Comparison

AwoX HomeControl vs BeenBy

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

Head to head
About

AwoX HomeControl

Control your smart home devices with this application. Create a virtual home, manage favorite devices, and adjust settings like color and brightness. It supports various connected products and allows for grouping and simultaneous control from multiple phones.

Highlights
  • Virtual home creation
  • Device shortcuts
  • RGB color and brightness adjustment
  • White temperature control
  • Manage Eglo connect.z and crosslink.z products
  • Group up to 50 devices
  • Multi-phone control
Features
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AwoX HomeControl allows you to control your connected smart home devices. Build your virtual home and browse your environment with one finger swipe, or see all your favorite devices as shortcuts in the home page. Adjust the RGB color, brightness, set your preferred white temperature and unlock the full potential of your devices through HomeControl. You can manage the Eglo connect.z and crosslink.z products, as well as the main connect.c products (lights, sensor and remote), and many more coming soon. Keep an eye on your products with Home control even if they are connected to a voice assistant. Group your devices and manage up to 50 products at once. Control your devices from several smart phones at the same time. A free account creation is needed, in order : 1. To be able to share your settings across several devices. Install the application on multiple devices without additional configuration or reinstallation. Your setup is still available even if you change your phone. 2. To create a private and secure device network. What about my data? The data collected during the creation of your account (email address) has the sole purpose of providing the best user experience and the best quality of service. AwoX HomeControl is the new Awox Application, providing all benefits from the latest features and updates. If you already have an AwoX Smart CONTROL account, and in case you don’t own legacy devices in the following list : EGLO connect.wifi products, EGLO PLUG, EGLO PLUG PLUS or EGLO USB KEY, AwoX SmartLIGHTs, AromaLIGHTs, Awox SmartLEDs, AwoX StriimLIGHTs, SmartPEBBLE and SmartPLUGs, then you can easily and automatically migrate your account to AwoX HomeControl. Just type in your AwoX Smart CONTROL credentials into AwoX HomeControl and follow the wizard to transfer automatically your products.

About

BeenBy

Features
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Has anyone been by Mum or Dad? BeenBy makes it easy for families to keep track of visits to a parent or another loved one. See when someone last visited, record your own visits and plan who is going next. Everyone in the family circle gets the same simple overview – without having to call or message each other to ask. With BeenBy, you can: • Record a visit with a single tap • See who visited and when • Plan upcoming visits • Get a reminder when you arrive at the visit address • Invite siblings and other family members with a simple code • Chat and stay in touch with your family • See a clear overview of recent visits Try it free for 30 days You get access to BeenBy free for 30 days. After that, BeenBy Premium is required to continue using Premium features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AwoX HomeControl4 screens
BeenBy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AwoX HomeControl at none against BeenBy's 1. BeenBy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). 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. BeenBy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. AwoX HomeControl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AwoX HomeControl ships an update monthly, BeenBy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AwoX HomeControl versus BeenBy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwoX HomeControlBeenBy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAwoXSimon Petersson

In-app purchases

None

AwoX HomeControl

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BeenBy

Subscriptions1
  • BeenBy Premium$0.991 Month

Questions

Is AwoX HomeControl free?
AwoX HomeControl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeenBy free?
BeenBy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AwoX HomeControl or BeenBy have ads?
Neither AwoX HomeControl nor BeenBy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AwoX HomeControl or BeenBy?
AwoX HomeControl ships an update monthly, and BeenBy every 10 days. Most recently, AwoX HomeControl was updated on November 3, 2026 and BeenBy on October 31, 2026.

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