Crestron Home Setup vs MyWAC Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crestron Home Setup
Configure and control your smart home system with ease. This app allows for initial setup and ongoing management of lighting, climate, audio, video, and security features. Experience a seamlessly integrated living environment tailored to your preferences.
- Initial system setup
- Configure smart home devices
- Control lighting
- Manage climate settings
- Adjust shades
- Monitor security
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The Crestron Home™ Setup App is used to setup and configure the Crestron Home Operating System. Using the app you have the ability to setup your clients Crestron home with a few simple steps, right from your iPad® tablet. Control of your Crestron Smart home is done via the Crestron Home App which makes it easy to access and control every aspect of your Crestron smart home with the tap of a button on your iPhone® or iPad®, or with the sound of your voice. Lighting, climate, audio, video, shades, security, and more are at your command, from wherever you happen to be. Experience rooms that awaken with a single touch and environments that adjust to your every mood. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing your home is safe and sound, whether you’re home or away. Crestron Home elevates your living experience, transforming your everyday commands into instantaneous delight. NOTE: Use of the Crestron Home app requires a Crestron smart home system that has been installed and licensed by a Crestron Authorized Dealer via the Crestron Home Setup App
MyWAC Lighting
Control your lighting devices via the cloud or locally. Group lights for unified management and create custom presets for color and tunable white. Automate lighting based on wall station triggers.
- Cloud or local control
- Group lighting control
- Custom color presets
- Tunable white presets
- Wall station automation
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Connect your lighting devices to the cloud or choose to control locally only. Group lights across devices for unified control in the app. Custom preset pallets for full color and tunable white lights. Configure your Wi-Fi or WAC Home wallstation to trigger automatons on your devices. Currently Supported Products: CTR-WDMX-3CH - Wireless DMX LED Controller LED-WCT-WT - Wi-Fi Wallstation Colorscaping Landscape Transformer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crestron Home Setup at 50% against MyWAC Lighting's 4%. Crestron Home Setup also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). MyWAC Lighting's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (58 vs 11). 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.
Crestron Home Setup holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyWAC Lighting has 58 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Crestron Home Setup's written reviews are positive against 4% of MyWAC Lighting's.
Crestron Home Setup ships an update every 5 months, MyWAC Lighting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crestron Home Setup | MyWAC Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (11 ratings) — better | 2.1 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 4.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 58 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crestron Electronics, Inc. | WAC Lighting |
Customer experience
Crestron Home Setup
MyWAC Lighting
In-app purchases
Crestron Home Setup
No in-app purchases
MyWAC Lighting
No in-app purchases
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