Comparison

B vs HOOC Compact

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

Head to head
About

B

Monitor your home's real-time energy consumption and costs with this app. Track individual appliance usage, manage budgets, and optimize self-produced energy to reduce electricity bills and dependency on market prices.

Highlights
  • Real-time consumption display
  • Appliance cost tracking
  • Monthly budget calculator
  • Historical consumption diagrams
  • Self-produced energy optimization
  • Individual circuit monitoring
Features
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The Energy Manager App unfolds its full potential in connection with a fully integrated smart meter from B-control. The Energy Manager EM100 is the ideal energy meter for capturing the power consumption of your house in real-time and directly taking action to lower energy costs. Through an easy data transfer via ethernet or wifi you can call up your power consumption conveniently from a smartphone, tablet, or PC. The Energy Manager App offers a multitude of graphical assessments, which document your success and identify further possibilities of saving resources. The following functions await you in the app: - Display of momentary consumption - Display of momentary consumption as progression curve - Display of consumption itemized according to your 3-phase connection - Energy Stopwatch: measure the costs of individual appliances - Budget calculator: Keep an overview of your monthly budget - Display of past consumption data in diagrams - Display of your electricity tariff - Display of current meter readings You produce your own energy? The Energy Manager EM210 enables you to optimize your energy supply. You have control over when you draw and feed in power. Through the controlled usage of your self-produced power you not only sink your electricity costs, you also reduce the dependency of rising prices in the electricity market. In connection with the EM210 you have access to the following additional functions with the app: - Display of momentary power supply or feed-in - Display of all past values in diagrams designated as power supply or feed-in With the EM300 the individual circuits can be read out with the B-control sensors via the RS485 interface of the Energy Manager. If sensors are connected to the EM300, the following values are available in the app: - Power consumption values of individual circuits in real-time - Power consumption of individual circuits as a real-time curve - Historical consumption data of individual circuits in diagrams - Comparable representation of the consumption data of individual circuits

About

HOOC Compact

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Was für den Gebäudetechniker die Client-App und für den Immobilienverwalter die Collab-App ist, das stellt die Compact-App für den Endanwender dar. Getreu ihrem Namen verbindet sie in vereinfachter Form die wichtigsten HOOC-Funktionen in einem handlichen Format. So wird auch bei der Compact-App einfaches Nutzermanagement ganz grossgeschrieben. Kein mühsames Eingeben von Benutzerdaten mehr (Einladung via QRCode), Webzugriffe erfolgen schnell und unkompliziert dank Secure Proxy und sämtliche Nachrichten sind auf einen Blick im Message Center ersichtlich. Statt wie der Systemintegrator, der alle von ihm überwachten Steuerungen in der Client-App aufgelistet hat, sieht der Endkunde nun einzig seine eigene Anlage auf dem Display. Und sollte diese einmal ausfallen, erhält er dank HOOC Alert direkt eine Push-Nachricht aufs Handy gesendet. So dass auch er – oder sie – die eigene Anlage fest im Blick bzw. Griff hat.

Screenshots

B4 screens
HOOC Compact4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: B at 8.0 against HOOC Compact's 13.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

B ships an update every 14 months, HOOC Compact every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
B versus HOOC Compact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBHOOC Compact
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTQ-Systems GmbHHOOC AG

In-app purchases

None

B

No in-app purchases

None

HOOC Compact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is B free?
B is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HOOC Compact free?
HOOC Compact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do B or HOOC Compact have ads?
Neither B nor HOOC Compact shows ads.
Which is updated more often, B or HOOC Compact?
B ships an update every 14 months, and HOOC Compact every 9 months. Most recently, B was updated on October 10, 2026 and HOOC Compact on October 3, 2026.

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