Comparison

Lighticians Apollo Control vs Staff Me Up

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

Head to head
About

Lighticians Apollo Control

This app offers advanced wireless control for LED lighting fixtures, allowing users to precisely mix colors and manage settings. It's designed for both professional lighting technicians and beginners, enabling easy creation of sophisticated lighting setups.

Highlights
  • Wireless LED light control
  • Precise color mixing
  • Save and share projects
  • Unified control interface
  • Fixture patching and library
  • sACN E1.31 connectivity
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Lighticians Apollo Control — the next generation lighting control app designed for experienced lighting professionals and newcomers alike. Effortlessly control cutting edge LED lights and mix color wirelessly. Gaffers, cinematographers, lighting professionals, and lighting enthusiasts want precise control over every aspect of their fixtures. Lighticians Apollo Control is the next generation wireless lighting app designed both for experienced lighting professionals as well as newcomers to the field. This app introduces a powerful yet easy new way to mix color when driving the most cutting edge LED lights. Lighticians Apollo Control enables you to directly control your lights using sACN E1.31 over WiFi, save your favorite settings, and share projects with colleagues using AirDrop or Email. Even without any experience using a conventional lighting console, you will be able to enjoy creating beautiful lighting setups with Lighticians Apollo Control. UNIFIED LIGHTING CONTROL INTERFACE • Expressive hue/saturation wheel controls enable mixing from the perfect pastel all the way to super saturated deep colors • Precision white light controls with green/magenta slider and accurate CTO/CTB direct adjustments • Popover controls for quick and interactive tweaking • Save your favorite colors as swatches for future use • Manufacturer-specific and direct parameter controls available COLOR SCIENCE • Robust and accurate color mixing algorithm that always derives the best quality of light possible • Carefully tuned white light algorithms to enhance white light quality • Virtualization of color parameters available within the color wheel interface including color temperature, green/magenta tint, hue, saturation, and intensity making these parameters available to all light-modes that have color capabilities DIRECT LIGHTING CONTROL “SCRATCHPAD" • Dashboard view of lights and their state • Drag and drop collections to organize and quickly access multiple lights at once PROJECTS • Organize all patching, lighting metadata, and network connectivity in one place • Share projects using standard iOS techniques including AirDrop and email — ideal for rigging gaffer handoffs • Projects can be built prior to being connected to a network to prepare for installations and rigging PATCHING • Add lights to your project using a calendar style interface • Each patched light can be identified with a unique number, descriptive text, and an optional color code and shape icon • includes a curated fixtures library which supports all common motion picture lighting parameters • Fixture profiles editor allows you to build custom profiles for various modes of control • Patch editor enabling changes to the patch once created PROTOCOLS & NETWORKING • One universe of sACN E1.31 connectivity • ArtNet and additional universes coming soon COMPATIBILITY • WiFi connection to local network to control lights that receive sACN E1.31 streams directly from ethernet • sACN E1.31 compatible bridge hardware is required to connect Lighticians Lighting Control to lights over DMX interfaces • although hardware is required to interact with lights, the app can be used without a connection at any time for rigging, project prep, and brainstorming Many more features coming soon including looks, timeline sequences, effects, multiple DMX universes, ArtNet, RDM, and more…

About

Staff Me Up

This app helps TV and film professionals find job opportunities. It offers seamless login, job browsing, and in-app application features to manage your production career. Stay connected with employers and receive job alerts.

Highlights
  • Seamless login
  • Comprehensive job browsing
  • In-app applications
  • Job alerts
  • Connect with employers
Features
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Elevate your job search with the Staff Me Up mobile app, designed for TV and film professionals. With seamless login, comprehensive job browsing, and in-app applications, managing your production career has never been easier. Stay connected with employers and never miss a job alert with our new mobile experience.

Screenshots

Lighticians Apollo Control4 screens
Staff Me Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lighticians Apollo Control at 4.5 against Staff Me Up's 2.6. Lighticians Apollo Control also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Lighticians Apollo Control holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 21 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lighticians Apollo Control ships an update every 5 weeks, Staff Me Up monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lighticians Apollo Control versus Staff Me Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLighticians Apollo ControlStaff Me Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings) — better2.6 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLighticians IncCasting Networks LLC

Customer experience

Lighticians Apollo Control

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Staff Me Up

All ratings21 ratings
Positive23.8%
Neutral19.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral36.4%
Negative63.6%

In-app purchases

None

Lighticians Apollo Control

No in-app purchases

None

Staff Me Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lighticians Apollo Control free?
Lighticians Apollo Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Staff Me Up free?
Staff Me Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lighticians Apollo Control or Staff Me Up?
Lighticians Apollo Control is rated higher. Lighticians Apollo Control averages 4.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Staff Me Up averages 2.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Lighticians Apollo Control or Staff Me Up have ads?
Neither Lighticians Apollo Control nor Staff Me Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lighticians Apollo Control or Staff Me Up?
Lighticians Apollo Control ships an update every 5 weeks, and Staff Me Up monthly. Most recently, Lighticians Apollo Control was updated on November 2, 2026 and Staff Me Up on October 30, 2026.

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