Smart Projector Control vs Calenek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Projector Control
Control Panasonic projectors remotely from your smartphone. Connect via Wi-Fi or USB to operate the projector and monitor its status directly from your device.
- Remote projector operation
- Projector status monitoring
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- USB connectivity
- Compatibility with Panasonic projectors
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Smart Projector Control is a smartphone application for operating Panasonic projectors. By installing Smart Projector Control onto your iPhone, and using wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) or USB to connect to a network containing a Panasonic projector, you can operate the projector and check the projector status from your smartphone. ---- Requirements ---- OS: iOS 17 / 18 / 26 iPhone 16 / iPhone 15 / iPhone 14 Pro / iPhone 13 / iPhone 13 mini / iPhone 12 / iPhone 11 / iPhone XS / iPhone XS Max / iPhone XR ---- Compatible Projectors (all U, E, EA versions of the below models are compatible) ---- See the following website for supported projectors. https://docs.connect.panasonic.com/projector/download/application/smartpj/
Calenek
This tool streamlines employee communication and field service management. It offers features for employees to view schedules, receive notifications, and track work hours with GPS check-ins. Admins can receive field notes and pictures from their team.
- Employee scheduling
- Real-time notifications
- GPS check-in/out
- Hours worked tracking
- Field notes with pictures
- Admin and employee roles
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Employee communication and field service management tool. Admin and Employee capabilities. Allow employees to see their schedule, receive real-time notifications, GPS check-in and check-out of job sites, check their hours worked and send field notes with pictures back to the admin team. If you do not have an account yet, please contact your Calenek administrator.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calenek at 4.3 against Smart Projector Control's 2.7. Calenek also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Smart Projector Control's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 4). 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.
Calenek holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Projector Control has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Smart Projector Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of Calenek's.
Smart Projector Control ships an update every 5 months, Calenek fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Projector Control | Calenek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (20 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd. | Lorenzo Oliver |
Customer experience
Smart Projector Control
Calenek
In-app purchases
Smart Projector Control
No in-app purchases
Calenek
No in-app purchases
