Comparison

myControl® vs Messana

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

Head to head
About

myControl®

This app provides a customizable mobile interface for your building's control system. It allows users to monitor and adjust environmental conditions, view and modify system points, and control HVAC equipment through different interface views.

Highlights
  • Customizable mobile interface
  • Monitor and adjust environmental conditions
  • View and adjust system points
  • Programmable thermostat interface
  • Control HVAC equipment
Features
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The myControl® mobile app offers a fully customizable mobile interface to your Reliable Controls® MACH-System. Contact your Reliable Controls® Authorized Dealer for details about configuring your MACH-System™ for myControl®. Three different views are currently available for monitoring and adjusting control points in a MACH-System™. The SPACEview provides a simple, intuitive interface for occupants to adjust environmental conditions in their space. The LISTview provides a flexible, custom list of system points that an occupant or operator can quickly view and adjust. The STATview provides a familiar, programmable thermostat interface, allowing users to monitor and control the operation of HVAC equipment.

About

Messana

Manage your home's climate and energy from anywhere. This app offers fine-tuned control over temperature, air quality, and humidity for ultimate comfort. It integrates with complex hydronic systems and smart home platforms for seamless automation.

Highlights
  • Remote climate control
  • Customizable schedules
  • Apple HomeKit integration
  • Indoor air quality monitoring
  • System performance graphing
  • Energy source management
Features
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Messana - Complete climate control at your fingertips. The Messana App is an innovative energy management and climate control platform for luxury homes that provides an unique user experience for the owners of a Messana mControls hardware platform. The app allows users to control their conditioning system from anywhere in the world and fine-tune their environment to deliver the most comfortable temperatures, air quality, and humidity, to achieve true Thermal Wellbeing™. - Designed for complex hydronic systems integrating radiant floors, radiant ceilings, and fan coils. - Integrates with supplemental VRV/VRF systems (additional gateway required). - Simple and easy to use, equipped with fully customizable schedules that apply to various functionalities. - Integrates with Apple HomeKit to enable Siri voice control as an extra layer of control, creating powerful automation and scenes. - Customizable dashboard for full control of your energy sources, buffer tanks, hydronic systems, domestic hot water tanks, fan coils, and HRV units. - Controls indoor air quality (IAQ) and humidity. - Advanced heating and cooling changeover capability. Can be set to manual, weekly schedule, or automatic with adaptive logic. - Integrated graph tools to evaluate system performance and diagnose potential issues. - Connects to the Messana mConnect platform directly through the home local network or via the internet. This app fits seamlessly into your life to provide perfect climate control at your fingertips, precisely when and where you want it. NOTE: To work properly, the App requires a Messana mControls hardware platform with a user account. Contact us for more information.

Screenshots

myControl®4 screens
Messana4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Messana at 5.0 against myControl®'s 4.0. Messana also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). myControl®'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Messana holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myControl® ships an update every 8 months, Messana every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
myControl® versus Messana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyControl®Messana
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReliable Controls CorporationMessana Radiant Cooling

Customer experience

myControl®

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Messana

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

myControl®

No in-app purchases

None

Messana

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myControl® free?
myControl® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Messana free?
Messana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, myControl® or Messana?
Messana is rated higher. myControl® averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Messana averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do myControl® or Messana have ads?
Neither myControl® nor Messana shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myControl® or Messana?
myControl® ships an update every 8 months, and Messana every 3 weeks. Most recently, myControl® was updated on June 11, 2026 and Messana on August 27, 2026.

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