Focus Mate 2 vs Meaco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Mate 2
Control lighting consoles like ETC EOS or HES Hog 4 using voice commands from your Apple Watch. Dictate full sentences to manage channels, groups, and presets, with a basic keypad remote also available for iPhone.
- Voice control for lighting consoles
- Apple Watch integration
- Supports ETC EOS and HES Hog 4
- Dictate full sentences
- Basic iPhone keypad remote
- Control presets, palettes, and cues
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Ever find yourself without a programmer at the console during focus? Don't want to take your phone out when you're up a ladder or halfway along a catwalk? Focus Mate lets you drive the desk with your voice — from your iPhone, or straight from your Apple Watch. You can dictate full sentences, like you would to an assistant, and Focus Mate will do its best to execute what you dictate. Example phrases include: "123 and 126 at 50" will do what you expect "Group 6 by themselves" will execute 'Group 6 RemDim" "201 through 206 minus 204 home" will put all those channels back to their home preset. For convenience, also included is a keypad remote for iPhone, for when speaking isn't easier.
Meaco
Control your smart-enabled Meaco products remotely via Wi-Fi. Adjust settings, set timers, and monitor product status directly from your smartphone for enhanced convenience at home.
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Remote control
- Set ON/OFF timers
- Check product status
- Change settings and modes
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The Meaco App is designed to provide you with more control than ever before. Connect to your smart-enabled Meaco products quickly and easily via Wi-Fi and access their full functionality from the palm of your hand. Use the app to set ON and OFF timers, check the status of your product, change settings and modes. All features have been engineered on the app for seamless use in the home. No more searching for the air circulator remote in the dark or crossing the room to check if your dehumidifiers water tank is full.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meaco at Free against Focus Mate 2's $24.99. Meaco also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Focus Mate 2's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 21%). On ratings volume, 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
Meaco is free to download; Focus Mate 2 costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meaco holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Focus Mate 2's written reviews are positive against 21% of Meaco's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Focus Mate 2 ships an update every 5 weeks, Meaco every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Mate 2 | Meaco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alex Forey | Meaco (U.K.) Limited |
Customer experience
Focus Mate 2
Meaco
In-app purchases
Focus Mate 2
No in-app purchases
Meaco
No in-app purchases
