# Vario — Control your light simply

> Control your light simply (iPhone/iPad app by Insta GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vario/id1048969397 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Insta GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/1048969396)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.2 · 28 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2016-09-03
- Data updated: 2025-12-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vario/id1048969397/reviews.md

## What is Vario?

Become a lighting designer in the privacy of your home. Create atmospheric coloured light or let your lighting automatically follow the natural course of the sun. Choose from a set of professionally pre-programmed light sequences or simply become creative at your own: With the App "Vario" and the control device "instalight Vario", impressing lighting creation proves a breeze.

Main features:
- Control of indoor and outdoor lighting
- Control of coloured light with RGB or RGBW
- White light with controllable colour temperature (Tunable White TW)
- Dynamic light variations with up to 40 changes per second
- Intuitive colour selection via colour picker or front camera of the iPhone
- Storage of up to four user-defined light colours
- Operation via iPhone and Apple Watch
- Human Centric Lighting due to sun light simulation synchronised to the time of day 
- Combined profiles offer separate control of ambient- and general lighting
- Automatic operation via internal timer with individual switch-on/-off times for all light scenes
- Control interfaces: DALI, PWM, DMX, LEDTRIX

Additional note:
- Requires control device „instalight Vario“ (see www.insta.de/vario)
- Commissioning of the control device via separate App "Vario Setup" (free)


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2017-11-28

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Thank you for using instalight Vario!
We are continuously working on improvement and enhancement of our app.

New in this version:
- iPhone X support
- improved stability with older iOS versions

### 1.1 — 2017-10-12

Thank you for using instalight Vario!
We are continuously working on improvement and enhancement of our app.

New in this version:
- Simplified operation due to new design
- Human Centric Lighting due to sun light simulation synchronised to the time of day
- New combined profiles offer separate control of ambient- and general lighting
- Automatic operation via internal timer with individual switch-on/-off times for all light scenes
- Expansion of the control interfaces with DALI and PWM (details see App „Vario Setup“)

### 1.0 — 2016-08-01

No release notes.

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