Comparison

BEGA Tool vs BIONcontrol2

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

Head to head
About

BEGA Tool

This utility app simplifies the configuration of compatible BEGA garden, pathway, and wall luminaires with integrated sensors. It acts as a central tool for parameterizing DALI control gears and setting up lighting scenes and groups.

Highlights
  • Configure DALI operating devices
  • Create DALI groups and scenes
  • Parameterize motion and light sensors
  • Set brightness, sensitivity, and delay times
  • Manual control of luminaires
  • Support for various DALI control gears
Features
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With BEGA Tool, the complex parameterisation of compatible BEGA garden and pathway luminaires with integrated motion and light sensors is achieved in just a few steps. For the BEGA Bluetooth DALI Gateway 71075, BEGA Tool is the central tool for configuring and parameterising the components in your DALI setup. The app is constantly being expanded and offers new features and support for new products. BEGA Tool supports the configuration and parameterisation of all DALI control gears that comply with the DALI standard, as well as DALI control gears distributed by our company. Compatible products and features of the app: BEGA Bluetooth DALI Gateway 71075 - Control and parameterise DALI operating devices - Add and parameterise DALI control devices * - Create DALI groups and scenes - Link control devices with created groups and scenes as well as individual devices - BEGA DALI controllable connecting pillars **** BEGA garden and pathway luminaires with integrated PIR motion and light sensor ** - Setting the operating modes of the light and motion sensor - Parameterisation of brightness, sensitivity, delay times, threshold values - Manual control BEGA wall luminaires with integrated PIR motion and light sensor *** - Setting the operating modes of the light and motion sensor - Parameterisation of brightness, sensitivity, delay times, threshold values - Manual control * supported devices: DALI cross switch 71025 / 71026 DALI light sensor 71029 DALI control module 71058 DALI control module 71030 DALI sequencer module 71060 DALI rotary dimmer 71129 DALI rotary dimmer Tunable White 71130 DALI rotary dimmer RGBW 71164 DALI rotary dimmer RGB 71131 ** supported luminaires: 84314 84315 84421 84422 84326 84327 84433 84434 84320 84321 84427 84428 85036 85037 *** supported luminaires: 24149 24176 24191 24193 24168 24174 24183 24185 **** supported devices: 71166 71170 71174 71168 71172 71176 71167 71171 71175 71169 71173 71177

About

BIONcontrol2

Features
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The BIONcontrol app allows you to easily communicate with your IOT fixture or IOT system. Simply set up the start settings for the fixtures or flexibly configure entire fixture networks directly from your app. The outstanding usability of the app and the user based access profiles design the exposure to large light installations in a very intuitive manner.

Screenshots

BEGA Tool4 screens
BIONcontrol23 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BEGA Tool at every 2 months against BIONcontrol2's every 14 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BEGA Tool ships an update every 2 months, BIONcontrol2 every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
BEGA Tool versus BIONcontrol2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBEGA ToolBIONcontrol2
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 months โ€” betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size62 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBEGA Gantenbrink-Leuchten KGBion Technologies GmbH

In-app purchases

None

BEGA Tool

No in-app purchases

None

BIONcontrol2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BEGA Tool free?
BEGA Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BIONcontrol2 free?
BIONcontrol2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BEGA Tool or BIONcontrol2 have ads?
Neither BEGA Tool nor BIONcontrol2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BEGA Tool or BIONcontrol2?
BEGA Tool ships an update every 2 months, and BIONcontrol2 every 14 months. Most recently, BEGA Tool was updated on October 14, 2026 and BIONcontrol2 on October 8, 2026.

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