Q vs Lutron Q
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q
Control Q-SYS systems remotely from your iOS device. Design custom user interfaces in Q-SYS Designer software to manage various system elements like audio, video, and lighting. Offers extensive control capabilities for a seamless user experience.
- Remote system control
- Customizable user interfaces (UCIs)
- Source selection
- PTZ camera control with video preview
- Lighting dimmer control
- Volume faders
- Signal meters
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Control Q-SYS systems from your iOS device! Within Q-SYS Designer software, user control interfaces (UCIs) can be created, and nearly any element in the system can be placed in the UCIs for control and monitoring. This enables a near limitless array of control capability, all from your iOS device, including source selection buttons, Q-SYS PTZ camera controls (with video preview frames), lighting dimmer controls, projector on/off selector, signal meters, screen up/down, snapshot recall, volume control faders, and more. This app is designed for use with QSC's Q-SYS Platform only. Q-SYS UCI deployment onto a Core processor for use with TSC touch screens, UCI viewer for PC and iOS app requires license activation. Visit www.qsc.com/uci for more details.
Lutron Q
This iPad app allows users to manage and control lighting and shade systems for Lutron's Quantum Total Light Management system. It enables monitoring, scene activation, and adjustment of individual zone levels for lights and shades.
- Monitor lights and shades
- Control individual light zones
- Activate lighting scenes
- Control Sivoia QS shades
- Edit scene fade and delay times
- User account management
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Lutron Q-Control+ is an iPad App for Lutron's Quantum Total Light Management™ system. It is used to control lights and shades and change their programming. The Quantum system has to be programmed and commissioned before being configured to work with this App. The minimum supported Quantum version is 2.6. Quantum Total Light Management™ maximizes the efficient use of light to improve comfort and productivity, simplify operations, and save energy. The lighting system is commissioned by a Lutron Field Service Engineer who also installs and configures the software suite. Please contact Lutron customer service at 1.888.LUTRON1 (588-7661) for more information. Features: - Navigate the space and monitor lights and shades - Control lights: activate scenes or change individual zone levels - Control shades (Lutron® Sivoia® QS only): activate presets or change individual shade levels - Edit area scene light levels - Edit area scene fade and delay times - Edit shade preset levels - User account management - Themes - Available in English, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lutron Q at 100% against Q's 19%. Lutron Q also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Q's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Lutron Q holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Q has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Q's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lutron Q's.
Q ships an update every 3 months, Lutron Q every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q | Lutron Q |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (56 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSC Audio Products, LLC | Lutron Electronics co., Inc. |
Customer experience
Q
Lutron Q
In-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
Lutron Q
No in-app purchases
