Comparison

Busch vs Occhio air

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

Head to head
About

Busch

This app allows you to manage your home's door communication system directly from your smartphone or tablet. See and hear visitors, open doors, and control lights remotely. Connects to your existing Welcome system for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Receive door calls on mobile device
  • See and hear visitors
  • Remote door opening
  • Control lights
  • View door call history
Features
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Experience the door communication of your Welcome system on your smartphone or tablet! Never miss a door call. With the Welcome app all calls are transferred directly to your mobile device. You can see and hear who is at your door. Simply connect the app to your Welcome system via the myBUSCH-JAEGER/myABB-LivingSpace account. Information about the configuration and registration of your IP-Gateway can be found at: http://www.busch-jaeger-catalogue.com/8300-0-0336,artikel.html Preconditions: Welcome door communication system with configured IP-Gateway 83341, 83341-500, 83341, 83341-500, with the latest SW version. Portal registration at https://my.busch-jaeger.de or https://my.abb-livingspace.com. For usage via internet: IP-Gateway is connected via DSL 6000 or better. For usage via internet: Mobile device is connected via 3G/UMTS or WLAN, data plan (e.g. flatrate) allows voice over IP (VoIP). Functions: - Audio and video communication (app has to run in the background) - Door-opening - Switching lights - Access to the latest entries of the door call history list (number of entries is limited, editing the list is only possible in the portal)

About

Occhio air

Easily control your lighting system with intuitive setup and management. Create custom lighting scenes, group luminaires for simultaneous control, and even manage lights directly from a picture of your room.

Highlights
  • Intuitive system setup
  • Group luminaire control
  • Customizable lighting scenes
  • Gallery-based light control
  • Touchless fading feature
  • Control third-party luminaires
Features
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Occhio air The Occhio air app offers unique possibilities for you to stage your space with light — with a maximum of ease. Setting up the system using the app is simple and intuitive! It's a breeze to control your luminaires — no wires needed. And that goes for your luminaires from Occhio as well as those from many other manufacturers. Groups You can assign luminaires to groups and control them all at once — switching on and off, dimming and fading the entire group. These can be all wal luminaires for example or all luminaires in one room. Scenes You can define an ideal lighting mood for certain situations once and then retrieve the exact setting again and again — so you'll have your personal favorite light, for instance, when working, watching TV or having dinner. And every luminaire can even be included in multiple scenes – in the brightness you have specified for that scene. Gallery The gallery lets you experience lighting control in a very special, intuitive way: Simply take a picture of your room and select the luminaires in the image that you want to control. You'll be able to control your light right from that image! Occhio controller Occhio offers the Occhio controller as an additional control option, along with the app, which can be programmed by the app to control four different luminaires, groups or scenes - switching them on/off, dimming or up/down fading – with no need for an iPhone or iPad at all. Receivers Either the Occhio Sento luminaires with »air« heads or »air« modules can be used as receivers. Once the luminaires have an electrical connection, they will appear in the app as »Nearby devices« and can be controlled via app immediately. Occhio Sento luminaires can be switched on and off, dimmed and faded. »touchless fading« is a unique Occhio feature — it allows the full light output to be drawn from one side to the other. You can thereby change the mood of the room with a simple gesture on your iPhone or iPad. Occhio air modules can be connected to any trailing-edge phase cut dimmable luminaire. They can then be switched on/off and dimmed with the app.

Screenshots

Busch3 screens
Occhio air4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Busch at 2.9 against Occhio air's 1.0. Busch also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). Occhio air's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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

Busch holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Busch has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Busch's written reviews are positive against 0% of Occhio air's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Busch ships an update every 5 months, Occhio air every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Busch versus Occhio air: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuschOcchio air
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (27 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews25.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBusch-Jaeger Elektro GmbHOcchio GmbH

Customer experience

Busch

All ratings27 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive25.3%
Neutral12.7%
Negative62.0%

Occhio air

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Busch

No in-app purchases

None

Occhio air

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Busch free?
Busch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Occhio air free?
Occhio air is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Busch or Occhio air?
Busch is rated higher. Busch averages 2.9 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Occhio air averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Busch or Occhio air have ads?
Neither Busch nor Occhio air shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Busch or Occhio air?
Busch ships an update every 5 months, and Occhio air every 2 months. Most recently, Busch was updated on November 6, 2026 and Occhio air on November 6, 2026.

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