BeoLink vs Composer Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeoLink
Control your Bang & Olufsen home automation systems from your iPhone or iPod touch. Manage audio, video, lighting, and curtains with intuitive gestures and pre-set scenes. Experience seamless integration and effortless control of your smart home environment.
- Control Bang & Olufsen products
- Intuitive finger gestures
- Create custom automation scenes
- Automatic screen generation
- Automatic system discovery
- Support for multiple homes and users
- Demo mode for preview
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Close the curtains, dim the lights and adjust the music, all with a single tap on your iPhone or iPod touch. Bang & Olufsen home automation (BeoLink) controls all systems of modern homes; audio, video, lighting, curtains, etc. BeoLink for iPhone puts all this power in your pocket. Using Wi-Fi, BeoLink for iPhone controls Bang & Olufsen products and other home automation devices in your home, via the BeoLink Gateway. You get a simple and intuitive iPhone app built with Bang & Olufsen's exceptional ergonomics and ease of operation, that is an experience in itself. A simple swipe of your finger changes the channel or raises the volume, without even looking away from the TV screen. A quick tap and the mood of the room changes completely, including lighting, temperature, music and more. Features: - controls Bang & Olufsen's products in your BeoLink network. - finger gestures: control your home without looking at the phone screen. - automation scenes: completely change the mood of a room, or of the whole house. - automatically generates the screens to match your home set-up. - discovers your system automatically and downloads your home configurations. - supports multiple homes and multiple user profiles. - a demo mode is also included to preview the experience. Requirements: - Bang & Olufsen products connected via BeoLink network. - Either Bang & Olufsen Master Link Gateway or BeoLink Gateway in the same network as your iPhone or iPod Touch. Please contact your Bang & Olufsen dealer for details on installation and compatibility.
Composer Express
This configuration tool streamlines system setup for authorized partners, simplifying installation and increasing productivity. It allows for account management, device connection, and system updates, both locally and remotely.
- Manage customer accounts and register controllers
- Service and update customer systems remotely
- Add and identify new controllers
- Search and add device drivers
- Configure project properties and network settings
- Manage Zigbee and Z-Wave devices
- Backup and load customer projects
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Composer Express is a configuration tool exclusively for authorized Control4 partners that dramatically simplifies the install process, allowing partners to minimize their time at job sites and increase their productivity during system setup. For smaller projects, use Composer Express standalone to create accounts, define a system, and connect devices. For more advanced projects, use it as a companion to the full Composer Pro programming experience. Key Features: • Search for, view, and add new customer accounts under your dealership • Register a controller to a customer account • Service and update a customer system locally or remotely • Add and identify a new controller into the project • Search and add device drivers from an online database or personal cloud storage • Set all project properties (date, time, timezone, location, locale & language, etc.) • Discover and add SDDP and IP devices on a local network • Setup and manage Zigbee networks and discover Zigbee devices • Add and manage supported Z-Wave devices • Update drivers on customer systems • Create connections between devices (AV Inputs, AV Outputs, Control, and Room) • Configure and set properties on device drivers • Manage room settings for device visibility, display order, or hide the room entirely • View Network status of all ZigBee (signal, battery, associated mesh controller) • Backup customer projects • Load customer projects (or project templates) from an online backup, USB drive, or Dropbox • Refresh Navigators • Assign a 4Sight license to a customer account • Reports controller serial number to support OvrC integration PLEASE NOTE: 1) Composer Express is available exclusively to authorized Control4 partners. 2) Partners can only access customers associated with their dealership. 3) Local and Remote Access to controllers requires Control4 OS version 2.7.0 and greater.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Composer Express at 4.7 against BeoLink's 2.9. Composer Express also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 9). BeoLink's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Composer Express holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of BeoLink's written reviews are positive against 54% of Composer Express's.
BeoLink ships an update every 3 months, Composer Express every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeoLink | Composer Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.5% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bang & Olufsen a/s | Snap One, LLC |
Customer experience
BeoLink
Composer Express
In-app purchases
BeoLink
No in-app purchases
Composer Express
No in-app purchases
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