Comparison

AsteraApp vs Checkinera

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

Head to head
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.

About

Checkinera

Streamline event check-ins by scanning barcodes or QR codes, or by searching the attendee list. This tool integrates with the Tickera event ticketing system for efficient attendee management.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning
  • QR code scanning
  • Attendee list search
  • Tickera integration
  • Event management
Features
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Check in your event attendees quickly and easily by scanning barcodes or QR codes as well as searching the attendee list. This app works with Tickera event ticketing system.

Screenshots

AsteraApp4 screens
Checkinera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Checkinera at 5.0 against AsteraApp's 2.3. Checkinera also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 28%). AsteraApp's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 3). 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

Checkinera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 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 point the same way: 28% of AsteraApp's written reviews are positive against 38% of Checkinera's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AsteraApp versus Checkinera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsteraAppCheckinera
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (51 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews37.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better11.3
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAstera LED Technology GmbHMarko Miljus

Customer experience

AsteraApp

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

Checkinera

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

AsteraApp

No in-app purchases

None

Checkinera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AsteraApp free?
AsteraApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Checkinera free?
Checkinera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AsteraApp or Checkinera?
Checkinera is rated higher. AsteraApp averages 2.3 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Checkinera averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do AsteraApp or Checkinera have ads?
Neither AsteraApp nor Checkinera shows ads.

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