Avi vs HyQual Interface App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avi
This app allows commercial installers to quickly set up, program schedules, and add sensors for lighting control projects. It offers a secure, gateway-free solution where settings are saved directly to devices.
- Quick device setup
- Schedule programming
- Add sensors and wall stations
- Gateway-free operation
- Cloud backup of settings
- Bluetooth connectivity
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The Avi-on Mobile Commissioning App is exclusively for use with Avi-on Pro Commercial Lighting Controls. The Mobile Commissioning App is optimized for small commercial lighting controls projects. For large-scale projects, where thousands of nodes are being commissioned and tuned, Avi-on recommends the Avi-on Pro App, available to qualified installers at Avi-on.com/Contact. The Avi-on Mobile Commissioning App is a secure lighting controls solution for office, school, healthcare, hospital, warehouse, manufacturing, parking garage, parking lot, horticultural, and other industrial applications. Using new and current smartphones or tablets with current operating systems, commercial installers can quickly set-up devices, program schedules, and add sensors or wall stations. Avi-on is “gateway free,” and no wifi hub or gateway is required. All schedules and settings are saved on a BluetoothⓇ chip inside each device. Once programmed locally, the schedules will operate without the Internet or your phone nearby. Avi-on enables many users to control many devices through a single account. Your account and settings are saved in the Avi-on cloud, providing instant back-up. If you want remote operations and commissioning, energy monitoring, or demand response, install an optional Avi-on LTE/Ethernet Bridge. The Bridge turns Avi-on into an UL Diamond Cybersecurity, DLC 5.0, OpenADR, and Title 24 certified networked energy monitoring solution that meets the toughest building codes and maximizes utility rebates where available. How do you get started? · Power any Avi-on Pro (commercial) compatible device by wiring it or plugging it in (adaptor, plugin, switch, sensor, LED driver, wall station, etc.) · Use a current smartphone or tablet with current OS with Bluetooth and with strong wi-fi access · Download the latest version of the Avi-onMobile Commissioning App from the app store. Register your account and password(check spam folder for verification and password emails). If no location has been created for your project, go to location.Avi-on.com to create a location. · Stand near the powered device(s). Press the big + button to add your first device. FAQs are here: https://avi-on.com/resources/ What are the products available for your Avi-on network? · Avi-on Load Controllers, Avi-on Direct Connect Sensors (PIR and Microwave) for occupancy/vacancy and daylight harvesting · Avi-on 2- or 4-Button Battery- and AC-powered wall stations · Optional services available with the Avi-on LTE/Ethernet Bridge: energy data collection, API connection, and cloud back-up of network settings. OpenADR and BACnet link are also available
HyQual Interface App
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The HyQual app connects your iPhone or iPad to a HyQual probe via Bluetooth by using the Bluetooth battery pack. Get similar functionalities available in the HyQual control software, only with touchscreen utility and email function additionally. Functions available: • Snapshot: a Snapshot is one line of data (date, time, parameter readings) that is logged into your display device’s Snapshot file • AutoSnap: record automatically data for short periods • Clean: HyQual 300T have a cleaning brush (wiper). Use Clean function when you wish to run a cleaning cycle. • Connect or disconnect to a HyQual probe. • Logging On/Off: Activate and deactivate logging functions and choose the logging interval. • Rolling data: scroll data in the Home Screen • Files: Create, See, Edit, Export, Delete files: Snapshot Files or Log Files. • Snapshot file: select and record data (Snapshots) in your device either manually (one-by-one) or automatically. • Log file: program the HyQual to log data autonomously. Log files must first be downloaded from the probe to your display device before they can be viewed, exported, or emailed. • Calibration function with ability to email the Cal Log: Use Calibration Logs Screen to see a list of Cal Logs stored in your device for the connected HyQual and any Cal Log that has been downloaded from other probes to the memory in your display device. • Parameter settings: list of Active and Available parameters. Add, Edit, Change order, Remove. • Display settings: View customization and Display configuration. Adjust the Screen layout and change the time between readings. • Other settings: Set HyQual time (time and date recorded with each data line during Logging), Show hidden sensors, Change the scrolling interval (time between readings), Activate location tracking or Geofencing function, Show HyQual simulators, Activate Keep connection to pin connection screen, and calibration settings for Calibration diagnostics, Calibration Learning. • App settings: export files to your device’s file system or email your files. • Touchscreen utility • Email function to email data snapshot files • Export, Download and Upload data to your app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HyQual Interface App at weekly against Avi's every 2 months. HyQual Interface App also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Avi ships an update every 2 months, HyQual Interface App weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avi | HyQual Interface App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avi-On Labs, LLC | Kisters AG |
In-app purchases
Avi
No in-app purchases
HyQual Interface App
No in-app purchases
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