Crestron Home Beacon Setup vs Josh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crestron Home Beacon Setup
This app allows authorized installers to set up and configure proximity detection beacons for smart homes. It enables personalized control of smart home devices based on room location, enhancing the user experience.
- Proximity detection setup
- Room beacon configuration
- Personalized smart home controls
- Range setting
- Beacon naming
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Crestron makes smart homes even more intelligent and personalized with the PinPoint™ proximity detection beacon. Integrating PinPoint into a whole-house automation system is simple using this free PinPoint setup app. Add a PinPoint beacon to a room to add proximity detection capabilities to the space. Increase coverage in a room by adding multiple beacons, and you can configure beacons in up to 100 rooms in a home. This app is intended for use by an authorized Crestron partner to install, set the range, and name PinPoint beacons in a room/home. Please visit the Crestron Website to locate an ELITE partner. PinPoint works in conjunction with the Crestron app and Crestron for iPad app to solve the room default problem associated with mobile devices. PinPoint knows what room a person is in and automatically displays controls for that space on their iOS® device. Homeowners are no longer inconvenienced by navigating to different room menus on the app as they move through their home. Requires Crestron PinPoint (PP-100) beacon(s) and Crestron App for iPhone or iPad.
Josh
Control your smart home with an AI-powered platform. Personalize your experience by adjusting settings, creating automations, and accessing devices from anywhere. Enjoy intuitive control through touch, text, and voice commands for the whole family.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home intelligence
- Create automations and alerts
- Access property from anywhere
- Intuitive touch, text, and voice commands
- Customizable dashboards and interfaces
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Josh.ai: AI powered smart home control. Powered by Josh.ai's award winning software platform AI OS, the Josh App provides seamless access to your connected devices and dynamic tools to personalize your home intelligence experience to the fullest. Refine administrative settings, adjust a home's floor plan, nickname devices, create automations and alerts, and add custom photos to your bespoke interface. Access your property from anywhere and easily navigate to what's important. Simply swipe from the Interactive Home Page to access custom dashboards, areas, devices, and scenes. The Josh.ai platform is designed to empower every member of the family with intuitive control and intelligent assistance through touch, text, and natural voice commands. Note: The Josh App requires a valid software plan and accompanies Josh hardware, which is exclusively available through certified home technology professionals. Visit www.josh.ai for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Josh at 4.8 against Crestron Home Beacon Setup's 4.0. Josh also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (115 vs 2). Crestron Home Beacon Setup's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18). 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.
Josh holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Crestron Home Beacon Setup ships an update every 12 months, Josh weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crestron Home Beacon Setup | Josh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 87.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crestron Electronics, Inc. | Josh.ai Inc |
Customer experience
Crestron Home Beacon Setup
Josh
In-app purchases
Crestron Home Beacon Setup
No in-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
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