myControl® vs Sift
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.
Sift
Discover curated events in New York City across various categories like art, music, and food. The app learns your preferences as you swipe, allowing you to save, schedule, and share events with friends. AI curation ensures high-quality recommendations.
- Curated NYC event listings
- AI-powered taste learning
- Swipe interface for event selection
- Save events to lists
- Add events to calendar
- Share events with friends
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Sift helps you find things worth doing in NYC. Swipe through curated events in art, music, food, nightlife, sports, pop-ups, and more. The app learns your taste as you browse: swipe right to go, left for later, down to pass. Save events to lists, add to your calendar, and share with friends. Events sourced from across NYC and curated with AI for quality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sift at 5.0 against myControl®'s 4.0. Sift also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). myControl®'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
myControl® ships an update every 8 months, Sift every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | myControl® | Sift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Reliable Controls Corporation | Yaejin Nam |
Customer experience
myControl®
Sift
In-app purchases
myControl®
No in-app purchases
Sift
No in-app purchases
