Comparison

Composer Express vs NetworkHD Touch Plus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Composer Express

This configuration tool streamlines system setup for authorized partners, simplifying installation and increasing productivity. It allows for account management, device connection, and system updates, both locally and remotely.

Highlights
  • Manage customer accounts and register controllers
  • Service and update customer systems remotely
  • Add and identify new controllers
  • Search and add device drivers
  • Configure project properties and network settings
  • Manage Zigbee and Z-Wave devices
  • Backup and load customer projects
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Composer Express is a configuration tool exclusively for authorized Control4 partners that dramatically simplifies the install process, allowing partners to minimize their time at job sites and increase their productivity during system setup. For smaller projects, use Composer Express standalone to create accounts, define a system, and connect devices. For more advanced projects, use it as a companion to the full Composer Pro programming experience. Key Features: • Search for, view, and add new customer accounts under your dealership • Register a controller to a customer account • Service and update a customer system locally or remotely • Add and identify a new controller into the project • Search and add device drivers from an online database or personal cloud storage • Set all project properties (date, time, timezone, location, locale & language, etc.) • Discover and add SDDP and IP devices on a local network • Setup and manage Zigbee networks and discover Zigbee devices • Add and manage supported Z-Wave devices • Update drivers on customer systems • Create connections between devices (AV Inputs, AV Outputs, Control, and Room) • Configure and set properties on device drivers • Manage room settings for device visibility, display order, or hide the room entirely • View Network status of all ZigBee (signal, battery, associated mesh controller) • Backup customer projects • Load customer projects (or project templates) from an online backup, USB drive, or Dropbox • Refresh Navigators • Assign a 4Sight license to a customer account • Reports controller serial number to support OvrC integration PLEASE NOTE: 1) Composer Express is available exclusively to authorized Control4 partners. 2) Partners can only access customers associated with their dealership. 3) Local and Remote Access to controllers requires Control4 OS version 2.7.0 and greater.

About

NetworkHD Touch Plus

This app simplifies the setup and control of specific video encoders and decoders. It allows for intuitive drag-and-drop routing of video sources to displays and video walls, with features like live preview and display power control.

Highlights
  • Self-contained setup and control
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Device alias configuration
  • Video wall setup
  • Live video preview
  • Display power control
Features
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NetworkHD Touch Plus is specifically designed as a fully self-contained setup and control app for WyreStorm's NetworkHD 110 encoders and decoders when in Unicast mode. NetworkHD Touch Plus provides a similar drag and drop intuitive control interface as the traditional NetworkHD Touch app but now contains all setup and configuration options inside the app. Easily configure device aliases, video walls and display power options without the need for any additional setup software. Touch Plus automatically searches for NetworkHD 110 series encoders and decoders and displays them in the app. Each encoder provides live video preview of the media source making it easy to route video to any display or video wall at the flick of a finger. Display power control allows you to program decoders with power commands for connected displays, making it extremely simple to turn on/off dozens of TVs with the press of a single button. This time around, NetworkHD Touch Plus is also cross-device compatible, meaning you can download the app not only on your iPad but also your iPhone

Screenshots

Composer Express4 screens
NetworkHD Touch Plus2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Composer Express at 4.7 against NetworkHD Touch Plus's 3.7. Composer Express also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 3). NetworkHD Touch Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Composer Express holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Composer Express has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Composer Express versus NetworkHD Touch Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComposer ExpressNetworkHD Touch Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSnap One, LLCwyrestorm

Customer experience

Composer Express

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%

NetworkHD Touch Plus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Composer Express

No in-app purchases

None

NetworkHD Touch Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Composer Express free?
Composer Express is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetworkHD Touch Plus free?
NetworkHD Touch Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Composer Express or NetworkHD Touch Plus?
Composer Express is rated higher. Composer Express averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while NetworkHD Touch Plus averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Composer Express or NetworkHD Touch Plus have ads?
Neither Composer Express nor NetworkHD Touch Plus shows ads.

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