Comparison

Thinknx UP vs eTouch App

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

Head to head
About

Thinknx UP

This app enhances professional home automation supervision with a redesigned interface for improved usability and performance. It offers advanced control over lighting, climate, and security systems, with customizable layouts and multilingual support.

Highlights
  • Home and building automation management
  • Advanced lighting control (RGBW)
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • HVAC and thermostat management
  • Multilingual interface support
  • Integration with security systems
  • Video surveillance management
Features
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Thinknx UP uplifts the level of supervisions for professional home automation. Completely redesigned and distinguished by unique key features, this app allows a leap forward in terms of usability and appealing providing the building enhanced performances as well as much more power and flexibility. A new RGBW POP-UP simplifies the usage of colored and tunable white lamps permitting to save unlimited number of colors and to shuffle between them. SCENES can be modified as easily as during recording, allowing any single action to be changed or even removed to get the desired end result. In addition to the automatically generated list, CUSTOMIZABLE PORTRAIT can be designed as for landscape to accommodate your prefer graphic. Reinvented SCHEDULES permit to easily create time or event based actions repeating on any time base. It is also possible to switch from one THEME to another just choosing it from the settings. The management of HVAC and thermostats has been lead to an even higher level presenting much more info to the user without any additional configuration. Last but not least, to deploy the app globally, interfaces can be now created in ANY LANGUAGE thanks to the minimal usage of fixed texts and the support of unicode fonts. Features: - Fast and easy setup using the free ThinKnx Configurator - Unlimited number of KNX group addresses - Multiproject support - Secure connection thanks to encrypted stream - Comfortable and intuitive usage - Simple and attractive design - Advanced logical functions Check list of the main software functions: - Management of complete home and building automation systems based on KNX, Z-Wave, BTicino, Modbus - Lights (on/off command with % value, dimmer, new RGBW control with colors and sequences set by the user) - Awnings and any kind of motorized shutter/curtain - Climate and heating (manual or scheduled climate control) - Display weather data - Load control, water, gas, electricity - Create custom scenarios - HVAC control with desired thermal modality (comfort, standby, night) - Basic Logic - Boolean functions (AND, OR, NOT, NOR, NAND) and filters. - Timed controls thanks to calendars and a lot of kind of timers - KNX bus monitor via web page - Smart Irrigation system - Voice control function Integrated anti-intrusion systems: - Bentel: Kyo8, Kyo16, Kyo32, Kyo320, Absoluta - Tecnoalarm: Tecno Out protocol - Paradox - Elkron: MP508TG - Aritech Advisor Master and Advanced - Honeywell Galaxy - Inim - Urmet - Siemens SPC - Elmo / Iess Integrated management of video surveillance systems: - Mobotix Cameras - Axis Cameras - Network Cameras with MJPEG or RTSP H264 video flow Integration of installations of other type such as: - Interfacing with devices with MODBUS RTU communication protocol (thermal / special plants / fire / electrical meters) as the FCC-PLANTHERM, RDZ, Menerga - Integration with air conditioning systems by Sanyo - Integration with air conditioners by Mitsubishi - Gateway Function to and from MODBUS-RTU Integrated management of audio / video multi-room: - Audiofy - Tutondo - Audio Matrix / video AMX multiroom, Autopatch, Kramer, Atlona (via serial interface), Gefen - Video walls NEC, Projectors Sanyo, LG Monitor (via serial interface) - Receivers Denon, Onkyo, Cambridge Audio (via serial or network) - Monitoring of all devices via IR remote control IR 36kHz or 52kHz and Global Caché - Internet of Things gateway - Sonos - Ethernet gateway

About

eTouch App

Features
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Get anytime, anywhere remote access to your eelectron "eTouch" touch panels from your iPhone. Supports the TP43I11, TP43M11, TP43I21, TP70xx and TP10xx models. Both direct (LAN) connection and cloud-based operation are supported; no additional configuration required. Communications are fully encrypted and 100% secure.

Screenshots

Thinknx UP4 screens
eTouch App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thinknx UP at every 6 weeks against eTouch App's every 14 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thinknx UP ships an update every 6 weeks, eTouch App every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Thinknx UP versus eTouch App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinknx UPeTouch App
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPulsar Engineering srlEelectron Spa

In-app purchases

None

Thinknx UP

No in-app purchases

None

eTouch App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thinknx UP free?
Thinknx UP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eTouch App free?
eTouch App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thinknx UP or eTouch App have ads?
Neither Thinknx UP nor eTouch App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thinknx UP or eTouch App?
Thinknx UP ships an update every 6 weeks, and eTouch App every 14 months. Most recently, Thinknx UP was updated on August 1, 2026 and eTouch App on May 17, 2026.

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