Comparison

By vs Spotlight Door Scanner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Spotlight Door Scanner

Features
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Manage your door entry easily with Spotlight Door Scanner. With a built in QR scanner and simple user interface managing your guests at the door has never been easier.

Screenshots

By4 screens
Spotlight Door Scanner2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: By at 12.0 against Spotlight Door Scanner's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

By ships an update every 7 months, Spotlight Door Scanner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
By versus Spotlight Door Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBySpotlight Door Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVimar S.p.A.Ibiza Spotlight S.L.

In-app purchases

None

By

No in-app purchases

None

Spotlight Door Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is By free?
By is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spotlight Door Scanner free?
Spotlight Door Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do By or Spotlight Door Scanner have ads?
Neither By nor Spotlight Door Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, By or Spotlight Door Scanner?
By ships an update every 7 months, and Spotlight Door Scanner every 4 months. Most recently, By was updated on October 20, 2026 and Spotlight Door Scanner on October 21, 2026.

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