SmartPay Anywhere vs Crestron Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartPay Anywhere
Process payments and manage event registrations conveniently from any device. This platform allows for easy payment collection via web browser or mobile app, streamlining event management.
- Collect payments
- Manage event registration
- Web browser processing
- Smartphone/tablet processing
- Included with Mobile Bidding packages
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SMARTPAY® ANYWHERE MOBILE PAYMENTS. Collecting payments and managing event registration is convenient with OneCause's SmartPay Anywhere platform and is included with all Mobile Bidding packages. Easily process payments via a web browser from a laptop, desktop or on the go via a smartphone or tablet.
Crestron Go
This app provides an intuitive and reliable user interface for controlling various aspects of your home, workplace, or classroom. It offers dynamic navigation with interactive elements and real-time feedback for functions like lighting, temperature, and security.
- Intuitive user interface
- Dynamic navigation with swiping
- Interactive controls (knobs, sliders, gauges)
- Real-time feedback on settings
- Customizable control needs
- Support for Super Retina display
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Whatever you do with your mobile device, you want the experience to be intuitive, reliable, and enjoyable. With the Crestron Go app, your Crestron dealer can provide you with a thoroughly satisfying and intuitive user interface, customized to meet your exact control needs in the home, workplace, classroom, or for any specialized application or market. Crestron Go leverages spectacular Crestron Smart Graphics™ to enable dynamic navigation that includes swiping, knobs, sliders, gauges, and scrolling lists. It includes a full set of scalable buttons, sliders, knobs, and gauges for controlling virtually any function with real-time feedback of audio settings, lighting levels, room temperature, and security system status. With Crestron Go, you get toolbars and menus that scroll with momentum at the flick of a fingertip, giving you easy access to all your controlled devices, functions, and media content. Crestron Go affords a look and feel that’s consistent with the mobile smart device experience, yet uniquely your own. With support for the Apple Super Retina® display, your UI will look its best, while support for the Crestron VC-4 gives you a centralized server based alternative to individual hardware based control systems in every room.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartPay Anywhere at 4.3 against Crestron Go's 2.5. SmartPay Anywhere also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Crestron Go's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Crestron Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SmartPay Anywhere asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmartPay Anywhere holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crestron Go has 31 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SmartPay Anywhere ships an update every 3 months, Crestron Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartPay Anywhere | Crestron Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 2.5 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OneCause, Inc | Crestron Electronics, Inc. |
Customer experience
SmartPay Anywhere
Crestron Go
In-app purchases
SmartPay Anywhere
No in-app purchases
Crestron Go
- Crestron Go Tablet - Default$99.99
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