Comparison

Crestron Go vs Control Envy

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

Head to head
About

Crestron Go

This app provides an intuitive and reliable user interface for controlling various aspects of your home, workplace, or classroom. It offers dynamic navigation with interactive elements and real-time feedback for functions like lighting, temperature, and security.

Highlights
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Dynamic navigation with swiping
  • Interactive controls (knobs, sliders, gauges)
  • Real-time feedback on settings
  • Customizable control needs
  • Support for Super Retina display
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

Control Envy

This app offers a unified interface to manage video, audio, lighting, and climate systems. It can function as a user interface connected to a dedicated controller or as a standalone controller for direct device management.

Highlights
  • Control video displays, projectors, and sources
  • Manage audio processors, receivers, and sources
  • Operate lighting systems
  • Adjust climate control systems
  • Combined mode with dedicated controller
  • Standalone mode for direct device control
Features
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Control Envy is a single, elegant app to control: - VIDEO displays, projectors, switchers, and sources; - AUDIO processors, receivers, switchers, and sources; - LIGHTING systems; and - CLIMATE systems. COMBINED Mode In combined mode, Control Envy works as a user interface that connects to a dedicated, always-on controller. Combined mode is preferable when using multiple user interfaces or when controlling many devices. STANDALONE Mode In standalone mode, Control Envy works as its own controller and connects directly to controlled devices. Standalone mode is ideal for demos and for single rooms.

Screenshots

Control Envy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Control Envy at 5.0 against Crestron Go's 2.5. Control Envy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Crestron Go's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Control Envy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Control Envy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crestron Go has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crestron Go ships an update every 4 months, Control Envy every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Crestron Go versus Control Envy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrestron GoControl Envy
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (31 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrestron Electronics, Inc.Control Envy

Customer experience

Crestron Go

All ratings30 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%

Control Envy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crestron Go

One-time1
  • Crestron Go Tablet - Default$99.99
None

Control Envy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crestron Go free?
Crestron Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Control Envy free?
Control Envy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crestron Go or Control Envy?
Control Envy is rated higher. Crestron Go averages 2.5 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Control Envy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Crestron Go or Control Envy have ads?
Neither Crestron Go nor Control Envy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crestron Go or Control Envy?
Crestron Go ships an update every 4 months, and Control Envy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crestron Go was updated on October 24, 2026 and Control Envy on October 24, 2026.

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