KETRA vs BlueBOLT Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KETRA
Control your Ketra lighting system remotely via WiFi. This app allows you to connect to your keypads and manage your lighting installations from your mobile device, offering enhanced flexibility and ease of use. Requires a Ketra lighting system with an N4 hub and a Ketra account.
- Remote keypad control
- WiFi connectivity
- Manage multiple keypads
- Control lighting installations
- Requires N4 hub
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The Ketra app connects your keypads to your mobile device, enabling increased flexibility and simple remote control – just download the app, locate your keypads, and control any number of keypads remotely when connected to WiFi. Requirements: Ketra lighting system with N4 hub (hardware keypads are not required) WiFi connection to Ketra lighting system Ketra account with access to desired installations (free)
BlueBOLT Mobile
Remotely control and monitor energy usage of electronic devices. Enables remote reboots, scheduled power cycles, and proactive troubleshooting for professional integrators. Manage all customer installations from your mobile device.
- Real-time remote control and monitoring
- Remote reboots of devices
- Scheduled power conservation
- Proactive issue notification
- View all locations and devices
- Tag high-priority items
- Fast and simple installation
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BlueBOLT® IP Power Management delivers real-time remote control and monitoring of the energy used by your electronic devices, enabling remote reboots, scheduled conservation & more. For professional audio/visual and smart home control integrators, BlueBOLT pairs with select Panamax and Furman branded power products, renown to deliver the best in power protection, performance and management for mission-critical projects world-wide. BlueBOLT reduces service calls by enabling remote reboots of problem devices; it maximizes network health with scheduled power cycles; and self-heals network devices to save time and money. Plus, BlueBOLT can be managed from anywhere with an internet connection. BlueBOLT lets you monitor and manage all your customers’ installations, with proactive notices that enable you to remotely troubleshoot and fix problems before your customer realizes that something is not working right. BlueBOLT Mobile puts this power right on your phone or mobile device, helping you deliver exceptional service to all your customers, with mobile support that eliminates unnecessary truck rolls. BlueBOLT Mobile works hand-in-hand with the more robust BlueBOLT desktop app, with visibility into all your locations, via either mobile or desktop. Locations and Devices View not only all your locations, but all devices within each location connected to BlueBOLT. Watchlist BlueBOLT Watchlist enables tagging of high priority locations & devices, those that deserve special attention. Combined with location and device filtering, BlueBOLT Mobile lets you quickly identify potential issues – again, before your customer even knows there’s an issue. Power-Cycle Often a problem can be fixed by turning the affected component off and then on. BlueBOLT Mobile enables this right from your phone. Fast, Simple Installation BlueBOLT makes it easy to add locations and devices. And if you already have a BlueBOLT desktop account, your locations and devices will be immediately available on BlueBOLT Mobile. Protection and Performance BlueBOLT provides the remote management, while the BlueBOLT-enabled Panamax and Furman power conditioners set the gold standard in protection and performance for connected electronic equipment. It’s a winning combination. Some of the icons used on this app are provided by SVG Icon Libraries and Custom Icon Font Organizer IcoMoon http://icomoon.io/ and it's designers. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KETRA at every 2 weeks against BlueBOLT Mobile's every 7 months. KETRA also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). BlueBOLT Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for KETRA against 4.3 for BlueBOLT Mobile. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlueBOLT Mobile has 31 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of KETRA's written reviews are positive against 83% of BlueBOLT Mobile's.
KETRA ships an update every 2 weeks, BlueBOLT Mobile every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KETRA | BlueBOLT Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lutron Electronics co., Inc. | Core Brands LLC |
Customer experience
KETRA
BlueBOLT Mobile
In-app purchases
KETRA
No in-app purchases
BlueBOLT Mobile
No in-app purchases
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