Comparison

BeoLiving 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

BeoLiving

Control your smart home devices, including Bang & Olufsen audio and TV systems, lights, and cameras. Manage home automation devices like Lutron and Philips Hue, and create custom scenes for single-tap control. Remote access is available with the Pro version.

Highlights
  • Control Bang & Olufsen audio/TV
  • Manage smart lights and curtains
  • View security cameras
  • Integrate with Lutron, Nest, Hue
  • Create custom scenes
  • Remote access (Pro mode)
Features
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A finely crafted app that works as the interface to your smart home, which can control your Bang & Olufsen audio and TV systems, move curtains, dim lights, view cameras and do much more. The BeoLiving app is the companion of the all new BeoLiving Intelligence controller in either Essential or Pro mode. With BeoLiving Intelligence Essential you can integrate your Bang & Olufsen products. An upgrade to BeoLiving Intelligence Pro elevates the BeoLiving app allowing further integration to home automation devices like Lutron, Nest, Ecobee, KNX, Philips Hue, among many others. An extra added feature is remote access, meaning full command outside your home WiFi network. The BeoLiving app allows you to directly setup and control products as well as define user customizable scenes so you can control, with just a single tap, various devices at once. Requirements: - BeoLiving Intelligence controller in the same network as your iOS device. - Bang & Olufsen products connected via the BeoLink network. Please contact your Bang & Olufsen dealer for details on installation and compatibility.

About

Crestron Go

This app provides an intuitive and reliable user interface for controlling various aspects of your home, workplace, or classroom. It offers dynamic navigation with interactive elements and real-time feedback for functions like lighting, temperature, and security.

Highlights
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Dynamic navigation with swiping
  • Interactive controls (knobs, sliders, gauges)
  • Real-time feedback on settings
  • Customizable control needs
  • Support for Super Retina display
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

BeoLiving4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeoLiving at 100% against Crestron Go's 27%. BeoLiving also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Crestron Go's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BeoLiving holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of BeoLiving's written reviews are positive against 27% of Crestron Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeoLiving ships an update every 2 months, Crestron Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BeoLiving versus Crestron Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeoLivingCrestron Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better2.5 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better27.3% of reviews
Number of ratings931 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhimoCrestron Electronics, Inc.

Customer experience

BeoLiving

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crestron Go

All ratings30 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%

In-app purchases

None

BeoLiving

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Crestron Go

One-time1
  • Crestron Go Tablet - Default$99.99

Questions

Is BeoLiving free?
BeoLiving 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, BeoLiving or Crestron Go?
BeoLiving is rated higher. BeoLiving averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Crestron Go averages 2.5 from 31 ratings.
Do BeoLiving or Crestron Go have ads?
Neither BeoLiving nor Crestron Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeoLiving or Crestron Go?
BeoLiving ships an update every 2 months, and Crestron Go every 4 months. Most recently, BeoLiving was updated on November 2, 2026 and Crestron Go on November 5, 2026.

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