myControl® vs 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable mobile interface
- Monitor and adjust environmental conditions
- View and adjust system points
- Programmable thermostat interface
- Control HVAC equipment
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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.
3D
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Discover ABB's Smart Buildings portfolio! The assortment includes wiring accessories such as light switches and sockets, door communication systems and high-end smart buildings products such as ABB i-bus KNX and ABB-free@home sensors. With 3D-LiveView, you can view our products live and in 3D on your own wall via augmented reality. If you have chosen your favorite design the App also helps you to locate the closest contact, be it an ABB office or an installer or distributor. Furthermore, you can use the App to take a look at your individual ABB-tacteo KNX sensors, that you have configured via the ABB-tacteo configurator. The tracking motive for the 3D-LiveView app can be found here: https://www.busch-jaeger.de/fileadmin/de.buschjaeger/content_de/content/pdfs/Lichtschalter_3D_tracking.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 3D at every 2 months against myControl®'s every 8 months. 3D also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
myControl® ships an update every 8 months, 3D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myControl® | 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 289 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reliable Controls Corporation | ABB Information Systems AG |
In-app purchases
myControl®
No in-app purchases
3D
No in-app purchases
