Secvest vs dS Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secvest
Monitor and control your home security system remotely. Receive instant alerts for events like break-ins or fires, view live camera feeds, and manage system settings from anywhere in the world. You can also control connected devices like lamps via wireless sockets.
- Remote alarm system control
- Instant push notifications
- Live camera stream access
- View alarm logbook
- Control connected devices
- Arm/disarm system
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Increased security, everywhere Simple operation worldwide With the mobile application, operation of the Secvest is intuitive and secure from any location. In addition to viewing events such as breaking and entering, fire, emergency alarms etc., you can also arm, disarm or internally arm your system. In the event of an incident, the app informs you instantaneously via a push notification. Calling up alarm images By extending your Secvest alarm system to include up to six network cameras, you can access alarm images using the app and can respond even faster in the event of an alarm. You can verify alarms at any time in the log book and access to the camera's live stream allows you to keep an eye on what is happening at home. Push notification in the event of an alarm In the event of an alarm, you will instantly receive an alert via a push notification. This allows you to gain an instantaneous overview of what has happened and, where necessary, take further action. Convenient switching of outputs The app enables you to switch specific outputs. When used in combination with a wireless socket, this means that you can control lamps or other electric devices remotely, for example. An overview of the most important functions • View the alarm panel status wherever you are in the world • Receive a push notification in the event of an alarm • Acknowledge and reset alarms • Arm, disarm or internally arm individual sub-areas • Display/hide open zones • Access the network camera's live stream • Manually switch outputs, e.g. wireless sockets • Access the log book Languages available • German • English • French • Dutch • Danish • Italian Supported devices • FUAA50000 / FUAA50010 / FUAA50100 / FUAA50110 Secvest wireless alarm system • FUAA50500 / FUAA50510 / FUAA50600 / FUAA50610 Secvest Touch wireless alarm system
dS Smart Home
Control your smart home devices, including lighting, shading, and music, with this intuitive application. Monitor energy consumption, weather, and alarms. Easily manage rooms, create custom scenarios, and adjust settings for a more comfortable living environment.
- Device control (light, shading, music)
- Energy consumption monitoring
- Weather and climate readings
- Custom scenario creation
- Room and device management
- SONOS speaker control
- Heating control
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• Simple and convenient The new dS Smart Home is the perfect app for the perfect smart home. Setting up and operating your digitalSTROM Smart Home has never been easier and more convenient. Whether light, shading or music - the app offers everything you need to make your life easier and more comfortable. • Clear structure The app has four tabs (Favorites, Cockpit, Rooms, Settings) that help you to quickly switch between different features: • Favorites: In the Favorites the most important scenarios of the whole flat are displayed. And you can add your personal favorites. These can be scenarios from the rooms, individual devices or user-defined actions. • Cockpit: the cockpit shows the current energy consumption and that of the last 7 days, weather and climate readings, current alarms and warnings, and user-defined states. In the detailed view of energy consumption, the individual circuits are displayed to the second. The climate data details show the temperature and humidity readings from the past days and weeks.. • Room overview: All rooms (including scenarios, devices and buttons) of your digitalSTROM Smart Home are displayed in the room overview and can be operated directly. • Settings: In the settings you can add further installations (for example your holiday home) and have direct access to the tutorials or the help page. • Custom actions Add custom actions to your favorites and retrieve them at any time. • Create and edit scenarios New scenarios can be easily and conveniently created and existing scenarios can be adjusted or deleted as needed. • Control of the SONOS speakers All SONOS speakers integrated into your digitalSTROM Smart Home can be operated via scenarios or the Play-Pause-function and the volume can be adjusted. • Overview of rooms, scenarios and devices Check the different measured values (e.g. temperature or humidity) and the current state of scenarios and all devices for "light" and "shading" for every room of your digitalSTROM Smart Home. Any changes made are displayed in the app immediately. • Make temporary settings Adjust the current brightness or color of lights and the position of shutters, blinds or awnings at any time easily. With a long click (3D-Touch) on a scenario or device you can open the temporary settings and make adjustments. • Control your heating Check the current temperature in the rooms, choose between Comfort and Eco mode in each room and set the desired temperature for each mode and room. • Assignment of buttons Try out how the various clicks on your light and shading buttons work and adapt the displayed scenarios to suit your requirements. • The home at a glance In the cockpit you will find information on current alarms and weather warnings, the user-defined states as well as the current energy consumption in your home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: dS Smart Home at 33% against Secvest's 22%. Secvest's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Secvest ships an update every 4 months, dS Smart Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secvest | dS Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ABUS Security Center GmbH & Co. KG | digitalSTROM AG |
Customer experience
Secvest
dS Smart Home
In-app purchases
Secvest
No in-app purchases
dS Smart Home
No in-app purchases









