RTiPanel vs Crestron Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RTiPanel
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a personalized remote for your professionally installed smart home or business system. Control lighting, climate, security, and entertainment from anywhere, locally or globally. Create custom scenes and automations for seamless device management.
- Control audio/video, lighting, and climate systems
- Local and remote system access
- Customizable graphical interface
- Create scenes and automations
- Full two-way feedback support
- Portrait and landscape view support
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The RTiPanel app works exclusively with professionally installed RTI control and automation systems, enabling your iPhone or iPad to control the connected smart devices and systems in your home or business. PERSONALIZED CONTROL RTiPanel is completely customizable by your RTI integrator to deliver intuitive and personalized mobile control of your lighting, climate, security, entertainment, and more—the same control you get with your dedicated RTI remote or touch panel. CREATE SCENES AND AUTOMATIONS Your RTI integrator can combine multiple actions into personalized scenes and create automations based on time of day, weather, media selection or other inputs. CONTROL FROM ANYWHERE The RTiPanel app securely connects to your RTI control system via your local area network or through an Internet connection from anywhere – across town or around the world. Get custom alerts wherever you may be. Note: This application requires an RTI control system. Features: • Control Audio/Video, Lighting, Climate and other systems in your RTI smart home or business. • Access your RTI control system either locally or remotely. • Completely customizable graphical interface. • Intuitive new template and graphics • Full support for RTI Music • Programmed by your integrator using the same Integration Designer software that is used for all RTI products. • Supports the creation of both portrait and landscape views. • Supports full two-way feedback including cover art, graphics, text, dynamic scrolling lists, and more. • Supports local connection via Wi-Fi and remote connection via Wi-Fi or LTE, with automatic switching. • Highly optimized for fast connection times. • Control system programming is stored on the mobile device, and it updates automatically when changes are made. Please visit www.rticontrol.com for more information on RTI control systems.
Crestron Go
This app provides an intuitive and reliable user interface for controlling various aspects of your home, workplace, or classroom. It offers dynamic navigation with interactive elements and real-time feedback for functions like lighting, temperature, and security.
- Intuitive user interface
- Dynamic navigation with swiping
- Interactive controls (knobs, sliders, gauges)
- Real-time feedback on settings
- Customizable control needs
- Support for Super Retina display
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Whatever you do with your mobile device, you want the experience to be intuitive, reliable, and enjoyable. With the Crestron Go app, your Crestron dealer can provide you with a thoroughly satisfying and intuitive user interface, customized to meet your exact control needs in the home, workplace, classroom, or for any specialized application or market. Crestron Go leverages spectacular Crestron Smart Graphics™ to enable dynamic navigation that includes swiping, knobs, sliders, gauges, and scrolling lists. It includes a full set of scalable buttons, sliders, knobs, and gauges for controlling virtually any function with real-time feedback of audio settings, lighting levels, room temperature, and security system status. With Crestron Go, you get toolbars and menus that scroll with momentum at the flick of a fingertip, giving you easy access to all your controlled devices, functions, and media content. Crestron Go affords a look and feel that’s consistent with the mobile smart device experience, yet uniquely your own. With support for the Apple Super Retina® display, your UI will look its best, while support for the Crestron VC-4 gives you a centralized server based alternative to individual hardware based control systems in every room.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RTiPanel at none against Crestron Go's 1. RTiPanel also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Crestron Go's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Crestron Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RTiPanel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for RTiPanel against 2.6 for Crestron Go. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of RTiPanel's written reviews are positive against 27% of Crestron Go's.
RTiPanel ships an update every 3 months, Crestron Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RTiPanel | Crestron Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (60 ratings) — better | 2.6 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Remote Technologies Inc. | Crestron Electronics, Inc. |
Customer experience
RTiPanel
Crestron Go
Bugs and requests
RTiPanel
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes immediately upon opening
- Freezes and requires complete deletion and reinstallation
- Loses WiFi connection frequently
- Incompatible with iOS 16.20 and newer versions
- Stuck on loading screen after using other apps
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- License recognition errors after reinstallation
- Unresponsive buttons requiring multiple taps
- App fails to recognize system after network changes
- Incompatible with iPhone 12 and newer models
- Hangs several times per year
- Connection drops when iPad goes to standby
- Demo mode screen flashing before loading interface
Requested features
10 requests- Apple Watch companion app
- Multi-location support without reconfiguration
- Swipe gestures and notifications
- Dark mode option
- Remote file uploads and password-protected file extraction
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- More pre-made templates for dealers
- Touch recognition on release instead of press
- Automatic app updates
- Better iPhone optimization for smaller screens
- Modern, updated UI design
Crestron Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RTiPanel
No in-app purchases
Crestron Go
- Crestron Go Tablet - Default$99.99









