Comparison

By vs WiAutomate

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

WiAutomate

Features

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Application that controls WiAutomate home automation modules. You can add, control or monitor modules using this app.

Screenshots

By4 screens

WiAutomate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: By at every 7 months against WiAutomate's every 20 months. On price, 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

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, WiAutomate every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level

By versus WiAutomate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	By	WiAutomate
Price	Free	Free
Positive reviews	0.0% of reviews	—
Update frequency	Every 7 months — better	Every 20 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	12.0 — better	13.0
Further details — not scored
Size	8 MB	13 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Vimar S.p.A.	Core Aplikacije

In-app purchases

None

By

No in-app purchases

None

WiAutomate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is By free?

By is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is WiAutomate free?

WiAutomate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do By or WiAutomate have ads?

Neither By nor WiAutomate shows ads.

Which is updated more often, By or WiAutomate?

By ships an update every 7 months, and WiAutomate every 20 months. Most recently, By was updated on November 2, 2026 and WiAutomate on November 3, 2026.