art. 01945 or art. 01946) or KNX systems (requiring art. 01545), via smartphones and tablets. User-friendly icons let you take full control of the system via LAN or Wi-Fi networks when you are at home or via a 3G/Internet network when you are away from home. Since version 2.0 the By-web app replaces the KNX By-web app for accessing the Vimar KNX web server (art. 01545) for mobile devices with iOS versions compatible with the installation of By-web 2.0. Access speed optimized for Vimar web server versions (art. 01945 or art. 01946) 1.20 and later. Access speed partially optimized for Vimar web server versions (art. 01945 or art. 01946) between 1.10 and 1.19. Access speed not optimized for Vimar web server versions (art. 01945 or art. 01946) 1.9 and earlier. Recommended upgrading the Vimar web server (art. 01945, art. 01946)/Vimar KNX web server (art. 01545) to the latest available version.” Note: To use the By-web app on devices with iOS 13 or later versions, according to the modifications set by Apple to access information, on the part of Apps, about the connection of the mobile device to wi-fi networks, the following are required: - localisation must be enabled on the mobile device; - the By-web app must have permission to access the localisation information. The By-web app, from version 2.2, includes a guided procedure to make these settings (only for mobile devices with iOS 13 or later versions). Vimar positive energy: products for electrical and home automation systems in residential and service industry locations. https://www.vimar.com

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IpDoor Mobile

Features
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The IpDoor App is much more than a way to answer your smart video door phone! By installing the App on your smartphone or tablet, you can answer the video door phone while you are on the go or at home. You will also be able to remotely manage all buildings in a complete and customizable way and control all the accesses of the structures in which an IpDoor door station is installed such as your front door, your office entrances or the gates of your beach house. Each entrance and each door station can be managed by several people who can be assigned different roles. Using the App you can check who has entered the house and at what time as often as you wish by consulting visitor history. You can also review videos recorded and stored by the licensed station locally or in the cloud. By using push notifications, the App doesn't always need to be active: it is woken up to a call by a notification. This means it won't consume a phone’s battery. The interface of the IpDoor App is both immediate and simple to use. It allows you to keep the number of buildings and entrances associated with a given account under control, as well as maintaining control of the number of users connected and the visitor history. You can open the entrances with which an IpDoor station is associated using a simple gesture, keeping the history of all actions recorded by the station close at hand.

Screenshots

By4 screens
IpDoor Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: By at 9.0 against IpDoor Mobile's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

By ships an update every 4 months, IpDoor Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
By versus IpDoor Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterByIpDoor Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size41 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVIMAR SpaInfinitePlay srl

In-app purchases

None

By

No in-app purchases

None

IpDoor Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is By free?
By is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IpDoor Mobile free?
IpDoor Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do By or IpDoor Mobile have ads?
Neither By nor IpDoor Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, By or IpDoor Mobile?
By ships an update every 4 months, and IpDoor Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, By was updated on June 11, 2026 and IpDoor Mobile on August 8, 2026.

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