Extron Control vs Greater Giving
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extron Control
This app provides seamless control of AV systems from iOS devices. It emulates familiar interfaces of Extron control products, allowing users to manage rooms and devices with ease. Technicians can use it for troubleshooting and remote management.
- Seamless AV system control
- Emulates Extron touchpanels and controllers
- Room management and switching
- Real-time status and remote control
- Wireless control via Wi-Fi
- Demo mode for simulation
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Extron Control is an easy-to-use AV control system app that gives users complete access to Extron control systems directly from Apple iOS devices. After a quick initial setup, your device connects to the desired room, allowing a seamless, highly-responsive control experience. The app automatically loads the user interfaces present on any Extron control product without a lengthy setup and customization process. The familiar interfaces emulate the TouchLink® touchpanel, eBUS® button panel, Network Button Panel, or MediaLink® controller in your room, and all button presses are kept in sync between the app and your Extron control devices. Other powerful features include the ability to quickly add rooms and switch between rooms, and auto-reconnect which recalls the previous session even after the app is closed. Technicians will appreciate this new app as it supplements the control of any room and provides easy access for troubleshooting. Extron is offering education institutions special pricing on the Control App through the Apple Volume Pricing Program. Features • Provides a convenient point of control for Extron control systems • Supports all TouchLink, TouchLink Pro touchpanels, eBUS button panels, Network Button Panels, and Ethernet-enabled MediaLink, MediaLink Plus controllers • Familiar user interface provides the same experience as the touchpanel, button panel, or controller • Supports Extron LinkLicense • Room Manager allows users to easily add touchpanels, button panels, or controllers, and customize room lists • Quickly switch between rooms with a single tap on the screen • Button tracking allows mobile device and Extron control devices to stay in sync • Provides real-time status and remote control of multiple rooms for troubleshooting and management • Compatible with iOS VoiceOver feature that provides text to speech option for button labels and states • Wireless control using a Wi-Fi network allows users to move freely around a room and between rooms • Demo mode is a convenient way to simulate app functionality without being connected to a control processor • Full Screen Mode displays a larger image of the interface on the iOS device • Auto-reconnect recalls the previous session even after the app is closed • Auto-lock override keeps the iOS device screen on and allows the app to stay active at all times • A finger swipe permits access to MediaLink control modules like the IRCM-DV+, CM-9BLB, and CM-3BLB • Supports portrait mode
Greater Giving
This app enables credit card processing on iPads for events, working with a specific event software solution. It facilitates secure and efficient payments for admissions, merchandise, and other transactions, sending electronic receipts to attendees.
- Credit card swipe functionality on iPad
- Secure and PCI compliant transactions
- Expedites event check-out
- Electronic payment receipts
- Plug and play equipment setup
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Greater Giving - Make payment easier for event attendees by adding the ability to swipe a credit card on the iPad® In tandem with Greater Giving's Event Software solution, this hardware utility app connects a credit card reader to an iPad® to provide card reading functionality. Adding iPad® card reader functionality offers organizations an easy and secure method for capturing an event attendee’s credit card information for processing event admission, merchandise payments, and other transactions. The card reader app works in conjunction with the Greater Giving product suite. You must be a current Greater Giving client to use this app. Call Greater Giving Client Services to add this feature to your account: 1-866-269-8151. FEATURES: -No cost to set up, plug and play equipment -Safe, secure, encrypted and PCI compliant -Complements the Greater Giving product suite -Speed up event pre-registration and check-out processes -Electronic payment receipts sent to attendees -Low competitive rate on every credit card transaction
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Extron Control at 4.5 against Greater Giving's 4.0. Extron Control also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Extron Control holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Extron Control has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Extron Control's written reviews are positive against 50% of Greater Giving's.
Extron Control ships an update every 4 months, Greater Giving every 13 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Extron Control | Greater Giving |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Extron Electronics | Global Payments, Inc |
Customer experience
Extron Control
Greater Giving
In-app purchases
Extron Control
No in-app purchases
Greater Giving
No in-app purchases
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