Comparison

nLights vs ST Asset Tracking

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

Head to head
About

nLights

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Use this app with the nLights software from GitHub to control your Raspberry Pi Led Strip lights. To download the software for the Raspberry Pi, please visit: https://github.com/snul/nlights

About

ST Asset Tracking

Configure and set up Bluetooth Low Energy and NFC sensors for environmental and motion data logging. Track position and sensor data, then send it to a dashboard for analysis with charts and filtering.

Highlights
  • Configure BLE and NFC sensors
  • Set data logging thresholds
  • Log environmental and motion data
  • Track position and sensor readings
  • Send data to ST AWS dashboard
  • Analyze data with charts and filters
Features
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With the ST Asset Tracking app, you can configure and set-up the threshold of Asset Tracking Bluetooth Low Energy device and NFC Sensor. The app communicates with the FP-ATR-BLE1, FP-SNS-SMARTAG1, FP-SNS-SMARTAG2, FP-ATR-ASTRA1 functional packs firmware running on an STM32 microcontroller, which manages the specific environmental and motion sensor data logging activity. The app also supports Astra board that has NFC and short / long range connectivity (BLE, LoRa, and 2.4 GHz and sub 1-GHz proprietary protocols). The app lets you change sampling intervals, choose which sensor data is logged, and the conditions that trigger data logging. Once configured, the app is starting to track the position, environmental and motion sensors and allows the user to send recorded data to the ST AWS dashboard. The data collected on dashboard can be consulted through charts and filtered through time intervals up to 7 days before. For more information, visit the ST Asset Tracking web pages on www.st.com .

Screenshots

nLights3 screens
ST Asset Tracking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: nLights at monthly against ST Asset Tracking's every 2 months. ST Asset Tracking's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nLights ships an update monthly, ST Asset Tracking every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
nLights versus ST Asset Tracking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternLightsST Asset Tracking
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.312.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLukas LinsSTMicroelectronics

In-app purchases

None

nLights

No in-app purchases

None

ST Asset Tracking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nLights free?
nLights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ST Asset Tracking free?
ST Asset Tracking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do nLights or ST Asset Tracking have ads?
Neither nLights nor ST Asset Tracking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nLights or ST Asset Tracking?
nLights ships an update monthly, and ST Asset Tracking every 2 months. Most recently, nLights was updated on October 13, 2026 and ST Asset Tracking on September 29, 2026.

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