AsteraApp vs Light Widow
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.
Light Widow
This application enables connection to specific hardware products for programming filters and customizing their appearance. It offers a streamlined interface for managing the look and feel of supported devices.
- Connect to FRS-Light, CineTag, ARRI LMB4x5
- Program filters
- Customize product look and feel
- Streamlined interface
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The Light Widow app allows you connect to a Light Widow product such as an FRS-Light, CineTag, or ARRI LMB4x5 Upgrade Kit. This app allows you to program filters and customize the look and feel of the product.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light Widow at 4.7 against AsteraApp's 2.3. AsteraApp's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light Widow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 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.
AsteraApp ships an update every 3 weeks, Light Widow every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AsteraApp | Light Widow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (51 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 14.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astera LED Technology GmbH | Light Widow LLC |
Customer experience
AsteraApp
Light Widow
In-app purchases
AsteraApp
No in-app purchases
Light Widow
No in-app purchases
Questions
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