KNX APP vs 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KNX APP
Control your home or office remotely with custom scenes and time programs. Manage lighting, temperature, security, and more. Offers live previews, camera control, and push notifications for alarms.
- Custom scene creation
- Time program management
- Lighting and blind control
- Temperature management
- IP camera pan, tilt, zoom
- Alarm notifications
- PIN page protection
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The KNX APP-Control app is a client for the KNX APP-Control Server. Controlling your home or office was never so fast and easy. Build your own scenes and time programs for your home and change them when ever you want. Lighting control, blind control, temperature control, energy management, EV-Charger, timers, IP cameras, alarm notifications, charts and much more. A selection of the features: • change scenes directly from within the app • optional "live preview" of the scenes • add new time programms, change them or remove them • pan, tilt and zoom support for IP cameras • multiple accounts support • multiple visualizations support • alarm messages with support for push messages and email • protect pages with a PIN
3D
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Discover ABB's Smart Buildings portfolio! The assortment includes wiring accessories such as light switches and sockets, door communication systems and high-end smart buildings products such as ABB i-bus KNX and ABB-free@home sensors. With 3D-LiveView, you can view our products live and in 3D on your own wall via augmented reality. If you have chosen your favorite design the App also helps you to locate the closest contact, be it an ABB office or an installer or distributor. Furthermore, you can use the App to take a look at your individual ABB-tacteo KNX sensors, that you have configured via the ABB-tacteo configurator. The tracking motive for the 3D-LiveView app can be found here: https://www.busch-jaeger.de/fileadmin/de.buschjaeger/content_de/content/pdfs/Lichtschalter_3D_tracking.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 3D at every 2 months against KNX APP's every 5 months. 3D also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KNX APP ships an update every 5 months, 3D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KNX APP | 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 289 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Busch-Jaeger Elektro GmbH | ABB Information Systems AG |
In-app purchases
KNX APP
No in-app purchases
3D
No in-app purchases
