Comparison

Crestron Go vs Tidbits

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

Head to head
About

Crestron Go

Control your smart home or workplace with a customized, intuitive interface. This app offers dynamic navigation, real-time feedback on various systems, and a sleek look consistent with mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable user interface
  • Dynamic navigation (swiping, knobs, sliders)
  • Real-time feedback on system status
  • Scalable buttons, sliders, and gauges
  • Momentum scrolling toolbars and menus
  • Support for Apple Super Retina display
  • Integration with Crestron VC-4
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.

About

Tidbits

Features
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Tidbits replaces the mindless scroll with something worth knowing. Every session takes 90 seconds. Pick a category, pick a topic, read one story. Then it's done. No feed. No algorithm. No rabbit hole. You open Tidbits when the scroll calls. You leave with something worth saying out loud. EIGHT WAYS IN Wander — Hidden places, local secrets, travel tips Eat — Dishes, food culture, what to order and why Mind — Psychology, behavior, why people do what they do Style — What to wear, heritage brands, why it matters Money — How wealth is actually built and protected Design — Why things look the way they do Pop Culture — Music, art, and movies worth knowing Sports — The games, athletes, and moments that matter ONE SESSION AT A TIME Each session closes completely when you're done. No autoplay. No next episode. Just one story, then back to your life. SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR IT Track your streak, stories read, and time reclaimed. Every stat is framed as something you gained — never something you avoided. Free to download. One session per day across all eight categories.

Screenshots

Crestron Go3 screens
Tidbits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tidbits at none against Crestron Go's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tidbits asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Crestron Go versus Tidbits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrestron GoTidbits
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (98 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings98 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrestron Electronics, Inc.Homewise AI LLC

Bugs and requests

Crestron Go

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 16.4.1
  • Project upload fails from VTProe
  • Black screen on rotation or app re-launch
  • App freezes upon opening
  • App crashes constantly, especially on rotation
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  • App hangs and crashes on iOS 16
  • Keyboard not working in landscape mode
  • Cannot enter credentials on new iPhone
  • App breaks with OS 16 upgrade
  • Family sharing not working
  • WiFi IP address changing on new iPhone
  • Volume bar not working
  • App not working after transferring to new iPhone
  • Settings page not showing completely
  • Restore purchase directs to pay again
  • App freezes when switching between apps
  • Connection failures
  • Cannot restore purchase through family share
  • App fails to acknowledge prior in-app purchase
  • Endless loop when migrating to new iPhone
  • iTunes error during purchase recovery
  • App stopped working after phone restore
  • App doesn't work with new iPhone
  • Intermittent issues with new iPhones
  • App not working at all
  • Setup issues on new iPhone
  • App crashes before start

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fix restore purchase functionality
  • Enable family sharing
  • Improve app stability on new iOS releases
  • Address keyboard issues in landscape mode
  • Ensure settings transfer to new devices
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  • Provide better consumer support
  • Update app more frequently
  • Fix volume bar functionality
  • Improve app intuitiveness

Tidbits

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crestron Go

One-time1
  • Crestron Go - Default$99.99
None

Tidbits

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crestron Go free?
Crestron Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tidbits free?
Tidbits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crestron Go or Tidbits have ads?
Neither Crestron Go nor Tidbits shows ads.

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