RoadHawk vs Rotolight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoadHawk
Configure your dash camera remotely. Stream live and recorded videos, browse files, and adjust camera settings directly from your smartphone.
- Remote camera control
- Live video streaming
- File browsing
- Video download and delete
- Photo preview and management
- Camera settings adjustment
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The RoadHawk App allows you to fully configure your RoadHawk WiFi enabled camera. You can stream live and recorded videos from your dash camera and configure the camera's settings. Key Features: • Remote Control • Live view • File browser • Video : streaming, download, delete files • Photo: preview, download, delete files • Change Settings
Rotolight
Control your lighting equipment remotely with a virtual replica of your device's touchscreen. Adjust brightness, Kelvin, flash settings, and access a vast color palette and classic gels. Save and recall custom presets to streamline your workflow.
- Virtual touchscreen replica
- Real-time brightness and Kelvin adjustment
- Customizable lighting presets
- Advanced flash settings
- 16.7 million color palette
- 2500 classic lighting gels
- Remote SmartSoft Box control
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The Rotolight app features a virtual replica of the touchscreen on the back of your lights, with additional group and colour wheel control, so there is no need to get used to a new way of working. Choose from an endless colour palette including 16.7million colours and 2,500 of your favourite filters. Effortlessly access key features and recall your favourite settings at a moment’s notice. Revolutionise your workflow and save time on set, for when creativity can’t wait. Key Features Real-time two-way adjustment between your Rotolight and app - Adjust brightness and Kelvin settings from 3000-10,000 - Easily store and recall custom lighting presets - Adjust flash settings including power, group, modelling light, and flash duration, along with Kelvin, HSI and gel settings - Select from an endless colour palette of 16.7 million colours, complete with a colour wheel and saturation control - Select from 2500 classic lighting gels to enhance your creative possibilities - Remotely control diffusion from the ground-breaking Rotolight SmartSoft Box
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rotolight at 50% against RoadHawk's 0%. Rotolight also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). RoadHawk's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Rotolight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RoadHawk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rotolight holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rotolight has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RoadHawk's written reviews are positive against 50% of Rotolight's.
| Parameter | RoadHawk | Rotolight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trakm8 Ltd | Rotolight Limited |
Customer experience
RoadHawk
Rotolight
In-app purchases
RoadHawk
No in-app purchases
Rotolight
- Upgrade Plus$94.99
