Comparison

HATO ONE vs DARA Lighting

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

Head to head
About

HATO ONE

This utility app measures key light aspects crucial for poultry welfare and performance. It allows comparison with industry standards and export of data for analysis. Remote measurement capabilities enhance user convenience.

Highlights
  • Measures light intensity
  • Measures critical color temperature
  • Measures light spectrum
  • Measures color rendering index
  • Measures light flicker
  • Compares measurements to standards
  • Exports data to PC
  • Remote measurement
Features
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The HATO ONE is an all-in-one light meter. A must-have for every poultry specialist who is aiming to improve animal welfare and performances by means of lighting. This product is able to measure all key aspects of light that matter for poultry: • Light intensity • Critical Colour Temperature • Light spectrum • Colour Rendering Index • Light flicker After measurement, the HATO ONE enables you to compare specific measurement results with poultry needs, human needs or other lamps on the spot to directly allocate points of improvement. All measurement data can be exported to a PC for further analysis as well. The results after measurement can immediately be seen at the HATO ONE App. Furthermore, the HATO ONE APP makes it possible to measure from a distance, so you don’t have to keep the meter in your hands all the time. Improve performances, start measuring! More information? www.hato.one

About

DARA Lighting

Easily manage your business's lighting to reduce energy costs. Control individual lights or groups, create custom lighting scenarios, and share network access with different user levels. Offers reliable and redundant control over large areas.

Highlights
  • Individual and group light control
  • Customizable lighting scenarios
  • Energy consumption reduction
  • Multi-level user access
  • Mesh networking for reliability
  • BLE and Wi-Fi dual control
Features
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DARA Lighting is the easiest way to control your lights and reduce energy bills. The solution is highly flexible, suitable for any type of business – from office spaces, manufacturing, industrial and logistic applications all the way to the largest of retailers. With just a few taps you can control luminaires one by one or as a group. For example you can set up a group for the office space and another one for a meeting room or a kitchenette and dim up or down lights in each of these spaces. You can also create scenarios depending on the day of the week, time of the day or other relevant events. Set the lights at a higher dim level for the office space and a lower dim level for the corridors and save all these settings in a scenario. Or set all lights to dim down once office hours or retail open hours are over. Share your network with other users and let them adjust the lighting. Dara Lighting has several levels of users (network owner, administrator or simple user), each with their own corresponding lights. DARA Lighting has mesh capabilities, thus the functionality is dependable, redundant and resilient over hundreds of square meters. Due to its dual control – both BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) for DALI communication and Wi-Fi, – a user can individually control a large number of luminaires. With this solution any business has the power to tailor its lighting preferences and, at the same time, greatly reduce its energy expenses by making sure light is present only when needed.

Screenshots

HATO ONE4 screens
DARA Lighting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HATO ONE at 2.0 against DARA Lighting's 1.0. HATO ONE also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). DARA Lighting's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 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

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

HATO ONE holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HATO ONE has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HATO ONE ships an update every 8 months, DARA Lighting every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HATO ONE versus DARA Lighting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHATO ONEDARA Lighting
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnited Power Research Technology CorporationGreentek Lighting SRL

Customer experience

HATO ONE

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

DARA Lighting

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

HATO ONE

No in-app purchases

None

DARA Lighting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HATO ONE free?
HATO ONE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DARA Lighting free?
DARA Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HATO ONE or DARA Lighting?
HATO ONE is rated higher. HATO ONE averages 2.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while DARA Lighting averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HATO ONE or DARA Lighting have ads?
Neither HATO ONE nor DARA Lighting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HATO ONE or DARA Lighting?
HATO ONE ships an update every 8 months, and DARA Lighting every 3 months. Most recently, HATO ONE was updated on June 4, 2026 and DARA Lighting on July 5, 2026.

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