Comparison with the official Comelit app
Home system
- ✓Comelit hub
- ✓automatic discovery or manual setup
- ✓more than one home
- ✓at home and away
- +opens quickly, with devices already cached (no flicker and no three-second wait)
- ✕does not set up door-entry-only systems (only door stations attached to a hub)
Lights
- ✓on, off
- ✓dimmers and RGB lights
- ✕schedules (you can use scenarios)
Blinds and shutters
- ✓full open/close with a tap, or a partial position with a long-press and drag
- ✓venetian slats
- +opening and closing times are learned while you use them: no stopwatch, no manual timing
- +optional separate categories for venetians and shutters
- ✕schedules (you can use scenarios) and a favourite position
Actuators and door openers
- ✓supported with hub configuration and with local configuration
Climate
- ✓heating and cooling
- ✓temperature and humidity
- +a temperature control you can actually aim, without a fight
- +0.5° or 1° steps, your choice (do you really need tenths of a degree at home?)
- +schedules that you can use (in the official app that screen is hard to follow and, at least on iPhone, it quits on the first tap)
- +tap to turn climate on and off, or always open the detail with the temperature, like the official app? You choose, in settings
- +setpoint visible and editable while the unit is off. The official app only shows the set temperature when it’s on, and the hub only accepts a new setpoint then too. Most people want to pick the temperature first, then turn it on: Come.lite lets you, despite the system’s limits
- ✕party and holiday modes (I’ve never seen the point — does anyone use them?)
Irrigation
- ✓on, off, and timed runs
- ✓multi-day schedules
Automations
- ✓open and close
- ✓multi-day schedules
Cameras
- ✓supported with hub configuration and locally
- ✓video on the local network and remotely/cloud
- ✕no saving of photos or video
Door entry
- ✓support for door stations attached to a hub
- ✓directory from the hub, with the option to add contacts locally
- ✓automatic app user setup on the hub
- ✓video at home and away, started as quickly as we can
- ✓calls on the desktop app, while the app is open
- ✓call notifications on the phone (our own path, not Comelit’s)
- +you can choose whether to receive a notification or a call on your phone when someone rings the doorbell
- +you can resume the call if the door station times out
- ✕no automatic recording of call video
- ✕no standalone door stations (no hub)
Scenarios
- ✓create, run now, and schedule
- ✓scenarios already on the hub and ones you create in the app
- +one kind of scenario, without splitting “instant”, “scheduled”, and “conditional”. All of them can be run, and optionally scheduled or started by an event
- +easy editing of existing scenarios (no millimetre-perfect swipe that might delete the row)
- +scenario editing stays usable, without the frequent quits that happen in that screen in the official app
Energy use
- ✓monthly and daily use
- +combined totals as well (on a three-phase supply, three separate charts are rarely useful)
- +energy price (single or dual rate), rough extra costs, and an estimate for the month
- ✕no thresholds or load-shedding: measurement only
Rules
- ✕not supported (in the official app they’re read-only and have no detail either: it’s unclear what they’re for)
Direct links
- ~direct links live inside scenarios, not as their own section
Voice assistants
- ✕linking to Alexa and Google Assistant is only supported on the official app
Notifications
- ✓door-entry call notifications on iPhone and Android, in a different way from the official app (Come.lite cannot receive the alerts Comelit’s cloud sends only to their app)
- ✕no text notifications from the hub (for example from rules)
Home screen and settings
- +a favourites page that behaves: pick any devices for ⭐️, any type, any order
- +a roomier layout or a compact one, if you want everything on one screen: you choose, in settings
- +light or dark theme, following the phone or set by hand, also in settings
- +All together or separated by room? You choose, each time, with a convenient toggle in the header.