Comparison

BEGA Smart vs Steinel LiveLink

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

Head to head
About

BEGA Smart

Control your home's smart lighting with this intuitive app. Manage indoor and outdoor lights, create custom scenes, and automate settings without needing an internet connection. Expandable and easy to set up, it offers flexible lighting solutions for any home.

Highlights
  • Switching, dimming, and color adjustment
  • Create custom lighting scenes and groups
  • Control via app, remote, or automation
  • Offline operation, independent of internet
  • Supports indoor and outdoor lighting
  • Automatic updates and new product integration
  • Support for up to 35 devices per system
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BEGA Smart gives you a convenient start to smart lighting in your home. Everything works simply, intuitively and clearly with the help of the free BEGA Smart app. Download and get started: with a wide range of devices, functions and application options. BEGA Smart is an ideal solution for local control of indoor and outdoor lighting without an internet connection. • Flexible system Switching, dimming and colour adjustment - as a systemic solution, BEGA Smart is the central control element of a holistic range for a smart home - flexible and expandable at any time. • Individualisation The smart BEGA solution is versatile and customisable: create groups, apply lighting scenes, define individual events and give them names. • Versatile lighting control Via app, remote control, Smart Rotary Dimmer or automation - BEGA Smart systems can be controlled both stationary and conveniently from the couch or automatically. • Versatile application options Security is created by both on-demand lighting and presence simulation. Smart-controlled lighting saves energy and increases efficiency, protecting the environment and your wallet in equal measure. • Simple set-up Smart means uncomplicated. That's why all devices and functions can be configured and controlled simply, intuitively and clearly in one place: in the free BEGA Smart app. • Updates and extensions Geared towards the smart future: automatic updates and the addition of new products are standard with BEGA Smart. • Independence from the internet A connection from the app to the devices: Permanent independence from centralised components or the internet is made possible by offline use. • Indoors and outdoors BEGA Smart brings the outside and inside together. Lighting solutions in and around the house and for the garden can be freely combined and controlled together. Support for up to 35 devices per system. The app is compatible with devices that support Bluetooth 4.2 or newer (iPhone 6 and newer). In other cases, connections may be unstable.

About

Steinel LiveLink

Features
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LiveLink enables the efficient control of your entire lighting system via a central app and saves up to 35% energy. Thanks to Plug & Play, the system is immediately ready for use, automatically detects all components, and activates preconfigured sensor functions as well as operation via buttons. For Tunable White luminaires, HCL control is directly activated. The LiveLink App offers intuitive configuration options and intelligent control functions for maximum safety. Key Features: - App-based control and commissioning. - Intelligent Plug & Play. - Room and zone-based control. - Control luminaires in groups. - Simple sensor and button assignment for luminaire groups. - Light scenes and sensor settings. - Control and feedback functions.

Screenshots

BEGA Smart4 screens
Steinel LiveLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

BEGA Smart and Steinel LiveLink are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

BEGA Smart ships an update every 2 months, Steinel LiveLink every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BEGA Smart versus Steinel LiveLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBEGA SmartSteinel LiveLink
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBEGA Gantenbrink-Leuchten KGSteinel GmbH

In-app purchases

None

BEGA Smart

No in-app purchases

None

Steinel LiveLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BEGA Smart free?
BEGA Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steinel LiveLink free?
Steinel LiveLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BEGA Smart or Steinel LiveLink have ads?
Neither BEGA Smart nor Steinel LiveLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BEGA Smart or Steinel LiveLink?
BEGA Smart ships an update every 2 months, and Steinel LiveLink every 3 months. Most recently, BEGA Smart was updated on November 2, 2026 and Steinel LiveLink on October 31, 2026.

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