Comparison

Clavis 2.0 vs VMH Flex J1939

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

Head to head
About

Clavis 2.0

Manage your King Gates automated gates and garage doors remotely from a single dashboard. This redesigned app offers an enhanced user experience for controlling and monitoring home automations with customizable access policies and detailed activity logs.

Highlights
  • Remote gate and garage door control
  • Single dashboard management
  • Customizable user access policies
  • Activity tracking logs
  • QR code for adding users/installations
  • Geolocation-based opening modes
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Control your King Gates automated gates and garage doors from your mobile device, with just one touch and from one single dashboard. β€˜Clavis 2.0’ is the newly redesigned app for managing home and building automations. It offers an enhanced user experience and fixes some bugs from the previous version, while retaining the familiar features that Clavis users well know. Gates and garage doors can be remotely monitored and controlled with a single click, ensuring maximum convenience and efficiency. Access policies and times for additional users can be fully customized, and all activity can be tracked through detailed logs. Adding new users and installations is simple with QR code technology, providing a fast and intuitive user experience. Thanks to the geolocation function, each automated device can be set to one of three opening modes: manual, automatic, or semi-automatic, for a fully personalized experience. Your smart home devices connect effortlessly to the Wi-Fi domestic network through a dedicated Wi-Fi plug-in module, compatible with King Gates digital control units, for a complete, efficient, and connected home management solution.

About

VMH Flex J1939

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THE VMH FLEX Tiny device / endless possibilities Small but powerful, the VMH Flex is the perfect compromise to display a large amount of boat data in a compact device. No matter if you are wearing gloves or if it is raining on your deck, the innovative laser touch button allows you to scroll up to 5 different screens. Every screen can be freely customized with your most important information, and the setup – including alarms – is easily done with your smartphone just with a Β»tapΒ«. Capable of reading from both sensors and CAN the VMH Flex is further empowered by the LIN connectivity to get all the information from your battery thanks to the Intelligent Battery Sensor.

Screenshots

Clavis 2.04 screens
VMH Flex J19394 screens

Verdict

The call

Clavis 2.0 and VMH Flex J1939 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clavis 2.0 versus VMH Flex J1939: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClavis 2.0VMH Flex J1939
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews25.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperV2 S.p.a.Veratron AG

In-app purchases

None

Clavis 2.0

No in-app purchases

None

VMH Flex J1939

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clavis 2.0 free?
Clavis 2.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VMH Flex J1939 free?
VMH Flex J1939 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clavis 2.0 or VMH Flex J1939 have ads?
Neither Clavis 2.0 nor VMH Flex J1939 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clavis 2.0 or VMH Flex J1939?
Clavis 2.0 ships an update every 2 months, and VMH Flex J1939 every 2 months. Most recently, Clavis 2.0 was updated on October 16, 2026 and VMH Flex J1939 on October 25, 2026.

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