Dynalite Control vs STEINEL DCS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dynalite Control
Control your Philips Dynalite lighting system from your mobile device. Manage scenes, adjust individual channels, and set up automated schedules with an intuitive interface.
- Scene management
- Individual channel control
- Schedule application
- Intuitive user interface
- Residential and commercial use
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Meet Dynalite control This Dynalite control app provides a mobile interface to the Dynalite control system in both residential and commercial applications. Wrapped in a modern and intuitive user interface, this app allows to manage scenes, control individual channels and apply schedules.
STEINEL DCS™
This app enables wireless commissioning of lighting, plug load, and HVAC systems through a Bluetooth connection. It integrates occupancy sensors, photo sensors, and switches for code-compliant solutions. Features include relay control, dimming zones, and daylight harvesting.
- Wireless commissioning via Bluetooth
- Load and HVAC integration
- Occupancy and photo sensor integration
- 3 x 20A Relays with current monitoring
- 3 x 0-10v Dimming Zones
- Daylight Harvesting
- BACnet integration
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This is the STEINEL DCS™ Commissioning App for the STEINEL Digital Control Solution™ line of products. The STEINEL DCS™ integrates load control with occupancy sensors, photo sensors and switches to provide simple code compliant solutions for lighting, plug load and HVAC integration through BACnet. Time saving wireless commissioning is accomplished via Bluetooth connection from a Smart Phone or Tablet to a STEINEL DCS™ Digital Controller, which communicates to the sensors and switches by the 2 wire bus. Key Features Include: • 3 x 20A Relays (expandable via BLE Mesh) • Current Monitoring Per Relay • 3 x 0-10v Dimming Zones • Multizone Daylight Harvesting • Partial On & Off • 20 A Receptacle Control • Use Cases • Demand Response Input • 24V External Input Signal • Internal Time Clock • Sequence of Operations • Min. & Max. manual dimming levels • Light Scenes • Wired data line • BLE MESH for groupings • BACnet • External Relay Support • BACnet COV subscription • Inbuilt firmware embedded in app • Photosensor Outdoor logic • Time slice capacity increased to 9 • Astro function
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dynalite Control at 5.0 against STEINEL DCS™'s 4.0. Dynalite Control also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). STEINEL DCS™'s advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 17%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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.
Dynalite Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Dynalite Control's written reviews are positive against 50% of STEINEL DCS™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dynalite Control ships an update every 3 months, STEINEL DCS™ monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dynalite Control | STEINEL DCS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Signify Netherlands B.V. | Steinel GmbH |
Customer experience
Dynalite Control
STEINEL DCS™
In-app purchases
Dynalite Control
No in-app purchases
STEINEL DCS™
No in-app purchases
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