Crestron Go vs Control Envy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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.
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Both are free to download. Crestron Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Control Envy asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Crestron Go ships an update every 4 months, Control Envy every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Crestron Go | Control Envy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crestron Electronics, Inc. | Control Envy |
Customer experience
Crestron Go
Control Envy
In-app purchases
Crestron Go
- Crestron Go Tablet - Default$99.99
Control Envy
No in-app purchases
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