BeoLiving vs epiXsky Star Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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.
epiXsky Star Control
Easily control your epiXsky star system modules and effects. Design your own universe with features like stars, constellations, meteor showers, and ambient lighting.
- Control stars and constellations
- Simulate meteor showers
- Manage galaxy effects
- Adjust Saturn and mini lights
- Configure ambient LED cove lighting
- Create shooting star and fireworks effects
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epiXsky Star Control is an easy setup interface that allows you to control your epiXsky star system modules and effects. BUILD YOUR UNIVERSE! Control the following epiXsky features: - stars - constellations - meteor showers - galaxy - saturn - mini lights - ambient led cove lighting - shooting stars - fireworks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BeoLiving at every 2 months against epiXsky Star Control's every 16 months. epiXsky Star Control's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 4.9 for BeoLiving against 5.0 for epiXsky Star Control. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
BeoLiving ships an update every 2 months, epiXsky Star Control every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeoLiving | epiXsky Star Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khimo | impact lighting inc |
Customer experience
BeoLiving
epiXsky Star Control
In-app purchases
BeoLiving
No in-app purchases
epiXsky Star Control
No in-app purchases
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