Comparison

Grau vs LiveLink Retail

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

Head to head
About

Grau

Features
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The Grau app is the easiest and most intuitive way to control your Grau luminaires. At the tap of a finger, you can create and program ideal light settings for every mood, space, time and situation. Program and group your lamps in one view: The Grau app lets you see all your Grau lamps in one view, build lamp groups, and program both individual and group settings. With a tap or slide of your finger, you can switch lamps on and off, adjust brightness, and tune color temperature. Create and name groups according to room or situation, and coordinate dimming, color, and temperature settings. Program your lamps via gallery view: For visual control of your lighting, take a picture of your lamp(s) and room(s), save in the Gallery, and integrate luminaire control in the photo(s). Create and time-set light settings and scenes: Use the Grau app to program and save light scenarios for every mood and situation. Set the light right for working, meeting, dining or downtime and save the settings as a scene. Then simply select the scene you need with one tap. Grau timer function lets you configure lamps and lighting scenes according to time, date, or sunrise / sunset. Share your light network and lighting control: Grau has four different levels of sharing and access control. You can decide if your network is open to everyone, or if others need a password to access. If you have several users and devices using the same network, all changes made with one device will be automatically updated to the other devices via the Grau cloud service.

About

LiveLink Retail

Features
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The LiveLink Retail App is an advanced lighting control solution based on wireless Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). While the intelligence is already integrated in every BLE luminaire, every sensor and button, the LiveLink Retail app offers the turnkey solution for simple and intuitive control experience.

Screenshots

Grau4 screens
LiveLink Retail4 screens

Verdict

The call

Grau and LiveLink Retail are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Grau versus LiveLink Retail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrauLiveLink Retail
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size33 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrau GmbHTRILUX GmbH & Co. KG

In-app purchases

None

Grau

No in-app purchases

None

LiveLink Retail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grau free?
Grau is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LiveLink Retail free?
LiveLink Retail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grau or LiveLink Retail have ads?
Neither Grau nor LiveLink Retail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grau or LiveLink Retail?
Grau ships an update every 3 months, and LiveLink Retail every 3 months. Most recently, Grau was updated on September 10, 2026 and LiveLink Retail on July 5, 2026.

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