Comparison

Effira vs Elveta Connect

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

Head to head
About

Effira

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Effira โ€“ smart heating control that lowers your costs Effira optimizes heating and hot water to reduce your energy consumption without compromising comfort. With over 90% compatibility, Effira works with most heat pumps in Sweden โ€“ and new models are continuously added. What you can do in the app: โ€ข View your estimated and actual savings โ€“ in real time and over time โ€ข Enjoy reliable monitoring of your heat pump โ€ข Track temperatures, operating modes, and historical data โ€ข Automatically control and optimize heating & hot water โ€ข Receive notifications about deviations, errors, and recommended actions (coming soon) Security and transparency Effira gives you full insight into how your heat pump operates and why optimizations are made. All communication is secure and encrypted, and the app is continuously updated with new features. Is my heat pump compatible? With support for over 90% of heat pumps on the market, Effira works with most brands and models. Compatibility is expanding all the time. Easy installation Installation is included and carried out by an Effira-authorized partner to ensure everything works correctly from the start.

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Elveta Connect

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Get your real-time energy dongle connected to your Wi-Fi in a few guided steps โ€“ no account, no cloud login, no data collection. Elveta Connect walks you through pairing a physical real-time dongle from Picofrost over Bluetooth and handing it your Wi-Fi details, so it can start reporting your electricity meter data. The whole process takes a couple of minutes: โ€ข Scan the QR code printed on your real-time dongle โ€ข Confirm the Bluetooth pairing request your phone shows you โ€ข Pick your Wi-Fi network and enter its password โ€ข Read your dongle's own status light to confirm it's online Works with every current Elveta real-time dongle model, including white-label versions sold by your energy company. For advanced users, an optional setting exposes a local Telnet port on Elveta-branded dongles for integrations like Home Assistant. Available in English, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, and German. This app has no login and never talks to a backend server - it only ever communicates with your dongle over Bluetooth, once, to send it your Wi-Fi credentials.

Screenshots

Effira4 screens
Elveta Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

Effira and Elveta Connect are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Effira versus Elveta Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEffiraElveta Connect
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size81 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEffira Energy ABPicofrost

In-app purchases

None

Effira

No in-app purchases

None

Elveta Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Effira free?
Effira is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elveta Connect free?
Elveta Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Effira or Elveta Connect have ads?
Neither Effira nor Elveta Connect shows ads.

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