Comparison

Live Beacon vs Flos Control

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

Head to head
About

Live Beacon

This app utilizes iBeacon technology to receive information from nearby transmitters. It provides a way to interact with localized data broadcast by these beacons.

Highlights
  • iBeacon technology integration
  • Receives data from nearby beacons
  • Localized information delivery
Features
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Live Beacon receives information from nearby beacons (small battery-powered transmitters). Powered by iBeacon technology. Learn more at livebeacon.com

About

Flos Control

Features
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The Flos Control® app is the easiest and most natural way to control your lights. The first time use has been made easy and intuitive. Just one tap and you’ll be ready to control your lights. Controlling all your lamps from one view: With the Flos Control® app you can manage all your lighting fixtures with one view. It is possible to control lights individually or as a group. For example you can create a group for your kitchen, office or shop lights and turn them all off / on with just one tap. Or you can dim the living room lights until reaching a pleasant light level for a movie. Control your lights from a photo: The Gallery in Flos Control® app is the most natural way of controlling your lights. Take a picture of your room(s) and place the lamp controls over the lighting fixtures in the picture. Now you can control your lighting fixtures visually right from the picture. Create scenes for different lighting situations: You can create different scenes for different occasions. Set the lights just right for dining, office environments or shop promotions and save the settings in a scene. Now you can change the lighting with one tap for different occasions for example a dinner party or a meeting with a customer. Share your network and allow other devices to control your lights: Flos Control® has four different levels for sharing and access control. You can decide if your network is open to everyone or if other users need a password to access your network. If you have several users and devices using the same network, all the changes made with one device will be automatically updated to the other devices with Flos Control® cloud service.

Screenshots

Live Beacon2 screens
Flos Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Live Beacon at fortnightly against Flos Control's every 3 months. Live Beacon also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Beacon ships an update fortnightly, Flos Control every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Live Beacon versus Flos Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive BeaconFlos Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLive Beacon LimitedFlos S.p.A.

In-app purchases

None

Live Beacon

No in-app purchases

None

Flos Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Live Beacon free?
Live Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flos Control free?
Flos Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Live Beacon or Flos Control have ads?
Neither Live Beacon nor Flos Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Beacon or Flos Control?
Live Beacon ships an update fortnightly, and Flos Control every 3 months. Most recently, Live Beacon was updated on October 3, 2026 and Flos Control on September 28, 2026.

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