Comparison

tado° vs casavi

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

Head to head
About

tado°

This app allows you to remotely control your home's heating, air conditioning, and heat pumps. It helps reduce energy consumption and costs through intuitive control and insights into your usage patterns.

Highlights
  • Remote heating and AC control
  • Energy usage insights
  • Energy-saving tips
  • Automated climate control
  • Matter and Thread compatibility
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Your home's energy at your fingertips. From anywhere, anytime. The tado° app isn't just for smart heating. It makes your whole home ready for intelligent energy management. Connect your tado° energy tariff. Keep your consumption and costs in view at any time. And with Smart Charging, your EV charges automatically when energy is cheapest. All in one app. SMART HEATING CORE FUNCTIONS • Remote control via app: Control your heating system anytime, from anywhere. • Smart Schedule: Easily set up custom heating schedules for each room. • Room Link: The smart integration between room thermostats and boiler makes your heating system more efficient. The boiler only runs when a room needs heat. And every room heats to its own target temperature. • Smart Home Integration: tado° is compatible with Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung SmartThings via Matter. • Easy DIY installation: The app provides custom step-by-step installation instructions tailored to your heating system. MORE WITH AI ASSIST Get even more smart features with AI Assist (subscription). Our AI learns your routines and room characteristics to boost comfort and efficiency. You can save up to 55%¹ more energy than with the free app. • Adaptive Heating: Learns the unique heating patterns for each of your rooms, optimising your energy consumption and enhancing your comfort, while you stay in control. • Geofencing: Using your phone’s location, tado° turns off the heating when no one’s home. • Preheat before arrival: With predictive AI, tado° will warm up your home again just before you get back. • Holiday Mode: Turns off your heating when you go on holiday and automatically switches it back on in time for your return. • Open Window Detection: tado° detects open windows without requiring additional sensors, automatically pausing your heating to avoid wasting energy. • Hydronic Balancing: Automatically manages water flow to ensure even heat distribution to all radiators. • Care & Protect: Monitors your heating system, notifies you if unusual heating behaviour is detected and helps you to solve issues with easy step-by-step guides. • Air Comfort: Helps you to achieve a healthier indoor climate, with insights and specific advice, e.g. when you should open the windows, or if a room is at risk of developing mould. • Automated Flow Temperature Optimization: Optimizes the maximum flow temperature of an OpenTherm boiler according to the outside temperature to save energy. • Climate Report: Visualizes the room temperature and heating activity for any of your rooms over time. • Energy IQ: See exactly how much energy you consume – broken down by room and month. Keep track of your costs at any time. ONE APP FOR YOUR HOME ENERGY From your smart thermostat to your energy tariff, heat pump and EV charging: tado° brings it all together. • Dynamic Tariff Integration: Connect your tado° energy tariff (available in Germany and Austria) or any other dynamic energy provider. • Smart Charging: Automatically charge your electric car when electricity prices are at their lowest. Set a ready-by time and tado° handles the rest. Included free with tado° Energy. Available as an in-app subscription for all others. • Balance for heat pumps: Your heat pump automatically runs when electricity is cheapest. tado° Balance maximizes efficiency by monitoring energy prices and outdoor temperatures. Available as an in-app subscription. ¹Up to 55% more savings is based on internal modelling comparing the use of tado° AI Assist vs the free tado° app. Actual savings depend on household characteristics, usage patterns and external factors.

About

casavi

This app facilitates communication between residents, property owners, caretakers, and property managers. It allows for receiving important notifications, reporting damages with photos, and exchanging direct messages within the living environment. Users also gain access to helpful articles and documents.

Highlights
  • Important notifications and updates
  • Damage reporting with photos
  • Direct messaging for residents
  • Access to documents 24/7
  • Community classifieds and offers
  • Helpful articles for residents
Features
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Willkommen in der casavi App - dem digitalen Kontakt zu Hausverwaltung und Nachbarschaft casavi verbindet all jene, die sich regelmäßig miteinander austauschen müssen, damit wohnen und vermieten reibungslos klappt: Bewohner, Wohnungseigentümer, Hausmeister und Verwalter. Funktionen: - Benachrichtigungen bei wichtigen Mitteilungen, Terminen, neuen Dokumenten und Änderungen - Schadensmeldung direkt via Smartphone inklusive Fotos an die zuständigen Personen senden - Suchanzeigen und Angebote (z.B. Babysitter gesucht, Garagenstellplatz zu vermieten) - Über Direktnachrichten im Wohnumfeld austauschen - Regelmäßige Ratgeber-Artikel für Mieter und Wohnungseigentümer - 24/7 Zugriff auf Dokumente

Screenshots

tado°4 screens
casavi4 screens

Verdict

The call

tado° and casavi both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of casavi's written reviews are positive against 42% of tado°'s. casavi also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). tado°'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (778 vs 31). On price, rating, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. tado° sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. casavi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for tado° against 4.5 for casavi. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tado° has 778 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of tado°'s written reviews are positive against 78% of casavi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tado° ships an update weekly, casavi monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
tado° versus casavi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertado°casavi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (778 ratings)4.5 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.4% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings778 — better31
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertado°casavi GmbH

Customer experience

tado°

All ratings778 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews792 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral13.8%
Negative43.8%

casavi

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%

Bugs and requests

tado°

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App frequently crashes or becomes unresponsive
  • Syncing issues between app and hardware
  • Incorrect temperature readings from smart radiator valves
  • Inability to add/assign rooms in the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and apply scheduling templates
  • Improved Siri/HomeKit integration
  • Option to disable subscription upselling
  • More granular temperature control
  • Better battery life indicators

casavi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

tado°

Subscriptions8
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist$3.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist1 Month trial$3.991 Month
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  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist6 Months trial$3.991 Month
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist$29.991 Year
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist1 Year trial3 variants$29.991 Year
  • AI Assist / Auto-Assist7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

casavi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tado° free?
tado° is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is casavi free?
casavi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, tado° or casavi?
casavi is rated higher. tado° averages 4.5 out of 5 from 778 ratings, while casavi averages 4.5 from 31 ratings.
Do tado° or casavi have ads?
Neither tado° nor casavi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tado° or casavi?
tado° ships an update weekly, and casavi monthly. Most recently, tado° was updated on November 8, 2026 and casavi on November 6, 2026.

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