Josh vs URC Mobile 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Josh
Control your smart home with AI-powered assistance. Personalize your interface, create automations, and manage connected devices from anywhere. Designed for intuitive control for all family members.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home intelligence experience
- Create automations and alerts
- Manage connected devices remotely
- Intuitive control via touch, text, voice
- Adjust floor plans and nickname devices
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Josh.ai: AI powered smart home control. Powered by Josh.ai's award winning software platform AI OS, the Josh App provides seamless access to your connected devices and dynamic tools to personalize your home intelligence experience to the fullest. Refine administrative settings, adjust a home's floor plan, nickname devices, create automations and alerts, and add custom photos to your bespoke interface. Access your property from anywhere and easily navigate to what's important. Simply swipe from the Interactive Home Page to access custom dashboards, areas, devices, and scenes. The Josh.ai platform is designed to empower every member of the family with intuitive control and intelligent assistance through touch, text, and natural voice commands. Note: The Josh App requires a valid software plan and accompanies Josh hardware, which is exclusively available through certified home technology professionals. Visit www.josh.ai for more information.
URC Mobile 2.0
This app is a legacy version for controlling your Total Control system. A newer version, URC Mobile 2.5, is available and supports iPad and iPhone. This version will no longer receive support.
- Total Control system integration
- Legacy mobile control
- iPhone and iPod support
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A new version of this app is now available! The new version is called "URC Mobile 2.5" and adds support for both iPad and iPhone. We encourage you to contact your installer or integration company with any questions you may have in integrating URC Mobile 2.5 with your Total Control system. Please note that this version will no longer be supported. If you have any questions, please contact our Technical Support group at 800-901-0800.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Josh at 87% against URC Mobile 2.0's 24%. Josh also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). URC Mobile 2.0's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Josh holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 115 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 24% of URC Mobile 2.0's.
Josh ships an update every 11 days, URC Mobile 2.0 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | URC Mobile 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 3.0 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Universal Remote Control |
Customer experience
Josh
URC Mobile 2.0
Bugs and requests
Josh
Reported bugs
5 issues- App completely fails to load home
- Natural language processing fails to recognize simple commands
- App has zero memory
- Josh doesn't consistently communicate commands
- Music control is confusing and unintuitive
Requested features
6 requests- Improve music control interface
- Allow device name changes
- Enhance memory for device names
- Improve natural language processing for commands
- Better scene creation based on habits
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- Control all lights in a room at once
URC Mobile 2.0
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
URC Mobile 2.0
No in-app purchases
