Fresco Mobile vs Lutron Vive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fresco Mobile
Control your lighting system remotely from your iPad. Activate scenes and manage individual channels with an interface mirroring the physical control station. Includes a demonstration mode for a simulated experience.
- Remote scene activation
- Direct channel control
- Mimics station interface
- Automatic station configuration retrieval
- Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Demonstration mode
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Fresco Mobile is a remote control for the Fresco FCS 7TSN lighting control station by Acuity Controls, giving you the ability to activate scenes and directly control lighting channels from your iPad or iPad mini. The app features the same intuitive interface as the station itself, and will automatically retrieve and mimic the station configuration and room status once connected. To use the app with a Fresco station, you’ll need to either connect to it using Bluetooth Low Energy or connect using Wi-Fi, which will require a Fresco station (FCS 7TSN) with an Ethernet port (-E or -XE option) which has been connected to a Wi-Fi access point. The app also includes a demonstration mode, which allows for a simulated Fresco Mobile experience. No Fresco station required.
Lutron Vive
This app allows users to program and control Lutron Vive lighting systems. Programmers can manage projects, collaborate, and handoff to customers, while building managers can control lights, automate events, and adjust energy settings.
- Program lighting control systems
- Manage Vive projects
- Invite collaborators to projects
- Handoff projects to customers
- Control lights remotely
- Create automated lighting events
- Adjust energy saving features
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Program and control your Lutron Vive lighting control system using this app. As a programmer, manage all your Vive projects in one place, invite other programmers to a project, and handoff to your customer to activate an extended warranty. As a building manager, easily control lights, create automated lighting events, and adjust energy saving features to suit your needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fresco Mobile at 4.5 against Lutron Vive's 3.0. Lutron Vive's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Fresco Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lutron Vive has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fresco Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Lutron Vive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fresco Mobile | Lutron Vive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc | Lutron Electronics co., Inc. |
Customer experience
Fresco Mobile
Lutron Vive
In-app purchases
Fresco Mobile
No in-app purchases
Lutron Vive
No in-app purchases
