Kiosc vs STARDist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kiosc
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Kiosc is a simple tool for creating personalised dashboards that communicate OSC and UDP. It allows you to design your own user interface that remote controls systems and equipment via Ethernet. There is a lot of cool equipment available that can be controlled via UDP or OSC messages. You can choose Kiosc to be the stylish front-end for triggering all these video, audio and lighting devices. When designing the layout of your dashboard you can combine buttons, sliders, encoders, check-boxes and colour-pickers. You can drop in your logo or any other graphic. Kiosc is the ideal way to control the architectural lighting controllers from Visual Productions like the CueCore2. It enables you, for example, to start lighting shows, change intensity levels or jump to a specific scene. The Kiosc app is accompanied by the Kiosc Editor, a free design tool available on Windows, macOS and Ubuntu Linux.
STARDist
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STARDist is an automatic distillation unit for automatic distillation testing according to the ASTM D86 method and related methods.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: STARDist at Free against Kiosc's $8.99. Kiosc's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
STARDist is free to download; Kiosc costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kiosc | STARDist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Visual Productions BV | ORBIS BV |
In-app purchases
Kiosc
No in-app purchases
STARDist
No in-app purchases
