URC Mobile vs Savant Power & Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
URC Mobile
Transform your smartphone or tablet into a powerful handheld controller for your home automation system. Effortlessly manage entertainment, lighting, security, and climate from anywhere. Enjoy intuitive control with swipe, tap, and rotate gestures.
- Control entertainment, lights, security, thermostats
- Swipe, tap, and rotate gestures
- Access music sources and volume controls
- Adjust lighting and temperature
- Set DVR and navigate channels
- Control movies and window shades
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Leverage the power of your smartphone or tablet by turning it in to an amazing handheld controller for your URC® Total Control® or ccGEN2™ home automation system. Right from your mobile device easily control and monitor things such as entertainment, lights, security systems, thermostats and more in fast, new ways. Swipe, tap and rotate your way to securely control your equipment! This app gives you full control of all the features and full functionality afforded by a Total Control or ccGEN2 system installation, with easy access control to a variety of music sources, volume controls, lighting adjustments, and more from multiple locations! Your main home and your vacation home can all be accessed from within one app. Aided by intuitive graphical interfaces that can easily flip between portrait and landscape views, you can do everything from setting a DVR and navigating favorite channels to controlling movies and window shades. While at the office or away on vacation turn off lights, adjust temperature and beyond. This version of URC Mobile requires a Wi-Fi connection to the local area network that is host to the Master Base Station / Central Processor and other system devices. Control is possible within the home or from anywhere in the world where internet or cell phone access is available. Unlimited iDevices can be setup in one system. Contact an authorized URC integration pro for programming / setup to have the app look and perform just the way you want. PLEASE NOTE: An installed Total Control or ccGEN2 system is required to enjoy and access the features above. For more information visit www.universalremote.com or www.universalremote.com provides a list of URC authorized dealers in your area via our “Where to Buy” pages
Savant Power & Light
Easily configure and manage your smart power systems, including energy storage and load management. Set up essential circuits for power outages and monitor energy consumption and production in real-time.
- Streamlined configuration of power systems
- Guided setup with automated device discovery
- Define essential circuits for power outages
- Monitor live energy consumption
- Monitor secondary power source production
- Supports integrated energy storage and generators
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Savant Power & Light offers quick onboarding and streamlined configuration of Savant Power Systems, including Savant Power Storage and the Savant Power Director. Easily configure load management to extend battery storage with Savant Power Modules. GUIDED SETUP Easily deploy smart power using automated device discover and intuitive configuration of your power sources, electrical panels and energy automation. FOCUS YOUR ENERGY Define the essential circuits that remain powered during a power outage with Savant Energy Scenes. Create more scenes to deliver flexibility in what gets power as the needs change in the home, and leverage battery state of charge to shed additional load over time and extend the runtime of the Savant Power System. TEST & MONITOR Use Savant Power & Light to control circuits in the electrical panel supported by Savant Power Modules. Monitor live energy consumption across the home, and production of secondary power sources like automatic generators and solar modules using the Savant Current Track Module. POWER EFFICIENCY Leverage the load management benefits of Savant Power Modules with select integrated energy storage systems, automatic generators and solar installations. SMART EXTENSIONS Savant Power & Light also provides onboarding and configuration support for other Savant and GE smart solutions, including Savant Lighting Modules, smart dimmers & switches and low voltage-controlled DMX and 0-10V lighting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Savant Power & Light at 100% against URC Mobile's 41%. Savant Power & Light also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). URC Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Savant Power & Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of URC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Savant Power & Light's.
URC Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Savant Power & Light every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | URC Mobile | Savant Power & Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universal Remote Control | Savant Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
URC Mobile
Savant Power & Light
In-app purchases
URC Mobile
No in-app purchases
Savant Power & Light
No in-app purchases
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