Arcolis Remote Classic vs ViplexHandy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcolis Remote Classic
Control your lighting systems remotely from your smartphone or tablet. This application connects via WiFi to compatible DMX controllers, making it suitable for home, office, and bar environments.
- Remote light control
- WiFi connectivity
- DMX controller integration
- Home, office, bar lighting
- Smartphone and tablet compatible
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Arcolis Remote Classic allows you to take control of your lights from your smartphone or tablet. The app works over WiFi by connecting to a compatible DMX controller. Arcolis Remote Classic has been designed for all environments including home lighting, office lighting and bar lighting. Visit our website at https://www.nicolaudie.com/arcolis for more information on compatible DMX controllers.
ViplexHandy
Manage and control Taurus series multimedia players for LED displays. Design playlists, configure screens, and manage media files directly from your iOS device. This app offers comprehensive control for asynchronous full-color LED displays.
- Screen management
- Solution editing
- System settings
- Media library
- Quick screen configuration
- Real-time control
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ViPlex Handy, designed for the Taurus series products, is an application for the iOS platform. Launched by NovaStar, the Taurus series products are the second generation of multimedia players for small and medium-sized asynchronous full-color LED displays. This application supports functions like screen management, solution editing, system settings, and media library. Screen management: Allows you to manage the Taurus series products in the LAN and supports quick screen configuration, real-time control, playback management, cloud server binding and so on. Solution editing: Allows you to quickly design various playlists which will be sent to the Taurus series products for playback. System settings: Includes software language settings and help documentation. Media library: Allows you to browse the multimedia files on your mobile phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ViplexHandy at 2.4 against Arcolis Remote Classic's 1.4. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
ViplexHandy holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Arcolis Remote Classic's written reviews are positive against 12% of ViplexHandy's.
Arcolis Remote Classic ships an update every 2 months, ViplexHandy every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Arcolis Remote Classic | ViplexHandy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (17 ratings) | 2.4 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 11.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicolaudie | Xi'an NovaStar Tech Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Arcolis Remote Classic
ViplexHandy
In-app purchases
Arcolis Remote Classic
No in-app purchases
ViplexHandy
No in-app purchases
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