Picostone vs Ourican View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Picostone
Remotely manage your home's lights, fans, and air conditioners using your smartphone. Requires installation of compatible hardware for seamless control from any location.
- Remote appliance control
- Control lights, fans, AC
- Requires hardware installation
- Control from anywhere
- Mobile phone integration
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Control your home appliances from anywhere. Just install the hardware and you can control your lights, fans and air conditioners from your mobile phone.
Ourican View
Control your KNX home automation system remotely. Manage lighting, climate, curtains, and more from a single app. Customize pages for specific functions or rooms for personalized control.
- Lighting control (on/off, dimming, moods)
- Motorized curtain control
- Fan and AC control
- Scene execution
- Door lock integration
- Customizable pages
- Remote access via Wi-Fi
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The Ourican View mobile app, interacts with the MES-IP-SERVER (Hardware) and Brings the KNX ecosystem (Globally renowned Wired Home automation Standard) of; on/off Switching, Dimming and Mood lighting control, Motorized Curtain control, Fan and AC control, Scene execution, Door lock integration, and other such KNX based Controllers, onto the Ourican View app for convenient command and control of all automation devices. Offering 120 functions over 15 pages that can be defined based on user preference. Users can create specific pages for Climate control, Lighting control, Scene control on the app, or make pages as per the rooms like Living room, Dining room, master bedroom, etc. App can be used for Homes, Offices, Commercial spaces, Hotels, or wherever KNX Automation based devices are installed (specific application based KNX Devices must be Installed to have that functionality available on the Ourican view app). App allows users to control their KNX devices from any location, provided they have constant Wi-Fi access coming at the Hardware Side (where the KNX devices are installed).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ourican View at 100% against Picostone's 50%. Picostone's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). 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.
Picostone ships an update every 3 days, Ourican View every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Picostone | Ourican View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Virang Jhaveri | Messung Systems Pvt. Ltd |
Customer experience
Picostone
Ourican View
In-app purchases
Picostone
No in-app purchases
Ourican View
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Picostone free?
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Do Picostone or Ourican View have ads?
Which is updated more often, Picostone or Ourican View?
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