Josh vs Crestron Home Setup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Josh
This app offers AI-powered control for your smart home, allowing you to manage connected devices, personalize your interface, and create automations. Access your home from anywhere with intuitive touch, text, and voice commands.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home interface
- Create automations and alerts
- Intuitive touch, text, and voice commands
- Remote access to property
- Manage connected 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.
Crestron Home Setup
Configure and control your smart home system with ease. This app allows for initial setup and ongoing management of lighting, climate, audio, video, and security features. Experience a seamlessly integrated living environment tailored to your preferences.
- Initial system setup
- Configure smart home devices
- Control lighting
- Manage climate settings
- Adjust shades
- Monitor security
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The Crestron Home™ Setup App is used to setup and configure the Crestron Home Operating System. Using the app you have the ability to setup your clients Crestron home with a few simple steps, right from your iPad® tablet. Control of your Crestron Smart home is done via the Crestron Home App which makes it easy to access and control every aspect of your Crestron smart home with the tap of a button on your iPhone® or iPad®, or with the sound of your voice. Lighting, climate, audio, video, shades, security, and more are at your command, from wherever you happen to be. Experience rooms that awaken with a single touch and environments that adjust to your every mood. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing your home is safe and sound, whether you’re home or away. Crestron Home elevates your living experience, transforming your everyday commands into instantaneous delight. NOTE: Use of the Crestron Home app requires a Crestron smart home system that has been installed and licensed by a Crestron Authorized Dealer via the Crestron Home Setup App
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Josh at 4.8 against Crestron Home Setup's 3.4. Josh also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Crestron Home Setup's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 50% of Crestron Home Setup's.
Josh ships an update weekly, Crestron Home Setup every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | Crestron Home Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 3.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Crestron Electronics, Inc. |
Customer experience
Josh
Crestron Home Setup
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
Crestron Home Setup
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
Crestron Home Setup
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Josh free?
Is Crestron Home Setup free?
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