Lupine Light Control vs Pinion Smart.Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lupine Light Control
Manage your lighting system directly from your device. Adjust brightness, set custom options, and view detailed information about your lights, including temperature and battery status. Connect your lights easily through a simple pairing process.
- Direct light control
- Adjustable light levels
- Set custom extras
- View light information (temp, battery)
- Easy device pairing
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With Lupine Light Control, you have full control over your Lighting System. You can - Control the light directly from the app - Adjust the light levels - Set extras - Get information about your light (temperature, battery voltage, current power) To connect the light with Lupine Light Control for the first time you have to: Piko: Open the app, hold the button of the light pressed until the green LED lights up. Light and app will connect automatically. Wilma/Betty: Open the app, hold the button of the light pressed until 5 green LEDs light up. Release the button. Light and app will connect automatically.
Pinion Smart.Shift
Enhance your cycling experience with this app, offering customizable shifting behavior, charge status monitoring, and button assignment adjustments. It provides advanced features like setting a starting gear and semi-automatic shifting for a personalized ride. Stay updated with software improvements and utilize service tools for optimal performance.
- Adapt shifting behavior to driving profile
- Monitor Smart.Shift charge status
- Adjust E-Trigger button assignment
- Set starting gear with Start.Select
- Utilize semi-automatic shifting with Pre.Select
- Receive software updates and notifications
- Access service tools for reliability
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Improve your Pinion shifting experience with additional functions with the Smart.Shift app! Connect your Pinion Smart.Shift components with this app and use all the advantages: - Adapt the shifting behavior to your driving profile and use the full range of functions of your Pinion Smart.Shift technology. - See the charge status of your Smart.Shift at a glance. - Adjust the button assignment of the TE1 E-Trigger to your needs. - Take advantage of Start.Select and set your starting gear.* - Use Pre.Select for semi-automatic shifting and select your cadence.* - Stay up to date and benefit from important software updates and notifications. - Use our service tools for permanently reliable function. *Only available if Smart.Shift has speed information available (sensor or system information). Note: E-bikes with Smart.Shift, where the settings can be made via the display of the e-bike, are not compatible with the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lupine Light Control at 4.8 against Pinion Smart.Shift's 2.7. Lupine Light Control also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Pinion Smart.Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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.
Lupine Light Control holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Lupine Light Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pinion Smart.Shift's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lupine Light Control ships an update every 10 months, Pinion Smart.Shift every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 19, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lupine Light Control | Pinion Smart.Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lupine Lighting Systems GmbH | Pinion GmbH |
Customer experience
Lupine Light Control
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In-app purchases
Lupine Light Control
No in-app purchases
Pinion Smart.Shift
No in-app purchases
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