Comparison

Savant vs WiSA App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Savant

Effortlessly manage your entire smart home from lighting and climate to entertainment and security. Personalize your environment with custom scenes and schedules, and gain intelligent control over your home's energy usage. Monitor and manage power consumption, even with solar panels or backup batteries.

Highlights
  • Unified smart home control
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • Real-time lighting visualization
  • Intelligent energy monitoring
  • Remote security access
  • Multi-room audio/video control
Features
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It’s the app that all other smart home apps have been modeled after. Innovative and beautifully designed, the Savant Pro app is the easiest and most intuitive way to manage your smart home. Control your lighting, climate, entertainment and security with a single app on your iOS device. Savant is the only smart home platform that also allows you to monitor and manage how power is used throughout your home. UNIQUE AND PERSONAL Get ready for next-level personalization. Automate your home with Savant Scenes to capture the perfect music, climate, lighting and security for every occasion. Create a schedule around your Savant Scenes or activate them manually using your voice, iOS devices, in-wall touch panels, Savant Pro Remotes, and keypads. The Savant Pro app also lets you customize your views—your rooms and home become the app, and with Savant’s award-winning TrueImage feature, you can visualize your lighting in real-time with images that update live as you adjust the settings. LIGHTING FOR LIFE Savant’s patented Daylight Mode adjusts color temperature to match the sun throughout the day, harmonizing with your natural circadian rhythm. And our impeccably designed keypads let you recall different lighting scenes that you’ve created in the app with just a single touch. INTELLIGENT CONTROL OVER ENERGY USE The Savant Power System is a truly smart energy solution that gives you personalized control over energy consumption, whether you’re 100% on the grid or you have solar panels, a generator or a backup battery. The Savant Power System lets you monitor and prioritize different electrical loads across your home, manage consumption during a grid outage, and gain insights about your historical usage. SECURITY AND SAFETY FROM ANYWHERE With Savant, you can control locks and garage doors, access your security and door entry systems, and access your cameras from anywhere. The app sends you customized notifications for critical events, such as extreme temperatures or motion alerts. AUDIO AND VIDEO EVERYWHERE Savant is an industry leader in audio and video switching technology. Get high fidelity digital audio pumped throughout the home with our newly re-designed music interface, which supports Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Deezer, Sirius XM, TuneIn and more. Want to play video games while watching the big game? With the Savant Pro app, you can tile multiple video streams onto one screen, making it perfect for sports or news events. YOUR PERFECT CLIMATE Control virtually any climate system with Savant. Set climate schedules and control the temperature and lights for pools and spas. Create Savant Scenes to capture the perfect climate, lights and music for any occasion, accessible at the touch of a button through your thermostat. Ready to design your Savant smart home? Visit savant.com to find an authorized dealer.

About

WiSA App

Effortlessly set up and manage your WiSA-certified wireless speakers for an immersive home theater audio experience. Optimize sound quality with automatic room calibration and pre-tuned audio modes for movies, music, and more.

Highlights
  • Automatic speaker identification
  • Guided setup process
  • Room optimization (MyZone™)
  • Pre-tuned audio modes (MyAudio)
  • Support for up to 8 channels
  • Dolby Atmos® compatibility
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OPTIMIZE THE WIRELESS SPEAKERS IN YOUR HOME THEATER | Easily create and control a transcendent experience with your TV, WiSA-certified speakers, and SoundSend or other WiSA-certified transmitters. IMMERSIVE SOUND | Cinema-quality sound supporting up to 8 channels of uncompressed 24-bit 48/96 kHz sound and Dolby Atmos®. SIMPLE GUIDED SET-UP | Let the app do the work! Once your SoundSend or other WiSA-certified transmitter is powered on and connected to your TV, the app automatically connects to and identifies your WiSA-certified speakers. MYZONE™ | Automatically optimizes your audio experience based on distances between speakers to create your room’s perfect listening location (sweet spot). MYAUDIO | A convenient selection of expertly tuned audio modes for movies, music, or quiet time. Advanced users can make further adjustments and save their custom presets. FROM THE LEADERS IN WIRELESS AUDIO TECHNOLOGY | Creating immersive audio experiences that everyone can enjoy.

Screenshots

Savant4 screens
WiSA App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Savant at 4.4 against WiSA App's 4.0. Savant also leads on ratings volume (8.6K vs 5). WiSA App's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Savant holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Savant has 8.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Savant's written reviews are positive against 50% of WiSA App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Savant versus WiSA App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSavantWiSA App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8.6K ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews36.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSavant Systems Inc.WISA Technologies Inc

Customer experience

Savant

All ratings8,244 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive36.3%
Neutral7.9%
Negative55.8%

WiSA App

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Savant

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lighting and shades control not working
  • Doorbell and camera integration issues
  • Syncing problems between app and hardware
  • Unreliable Wi-Fi connectivity

Requested features

4 requests
  • Voice control integration
  • Improved music playback and volume control
  • Customizable scenes and automation options
  • Better integration with third-party smart home devices

WiSA App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Savant

No in-app purchases

None

WiSA App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Savant free?
Savant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WiSA App free?
WiSA App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Savant or WiSA App?
Savant is rated higher. Savant averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings, while WiSA App averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Savant or WiSA App have ads?
Neither Savant nor WiSA App shows ads.

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