Comparison

Home + Security vs Viki Home

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

Head to head
About

Home + Security

Monitor your home remotely with smart security devices. Receive instant alerts for visitors, break-ins, smoke, and carbon monoxide. Control cameras, doorbells, and alarms from your smartphone for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Remote doorbell answering
  • Intruder alerts with siren
  • Person/animal/vehicle detection
  • Smoke and CO detection alerts
  • Door and window break-in alerts
  • Smart indoor camera integration
Features
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Leave your home with peace of mind thanks to the Legrand-Netatmo-Bticino smart security solutions! Receive an alert on your smartphone when a visitor rings your doorbell, if there is a break-in attempt, and if smoke or carbon monoxide are detected. The notifications are smart so that you can act as quickly as possible when necessary, avoiding false alarms. Create an environment adapted to your needs, install the products yourself or ask a professional installer and access all their features from the Home + Security app, with no subscription fees or extra costs. SMART VIDEO DOORBELL Allows you to see who's at your door and answer it from wherever you are. SMART INTERNAL UNIT WITH ALEXA BUILT-IN Receive notification when someone is calling, answer the call and open the gate from wherever you are. SMART OUTDOOR CAMERA WITH SIREN Alerts you and deters intruders with its siren. SMART OUTDOOR CAMERA Lights up and alerts you as soon as a person, animal or vehicle enters your property. SMART INDOOR CAMERA Alerts you as soon as a stranger enters your home. SMART INDOOR SIREN Works with the Smart Indoor Camera - Triggers automatically and scares away intruders. SMART DOOR AND WINDOW SENSORS Works with the Smart Indoor Camera - Fitted on the doors and windows of your choice, they alert you in the event of a break-in attempt. SMART SMOKE ALARM Alerts you if there is a fire, no matter where you are. You can take action even when you're not at home. SMART CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM Alerts you if there is carbon monoxide in your home, no matter where you are. You can take action even when you are away.

About

Viki Home

Features
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Viki turns your house into one place you can actually talk to. Every room, device and person lives in a single structured model of your home. On top of it sits an agent that knows what that model says, answers in plain language, and acts within permissions you set. WHAT IT DOES - Ask what is going on. "Is anything still on downstairs?" "How much did we draw from the grid today?" - Tell it what you want. Lights, climate, shutters, doors, cameras, energy - it works out which devices are involved. - It takes initiative. When something needs you, Viki says so instead of waiting to be asked. - A living view of the house, where lights actually glow and shutters sit at their real position. ON THE CHANNELS YOU ALREADY USE Talk to your house in the app, on Telegram or on WhatsApp, and let it read plain email too. Each channel carries its own trust level, so consequential actions stay on strongly authenticated ground. AUTOMATIONS Triggers on time, on device state, on weather - and on what your cameras see. Anything that opens a door or a gate asks for your approval in the app first. YOUR CHOICE OF BRAIN The agent runs on the model you choose: Anthropic, any OpenAI-compatible API, or an endpoint on your own hardware. You choose the brain, Viki provides the body. OPEN BY DESIGN Every house exposes a Model Context Protocol endpoint, so you can point Claude, your editor or any MCP client at it with a personal token, under your permissions and never more. Provider modules run in sandboxed workers and the module SDK is open. REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT Viki requires a Viki account and an active house subscription. Connecting your own devices requires the accounts you already hold with their manufacturers.

Screenshots

Home + Security4 screens
Viki Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Viki Home at every 3 days against Home + Security's every 4 weeks. 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

Home + Security ships an update every 4 weeks, Viki Home every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Home + Security versus Viki Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome + SecurityViki Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (380 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings380 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLegrand - Netatmo – BticinoLUIGI BALESTRUCCI

Bugs and requests

Home + Security

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when selecting camera type
  • Geolocation-based automation not working
  • Dropbox integration not functioning properly
  • Shortcuts integration broken after recent update
  • Delayed or missing motion notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to disable video call notifications
  • Improve notification scheduling and customization
  • Implement multi-camera management and filtering
  • Allow control of floodlight brightness and automation
  • Expose object detection to HomeKit for automations

Viki Home

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Home + Security

No in-app purchases

None

Viki Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home + Security free?
Home + Security is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Viki Home free?
Viki Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home + Security or Viki Home have ads?
Neither Home + Security nor Viki Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home + Security or Viki Home?
Home + Security ships an update every 4 weeks, and Viki Home every 3 days. Most recently, Home + Security was updated on November 9, 2026 and Viki Home on October 31, 2026.

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