Comparison

By vs GecApp

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

Head to head
About

By

Control and program smart home climate devices remotely. Manage touch timers and thermostats from your smartphone for convenient temperature regulation and energy monitoring.

Highlights
  • Program touch timer-thermostats
  • Local supervision of devices
  • Remote supervision of devices
  • Control Clima&Energy devices
  • Smartphone integration
  • Energy monitoring
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It enables the programming, in a intuitive and easy way of the 02955 flush mounting touch timer-thermostat and the programming and the local and remote supervision of the Clima&Energy surface mounting devices (02911 ClimaChrono Wi-Fi touch and 01913 ClimaPhone GSM timer-thermostats and 02906 ClimaThermo GSM touch thermostat) by means of the latest generation smartphones. ATTENTION: the 01913/02906 devices are not supported by iPad because supplied of GSM/SMS connectivity, not available on iPad.

About

GecApp

Control and monitor GecApp's smart devices, including programmable thermostats and remote activators. Manage settings, alarms, and auxiliary relays for temperature control, lighting, and more.

Highlights
  • Device activation and management
  • Real-time settings monitoring
  • Temperature alarm threshold management
  • Antifreeze mode enablement
  • Auxiliary relay control
  • User authorization management
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GECAPP is a smartphone App, which is able to interface in an easy and intuitive manner with its own devices: GecApp Crono GSM” and “GecApp Crono Wi-Fi”, and remote activator GSM “GSM03”. Through the application, you can select which device to activate and manage it. By operating with the devices, via the App you can know the real-time settings, intervene on the basic functionality, manage thresholds’ temperature alarm, enable and set the antifreeze mode, and check the status of connected devices – equipped with dry contact relay. The programmable thermostats "GecApp Crono GSM" and "Crono GecApp Wi-Fi" are equipped, in addition to the standard relay for temperature management, with an independent auxiliary relay, which allows you, via the App, to activate any other thermoregulation’s devices present in the system, or to activate and deactivate auxiliary loads (electric gates, lighting, irrigation, etc.). When using the App to operate the remote controller GSM03, you can manage all features, as control the two relays, check the status of connected devices to the 3 dry contact inputs and manage the authorizations to enabled users to use the device. In future, it will be added to the App the ability to manage a whole new set of devices on which we are working.

Screenshots

By4 screens
GecApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GecApp at 18% against By's 0%. GecApp also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). 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

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

By ships an update every 7 months, GecApp every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
By versus GecApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterByGecApp
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews18.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVimar S.p.A.Geca srl

Customer experience

By

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

GecApp

Written reviews50 reviews
Positive18.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative66.0%

In-app purchases

None

By

No in-app purchases

None

GecApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is By free?
By is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GecApp free?
GecApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do By or GecApp have ads?
Neither By nor GecApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, By or GecApp?
By ships an update every 7 months, and GecApp every 3 months. Most recently, By was updated on October 14, 2026 and GecApp on October 13, 2026.

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