Comparison

Versalume vs CampusOptics

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

Head to head
About

Versalume

This app allows users to control a multi-color smart module via Bluetooth, enabling customization of laser colors, intensity, and patterns. It also supports environmental sensor integration for dynamic control.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Multi-color laser control
  • Intensity adjustment
  • Blink and fade patterns
  • Environmental sensor integration
  • Basic functionality without hardware
Read full description

Use the Versalume iOS app with your Bluetooth enabled Versalume Smart Module or experiment with the basic functionality without a Smart Module. The Versalume Multi-Color Smart Module is the ultimate developer tool to experiment with Corning® Fibrance® Light-Diffusing Fiber. Whether you're an architect, lighting expert, entrepreneur, application engineer, artist, or maker, the combination of Bluetooth-enabled electronics, environmental sensors, powerful lasers, and Fibrance fiber gives you the power to let your imagination go. With three integrated lasers (red, green, blue) you can produce any color you want. And with 8 sensors you can control the laser output and color based on your environment. This free Bluetooth-enabled iOS app lets you easily manipulate the laser color, the intensity, create blink and fade patterns, or control the environmental sensors - giving you a taste of what you can build.

About

CampusOptics

This platform enhances campus safety for higher education institutions. It offers a mobile interface for field work, including managing hazardous materials, locating assets, conducting inspections, and logging incidents. Stay in control of daily responsibilities with a centralized schedule.

Highlights
  • Environmental health and safety field work
  • Hazardous materials management
  • Safety asset location
  • Inspection performance
  • Issue and incident logging
  • Centralized scheduling
Features
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CampusOptics is a comprehensive campus safety software platform designed specifically for higher education—helping you get the big picture of safety on campus and stay in control of your team's day-to-day responsibilities. Our mobile application provides a first-person interface for conducting important environmental health and safety field work – managing hazardous materials, locating safety assets, performing inspections, logging issues and incidents, and staying on track with a centralized schedule.

Screenshots

Versalume3 screens
CampusOptics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CampusOptics at 5.0 against Versalume's 4.0. CampusOptics also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 42 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Versalume's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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

CampusOptics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CampusOptics has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Versalume ships an update every 42 months, CampusOptics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Versalume versus CampusOptics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVersalumeCampusOptics
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB106 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVersalume LLCCampusOptics, Inc.

Customer experience

Versalume

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CampusOptics

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Versalume

No in-app purchases

None

CampusOptics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Versalume free?
Versalume is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CampusOptics free?
CampusOptics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Versalume or CampusOptics?
CampusOptics is rated higher. Versalume averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CampusOptics averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Versalume or CampusOptics have ads?
Neither Versalume nor CampusOptics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Versalume or CampusOptics?
Versalume ships an update every 42 months, and CampusOptics every 3 weeks. Most recently, Versalume was updated on September 22, 2026 and CampusOptics on October 27, 2026.

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