Comparison

WELLCOM vs AsteraApp

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WELLCOM

This entertainment app allows users to create dynamic lighting scenes using WDMX enabled fixtures. It's designed for straightforward operation, making it ideal for controlling professional lighting setups.

Highlights
  • Create dynamic lighting scenes
  • WDMX enabled fixture control
  • Easy operation
  • Professional lighting setup
Features
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Designed for easy operation, the WELL COM by CHAUVET Professional is the ideal way to create dynamic scenes with WDMX enabled fixtures. For more information, check us out at www.chauvetprofessional.com

About

AsteraApp

Control complex lighting setups with customizable programs and effects. Prepare lights for wireless DMX, diagnose, update, and reset them. Features include beat-synced effects, group management, and power-saving standby.

Highlights
  • Customizable programs and effects
  • Wireless DMX preparation
  • Light diagnostics and updates
  • Beat-synced effects (Auto BPM)
  • Group management (Targets)
  • Scheduled Standby
  • Dynamic PowerBoost
Features
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The AsteraApp™ offers intuitive and fast control of complex lighting setups with fully customizable programs and effects. The App is also used to prepare Astera lights for wireless DMX by sending addresses and profilesto them. In addition, lamps can be diagnosed, updated or reset from the AsteraApp™. Here are some of the features: Talkback+ Detect all available lights, set them up, check their status, configure DMX addresses and DMX profiles. Seamless Runtime Set the length of your production and be sure that your lights won`t run out while still getting the maximum brightness. Effects Quickly build programs out of colors and effects, trigger them or make them match a beat. Targets Quickly create groups of lights, assign positions and select which lights should receive commands. Scheduled StandBy Switch lights into power-saving standby and schedule them to wake up when the production starts. Dynamic PowerBoost This exclusive feature makes the light able to display the maximum brightness at all time and intensify non-white colors. Green/Magenta Correction Adjust green/magenta during content creation to reduce postproduction work. Emergency Lights Switches to white light when AC power is cut to keep your event save DJ Feature Auto BPM analyzes the beat and matches programs to it, flash buttons can trigger special effects while being held down. Other Features The AsteraApp™ is packed with many additional items and new features are frequently added via software update.

Screenshots

WELLCOM4 screens
AsteraApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WELLCOM at 4.7 against AsteraApp's 2.3. AsteraApp's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (51 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WELLCOM holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AsteraApp has 51 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of WELLCOM's written reviews are positive against 28% of AsteraApp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WELLCOM ships an update every 35 months, AsteraApp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WELLCOM versus AsteraApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWELLCOMAsteraApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better2.3 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews28.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings351 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHAUVET & SONS, LLCAstera LED Technology GmbH

Customer experience

WELLCOM

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

AsteraApp

All ratings51 ratings
Positive29.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative68.6%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative63.4%

In-app purchases

None

WELLCOM

No in-app purchases

None

AsteraApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WELLCOM free?
WELLCOM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AsteraApp free?
AsteraApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WELLCOM or AsteraApp?
WELLCOM is rated higher. WELLCOM averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while AsteraApp averages 2.3 from 51 ratings.
Do WELLCOM or AsteraApp have ads?
Neither WELLCOM nor AsteraApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WELLCOM or AsteraApp?
WELLCOM ships an update every 35 months, and AsteraApp every 3 weeks. Most recently, WELLCOM was updated on June 5, 2026 and AsteraApp on August 14, 2026.

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