NOVELAN App vs BIOCAT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NOVELAN App
Control your heat pump and ventilation unit remotely via smartphone or tablet. Optimize your indoor climate with convenient features for setting temperatures, monitoring status, and managing ventilation stages. Requires compatible NOVELAN hardware.
- Remote heat pump control
- Ventilation unit operation
- Indoor climate optimization
- Temperature and status monitoring
- Time switch function settings
- Error memory reading
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Control your heat pump and/or your ventilation unit with the NOVELAN App conveniently and free of charge from home via smartphone or tablet per app. NOVELAN explains the various possibilities and helps you to make the right decision for an optimal indoor climate. Your benefits: • Convenient remote control • Heat pump can be set and maintained directly via app • Free and easy online download The NOVELAN App enables the comfort control and monitoring of your NOVELAN heat pump with WPR-Net 2.0/2.1 controller and/or your NOVELAN ventilation unit ZG375 Eco. Heat pump and ventilation unit can be registered and operated independently of each other. Function overview heat pump control: • Displays the status of your heat pump on the start screen • Displays the operating hours • Displays all relevant temperatures • Remote control of the most important functions • Simple setting of the time switch functions • Displays the data log • Reading the error memory • Setting the desired hot water temperature In the home network, the above-mentioned functions are already enabled and fully usable in your heat pump. If you also have a heatpump24 account, all functions can also be used online, that means outside of the home network. Function overview ventilation unit control: • Switching the ventilation system on and off • Selection of ventilation stages 1-4 • Selection mode: manual, automatic (with sensor), maximum and weekly program • Information on the setting of the supply air volume flows in ventilation stages 1,2 and 3 After registering the ventilation unit using the serial number and your email address, the app can be used free of charge. Condition: You have a heat pump with the WPR-Net 2.0/2.1 controller and this is connected to your home network via network cable and/or a ventilation unit ZG375 Eco.
BIOCAT
Configure your BIOCAT KLS device remotely via Bluetooth or the internet. Receive alerts for leakage alarms and monitor your water consumption data and statistics.
- Remote device configuration
- Bluetooth and Internet connectivity
- Leakage alarm notifications
- Water consumption tracking
- Leakage check functionality
- User registration for advanced functions
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BIOCAT - the easy way to configure your BIOCAT KLS device. The BIOCAT app allows mobile configuration of BIOCAT KLS devices via Bluetooth or the Internet. Registered users receive advanced operating functions, such as adjusting settings, as well as push notifications in case of leakage alarm directly to their smartphone. Detailed assistance in case of leakage alarms as well as a (manual or automatic) leakage check of the piping allows the user to identify potential sources of danger in the water pipes at an early stage and to minimize damage. In addition, the user gains insight into his water consumption data as well as statistics on the course of consumption behavior.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BIOCAT at 67% against NOVELAN App's 2%. BIOCAT also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). NOVELAN App's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
NOVELAN App ships an update every 13 months, BIOCAT every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NOVELAN App | BIOCAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 2.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ait-deutschland GmbH | WaterCryst |
Customer experience
NOVELAN App
BIOCAT
In-app purchases
NOVELAN App
No in-app purchases
BIOCAT
No in-app purchases








