Comparison

Lightcloud vs Crestron Go

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

Head to head
About

Lightcloud

This app allows remote control of commercial lighting systems, offering features like dimming and scene creation. It aims to optimize energy usage and reduce costs. Free technical support is available for users.

Highlights
  • Remote light control
  • Adjustable dimming
  • Customizable scenes
  • Energy savings up to 68%
  • Unlimited technical support
Features
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Control your lights from anywhere in the world with the Lightcloud app from the experts at RAB Lighting. Lightcloud is a simple and affordable commercial lighting control system that requires no commissioning and comes with a best-in-class 10-year warranty. Features: Dimming Easily adjust light levels in any area of your building. Scenes Quickly create customizable scenes to control multiple lights and make sure your lighting suits your needs. Activate a scene with a single tap in the Lightcloud app. Energy Savings Lightcloud can save you up to 68% on energy costs from lighting. The Lightcloud app is the fastest, easiest way for building occupants to tune the lighting in their space to use only what they need. Support Lightcloud app users can call 844-LIGHTCLOUD for free, unlimited technical support with their Lightcloud system. Requires: Lightcloud Gateway device

About

Crestron Go

Control your smart home or workplace with a customized, intuitive interface. This app offers dynamic navigation, real-time feedback on various systems, and a sleek look consistent with mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable user interface
  • Dynamic navigation (swiping, knobs, sliders)
  • Real-time feedback on system status
  • Scalable buttons, sliders, and gauges
  • Momentum scrolling toolbars and menus
  • Support for Apple Super Retina display
  • Integration with Crestron VC-4
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Lightcloud4 screens
Crestron Go3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightcloud at 100% against Crestron Go's 10%. Lightcloud also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Crestron Go's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 10) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crestron Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lightcloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightcloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crestron Go has 98 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lightcloud's written reviews are positive against 10% of Crestron Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lightcloud versus Crestron Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightcloudCrestron Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better2.2 (98 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1098 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRAB Lighting IncCrestron Electronics, Inc.

Customer experience

Lightcloud

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crestron Go

All ratings98 ratings
Positive26.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%

Bugs and requests

Lightcloud

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Crestron Go

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 16.4.1
  • Project upload fails from VTProe
  • Black screen on rotation or app re-launch
  • App freezes upon opening
  • App crashes constantly, especially on rotation
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  • App hangs and crashes on iOS 16
  • Keyboard not working in landscape mode
  • Cannot enter credentials on new iPhone
  • App breaks with OS 16 upgrade
  • Family sharing not working
  • WiFi IP address changing on new iPhone
  • Volume bar not working
  • App not working after transferring to new iPhone
  • Settings page not showing completely
  • Restore purchase directs to pay again
  • App freezes when switching between apps
  • Connection failures
  • Cannot restore purchase through family share
  • App fails to acknowledge prior in-app purchase
  • Endless loop when migrating to new iPhone
  • iTunes error during purchase recovery
  • App stopped working after phone restore
  • App doesn't work with new iPhone
  • Intermittent issues with new iPhones
  • App not working at all
  • Setup issues on new iPhone
  • App crashes before start

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fix restore purchase functionality
  • Enable family sharing
  • Improve app stability on new iOS releases
  • Address keyboard issues in landscape mode
  • Ensure settings transfer to new devices
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  • Provide better consumer support
  • Update app more frequently
  • Fix volume bar functionality
  • Improve app intuitiveness

In-app purchases

None

Lightcloud

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Crestron Go

One-time1
  • Crestron Go - Default$99.99

Questions

Is Lightcloud free?
Lightcloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crestron Go free?
Crestron Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lightcloud or Crestron Go?
Lightcloud is rated higher. Lightcloud averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Crestron Go averages 2.2 from 98 ratings.
Do Lightcloud or Crestron Go have ads?
Neither Lightcloud nor Crestron Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightcloud or Crestron Go?
Lightcloud ships an update every 4 months, and Crestron Go every 4 months. Most recently, Lightcloud was updated on October 6, 2026 and Crestron Go on October 10, 2026.

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