Crestron Zūm vs Visual Installer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crestron Zūm
This app simplifies wireless lighting control for spaces of any size, from single rooms to entire buildings. It allows users to easily name and group rooms, create custom lighting scenes, and manage daylighting and scheduled events.
- Wireless lighting control
- Easy design and setup
- Room naming and grouping
- Custom scene creation
- Daylighting optimization
- Scheduled event management
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Crestron Zūm is a wireless lighting control platform that’s easy to design, setup, and manage whether for a single standalone space or an entire building. All Zūm devices intelligently “pair and play” with the tap of a keypad or dimmer. The Zūm app makes it easy to name and combine rooms, set scenes, optimize daylighting, set up a time clock for scheduled events, and execute temporary overrides.
Visual Installer
This app simplifies lighting control installation and documentation. It uses project floor plans to scan devices, record installation status, and track design changes in real-time. It also facilitates collaboration among project stakeholders.
- Scan lighting control devices
- Capture real-time installation status
- Record exact device locations
- Track design changes
- Real-time collaboration tool
- Utilize project floor plans
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The Visual Installer mobile app streamlines lighting control installation and as-built workflows. Using project floor plans and risers that are made available in the app, users scan lighting control devices to capture real-time installation status, exact device locations, and design changes. In addition, the Visual Installer app also serves as a real-time collaboration tool for other project stakeholders, such as construction managers, project owners, and installers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Installer at 100% against Crestron Zūm's 50%. Visual Installer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Crestron Zūm's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Installer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Crestron Zūm's written reviews are positive against 100% of Visual Installer's.
Crestron Zūm ships an update every 5 months, Visual Installer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crestron Zūm | Visual Installer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crestron Electronics, Inc. | Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc |
Customer experience
Crestron Zūm
Visual Installer
In-app purchases
Crestron Zūm
No in-app purchases
Visual Installer
No in-app purchases
