BTAir vs WIDI App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BTAir
Control CHAUVET DJ Bluetooth™ enabled lights directly from your phone or tablet. This app offers wireless lighting control without requiring any additional hardware, leveraging Bluetooth™ technology for seamless operation.
- Bluetooth™ wireless control
- Control CHAUVET DJ lights
- No additional hardware needed
- Direct phone/tablet control
- Cutting-edge lighting technology
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CHAUVET DJ has a long history of developing cutting-edge lighting technologies. Once again CHAUVET DJ ushers in a new era of wireless lighting control with the introduction of BTAir, an app that uses Bluetooth™ wireless technology to control CHUAVET DJ Bluetooth™ enabled lights directly from a phone or tablet without any additional hardware needed.
WIDI App
Configure and manage wireless Bluetooth MIDI devices. Update firmware, rename devices, adjust Bluetooth settings, and optimize performance for low latency or jitter. Supports group connections and troubleshooting.
- Update device firmware
- Rename Bluetooth MIDI devices
- Set Bluetooth transmit power
- Configure Bluetooth role (peripheral/auto)
- Set performance mode (low latency/jitter)
- Set wired MIDI thru function
- Manage group connections
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The WIDI app is a dedicated application for configuring and setting all WIDI wireless Bluetooth MIDI devices (including WIDI Master, WIDI Jack, WIDI Uhost, WIDI Bud Pro, WIDI Core/CoreX, WIDI Thru6 BT, WIDI K.O.II and authorized products such as Kurzweil Air MIDI, Nektar WIDIFLEX, Xvive MD1, Limex BT etc.). You can use this application for the following operations: * Update to the latest device firmware * Rename device * Set the transmit power of Bluetooth * Set the Bluetooth role to peripheral or auto mode * Set the performance mode for low latency or low jitter * Set the wired MIDI thru function * Set the group auto-learn * Activate the WIDI Master in test mode (red light condition, firmware version v0046 only) * Clear the existing group connection setting * Factory reset * Set up group connection * Link to online trouble shooting contents Note1: The group connection function requires firmware version v0136 or higher. Note2: The group auto-learn function requires firmware version v0166.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WIDI App at 3.1 against BTAir's 2.4. WIDI App also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 18%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). BTAir's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WIDI App holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of BTAir's written reviews are positive against 45% of WIDI App's.
BTAir ships an update every 7 months, WIDI App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BTAir | WIDI App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (88 ratings) | 3.1 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chauvet Professional | CME PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
BTAir
WIDI App
Bugs and requests
BTAir
Reported bugs
63 issues- Playback organizer is buggy
- App doesn't pair properly
- App doesn't work with latest OS
- App crashes 80% of the time
- Zone chase option not working
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- App doesn't run in background
- Fade option doesn't work
- Cannot rename or delete saved scenes
- Latency in scene changes
- White text on white background for editing
- Bluetooth has weak signal
- App keeps shutting down or refreshing
- Sometimes doesn't find fixtures
- App freezes during pairing
- Will not pair at all
- App drops out often
- Has to be rebooted every service
- Always have to repair lights
- Takes a long time to connect to each light
- App consistently crashes
- Unreliable app
- App shuts down at times
- Controls rarely work correctly
- Can't erase colors and start fresh
- App shuts down or refreshes
- Doesn't find fixtures
- App freezes during pairing
- Will not pair at all
- App drops out often
- Has to be rebooted every service
- Always have to repair lights
- Takes a long time to connect to each light
- App consistently crashes
- Unreliable app
- App shuts down at times
- Controls rarely work correctly
- Can't erase colors and start fresh
- Latest update is buggy
- App drops out randomly
- Struggles to find lights
- Does not work on Android devices
- Non-responsive design on iPhone
- Crops buttons at the bottom on iPhone
- Not intuitive that long presses allow more info
- Broke with iOS 13
- Cannot pair with any fixtures after iOS 13 update
- App is not compatible with iOS 13
- App is not compatible with new iPad iOS
- App crashes when opening
- Sound activated crashes
- App crashes when selecting sound activated
- App keeps crashing
- App immediately shuts down
- Color picker does not work on iPhone 5s
- Zone chases do not work
- Cannot choose certain sections and mix colors
- Sound activated is delayed
- Three-zone functionality not working
- App closes out immediately on sound activated
- Zonechase selection serves no purpose
- Stuck on previous selected function
- App crashes when opening
- App crashes on sound activated setting
Requested features
27 requests- Control EZPar-56s, Par-56s, moving heads
- Slower fade speed
- Save fixed colors
- Back button for prior color
- Crossfade between fixed colors
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- Allow app to run in background
- Type in BPM for speed control
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Edit, rename, and delete scenes
- Split screen functionality
- Improve playback mode for rearranging scenes
- Allow scenes to be edited instead of delete or rename
- Color code scene icons
- Improve color picker
- Add preset colors
- Improve color accuracy
- Add tempo tap for effects
- Three-zone functionality
- Display three different colors simultaneously
- Fade between color combinations
- Access to onboard light programs
- Live color wheel reaction
- Fade option for fixed tab and scene playback
- Fade between function selection
- Improve sound activated feature
- Add fade between function selection
- Video tutorial for instructions
WIDI App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BTAir
No in-app purchases
WIDI App
No in-app purchases
