Casambi vs Avi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Casambi
Effortlessly personalize your lighting with wireless control. Create custom scenes, animations, and automate your lights from a smartphone or tablet. Seamlessly manage multiple devices and share access with others.
- Wireless lighting control
- Customizable scenes and animations
- Daylight and timed control
- Visual control from photos
- Network sharing with access rights
- Control up to 250 devices per network
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People today want to personalize their lighting experience and to do so in an instant. Casambi’s simple wireless lighting control system opens up a whole new world of possibilities in this respect. This uncomplicated yet feature-rich application enables you to seamlessly control your lighting from a smartphone or tablet. From daylight control to timed scenes, animations, and more… everything can be configured in this app. It contains everything you need for intelligent, flexible, and fully automated lighting controls. At your fingertips. Easy Commissioning: All Casambi-enabled products are configured and used with the Casambi app. The app’s intuitive design makes commissioning tasks so simple that they can be easily handled by nearly anyone. The pairing process is quick: The app will search for all powered Casambi-enabled devices within Bluetooth range of your mobile device. Control your entire lighting system from one app: Casambi provides one platform from which to control multiple components from luminaires to sensors, blinds, and more. Within the Casambi app, it is possible to create luminaire groups within a network, and then create multiple networks that can all link together. A single Casambi network can contain up to 250 devices and an endless number of networks can be created in a single site. From a single room, it is easy to upscale to building-level functionality and even expand to outdoor lighting. Control your lights from a photo: The app allows you to control lighting visually from a photo. Simply take a photo of the room in which the lights you wish to control are, upload it to the Gallery, and drag the desired control commands over the lighting fixtures within the picture. No need to remember which luminaire is which, you have a visual guide for decision-making ease. Create scenes for different lighting situations: The Scenes tab allows you to create and recall personalized lighting set-ups. One scene can control any variation of luminaires in your network, and luminaires can be used in multiple scenes. From simple lighting scenarios (such as circadian or daylight scenes) to animated and timed scenes, virtually any set-up can be configured, saved, and recalled in the app. Share your network and allow other devices to control your lighting: It is possible to control access rights to your lighting network and to define who interacts with it. An assigned ‘administrator’ can make all network changes and give access rights to new users. A ‘manager’ can make changes to all lighting control functionalities but cannot get access to passwords or decide who can access the network. A ‘user’ can only use the network but not make any changes. If you have several users and devices using the same network, any changes made with one device will be automatically adopted across all other devices using Casambi’s cloud service.
Avi
Control GE-branded Bluetooth smart home devices like switches and dimmers directly from your smartphone. Schedule lighting to operate automatically, even without internet access. An optional bridge enables Wi-Fi control and voice assistant integration.
- Control GE Bluetooth switches and dimmers
- Schedule lighting by time, sunrise, or sunset
- Local scheduling without internet
- Remote access with optional bridge
- Multi-user and multi-device control
- Cloud backup for settings
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The Avi-on Home app enables customers of GE-branded Bluetooth devices to operate in-wall and plug-in switches using their smartphone. Avi-on no longer has a contractual relationship with the manufacturer, Jasco Products, or any duty to support GE by Jasco Products, and these products are no longer being sold. Avi-on continues to support these devices solely as a courtesy to existing users. Avi-on Home is a fully-secured system that requires both login and location services. Login ensures that no one else can operate your lights. Location enables you to use sunrise and sunset with your schedules. Once programmed locally, the schedules will operate without the Internet or your phone nearby. To control GE-branded devices via wi-fi, an Avi-on Remote Access Bridge is required. All schedules and settings are saved on a Bluetooth chip inside each device. 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 wi-fi access, 24/7 clock synchronization, and/or Alexa compatibility, install an optional Avi-on Remote Access Bridge (RAB). How do you get started? · Power any Avi-on compatible device by wiring it or plugging it in (plug-in switch or dimmer, in-wall switch or dimmer, or outdoor switch) · Use a current smartphone or tablet with current OS with Bluetooth and with strong wi-fi access · Download the latest version of the Avi-on Home App. Register your account and password. Check spam folder for verification and password emails · Stand near the powered device(s). Press the big + button to add your first device. FAQs are here: http://bit.ly/2F9KaAx What are the products available for your Avi-on network? · GE In-Wall Smart Switches and Dimmers · GE Plug-In Smart Switches and Dimmers · GE Outdoor Switch · Avi-on Movable Switch: 3-way wireless switching · Avi-on Remote Access Bridge (RAB): 24/7 network synchronization, Wi-fi remote control, and Alexa compatibility
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Casambi at none against Avi's shown. Casambi also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 22%). Avi's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 15) and rating (3.9 vs 3.5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Avi holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avi has 1.9K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Casambi's written reviews are positive against 22% of Avi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Casambi ships an update monthly, Avi every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Casambi | Avi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) | 3.9 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better | 21.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Casambi Technologies Ltd | Avi-On Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
Casambi
Avi
Bugs and requests
Casambi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Avi
Reported bugs
4 issues- Devices disappearing from the app
- Schedules not working as expected
- Inability to update firmware
- Login and account issues
Requested features
4 requests- Remote access and control from anywhere
- More reliable scheduling and automation
- Improved app stability and responsiveness
- Integration with more smart home platforms
In-app purchases
Casambi
No in-app purchases
Avi
No in-app purchases








