AsteraApp vs Trick Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable programs and effects
- Wireless DMX preparation
- Light diagnostics and updates
- Beat-synced effects (Auto BPM)
- Group management (Targets)
- Scheduled Standby
- Dynamic PowerBoost
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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.
Trick Light
Control your Bluetooth lamp with this application. Adjust colors, brightness, and set timers for ambient lighting. Offers a simple interface for managing your smart lighting experience.
- Bluetooth lamp control
- Color adjustment
- Brightness control
- Timer settings
- Ambient lighting
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This is a Bluetooth lamp app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trick Light at 3.1 against AsteraApp's 2.3. AsteraApp's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Trick Light holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 27 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 28% and 27% positive.
AsteraApp ships an update every 3 weeks, Trick Light every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AsteraApp | Trick Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (51 ratings) | 3.1 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astera LED Technology GmbH | Shenzhen Qianghe Technology CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
AsteraApp
Trick Light
In-app purchases
AsteraApp
No in-app purchases
Trick Light
No in-app purchases
