URC Mobile vs MyWAC Lighting
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
MyWAC Lighting
Control your lighting devices via the cloud or locally. Group lights for unified management and create custom presets for color and tunable white. Automate lighting based on wall station triggers.
- Cloud or local control
- Group lighting control
- Custom color presets
- Tunable white presets
- Wall station automation
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Connect your lighting devices to the cloud or choose to control locally only. Group lights across devices for unified control in the app. Custom preset pallets for full color and tunable white lights. Configure your Wi-Fi or WAC Home wallstation to trigger automatons on your devices. Currently Supported Products: CTR-WDMX-3CH - Wireless DMX LED Controller LED-WCT-WT - Wi-Fi Wallstation Colorscaping Landscape Transformer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: URC Mobile at 41% against MyWAC Lighting's 4%. URC Mobile also leads on rating (2.5 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). MyWAC Lighting's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 16). On price, update cadence, 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.
URC Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 58 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of URC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 4% of MyWAC Lighting's.
URC Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, MyWAC Lighting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | URC Mobile | MyWAC Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (16 ratings) — better | 2.1 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better | 4.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 58 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universal Remote Control | WAC Lighting |
Customer experience
URC Mobile
MyWAC Lighting
In-app purchases
URC Mobile
No in-app purchases
MyWAC Lighting
No in-app purchases
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