Comparison

Lights App vs luca app

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

Head to head
About

Lights App

Control your home lighting with this app. Personalize light sets, create groups for simultaneous control, and utilize timer functions for automated operation. Choose from eight distinct controller functions and adjust brightness.

Highlights
  • Personalize light sets with custom names and pictures
  • Control multiple light sets simultaneously with groups
  • Three timer functions for automated lighting schedules
  • Eight controller functions (e.g., Stay on, Twinkling, Fade away)
  • Adjustable dimming for light sets
  • Supports 7 languages
Features
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- - 7 languages can be selected (Dutch, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish) - - Light sets can be personalized by creating your own name and picture - - Multiple light sets can be controlled simultaneously by creating groups - - The App has three timer functions, to let the lights operate at different times - - The App has 8 controller function (Stay on, Fast twinkling, Twinkling in phase, Fade away, Fade away in phase, Phasing, Wave and combination) - - Light set can be dimmed

About

luca app

Discover restaurants, bars, and cafes with digital access to menus and past visit history. Book reservations and enhance your social experiences with this app.

Highlights
  • Discover restaurants, bars, cafes
  • Access digital menus
  • View past visit history
  • Book reservations
  • Digital social life management
Features
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Luca helps you to digitally shape your social life. You can use luca to discover restaurants, bars and cafés as well as access additional information such as menus. You can also access an overview of your past visits. For individual locations, the app can perform other functions. For example, reservations can be booked. Luca was designed and established in Germany. We are working to make luca available in other countries soon.

Screenshots

Lights App4 screens
luca app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: luca app at 4.5 against Lights App's 1.8. luca app also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 19%) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 12). Lights App's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

luca app holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: luca app has 1.9K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Lights App's written reviews are positive against 48% of luca app's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lights App ships an update every 6 weeks, luca app every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lights App versus luca app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLights Appluca app
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (12 ratings)4.5 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.1% of reviews48.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings121.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLights Appculture4life GmbH

Customer experience

Lights App

All ratings12 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive19.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative68.7%

luca app

All ratings1,910 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative46.2%

Bugs and requests

Lights App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

luca app

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • SMS verification code not received
  • App crashes or freezes during use
  • QR code scanning issues
  • Incorrect check-in/check-out times displayed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to manually add/edit check-in events
  • Automatic check-out feature
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Integration with other COVID-19 tracking apps

In-app purchases

None

Lights App

No in-app purchases

None

luca app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lights App free?
Lights App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is luca app free?
luca app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lights App or luca app?
luca app is rated higher. Lights App averages 1.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while luca app averages 4.5 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Lights App or luca app have ads?
Neither Lights App nor luca app shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lights App or luca app?
Lights App ships an update every 6 weeks, and luca app every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lights App was updated on June 11, 2026 and luca app on July 5, 2026.

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