Netatmo Energy vs Far Sight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Netatmo Energy
Control your home's heating remotely and optimize energy consumption. Set personalized schedules, adjust temperatures room-by-room, and track your usage. Features like Auto-Adapt and Open Window Detection help save energy without sacrificing comfort.
- Remote heating control
- Room-by-room temperature adjustment
- Energy consumption tracking
- Customizable heating schedules
- Auto-Adapt function
- Open Window Detection
- Manual Boost
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Discover smart heating solutions and save energy without giving up your comfort! This application requires a Netatmo Smart Thermostat or a Netatmo Smart Valve starter pack. Visit www.netatmo.com to learn more! SAVE ENERGY WHILE HEATING YOUR HOME The Thermostat & the Valves set a programme based on your daily routine, so that you heat your home only when needed. Use the graph in the App to track your consumption. MANAGE YOUR HEATING REMOTELY AND WITH VOICE CONTROL Change the temperature remotely from your smartphone, tablet or computer. Schedule your heating to ensure you come back from your holidays to a warm home. ROOM-BY-ROOM COMFORT Fine-tune your ideal temperature room-by-room. Control the heating in one room or the entire home in one gesture. Smart Regulation: the Smart Radiator Valves analyse the room environment in real time and adjust heating according to sunshine level and room use. Manual Boost: when needed, the temperature can be temporarily raised in a specific room. SMART HEATING FOR BETTER HOME COMFORT Auto-Adapt function: uses your home’s insulation and the outdoor temperature to programme when your heating should switch on. Open Window Detection: when the Smart Radiator Valve detects a window is open, it temporarily switches off the heating in the room to prevent energy waste.
Far Sight
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Far Sight lets you create custom layouts with flexible grids displaying webcams, websites, images, and other web-based information. Each view can be refreshed automatically at intervals you choose. It is ideal for monitoring road conditions, your home surroundings, weather conditions anywhere in the world, multiple surveillance sources, stock market information, mountain weather, or current VFR flight conditions along your route. Originally designed for organising web-accessible webcam views, Far Sight can also bring information from multiple online sources together and display it in clean, easy-to-monitor grids. Create multiple layouts for different purposes and open any panel in full-screen mode. Swipe or use the on-screen arrows to move quickly between its views. Create a Far Sight account to keep your layouts synchronised across all your devices. Changes are synchronised automatically in the background, so your latest layouts are always available wherever you sign in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Netatmo Energy at Free against Far Sight's $7.99. Netatmo Energy also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 36 months). Far Sight's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Netatmo Energy is free to download; Far Sight costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Netatmo Energy ships an update every 3 months, Far Sight every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Netatmo Energy | Far Sight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (85 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 36 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Legrand - Netatmo – Bticino | Davor Pleskina |
Bugs and requests
Netatmo Energy
Reported bugs
12 issues- App loses smart relay connection after software updates
- Schedule changes not saved or revert to random settings
- Cannot delete schedules (delete button greyed out)
- Multi-property app only connects to one property at a time
- Thermostat display freezes or shows blank screen
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- Low battery warnings persist despite new batteries
- Manual boost heating doesn't turn off after set period
- Rooms overheat 2-3 degrees above requested temperature
- HomeKit connection drops intermittently
- App fails to find relay despite previous successful connection
- Radiator valve control affects all valves instead of individual ones
- Frost Guard button easily triggered accidentally during app closure
Requested features
13 requests- Dark mode and dark icon variants
- Geofencing capability for automatic heating control
- Boost button for quick 10-15 minute heating bursts
- Apple Watch app for convenient control
- Manual override for heating prediction timing
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- Ability to copy schedules across any days (not just weekday/weekend)
- Temperature control in 0.1 degree increments instead of 0.5
- Widget for quick app shortcuts
- Window detection automation for room-specific profiles
- Ability to control individual radiator valves independently
- Pool sensor integration
- External temperature sensor integration in graphs
- Czech and Slovak language translations
Far Sight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Netatmo Energy
No in-app purchases
Far Sight
No in-app purchases
