NanGuang LED vs SD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NanGuang LED
Control LED lighting and equipment via WiFi. Adjust brightness, color temperature, and color. Save and recall custom lighting scenes for various applications.
- WiFi control for LED lighting
- Adjust brightness
- Adjust color temperature
- Adjust color
- Set and save lighting scenes
- Recall saved scenes
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This software is for the smart phone APP aplication platform, that is the WiFi control for LED lighting and related equipment which is developed by Guangdong Nanguang Photo&Video Systems Co.， Ltd; this software collaborated with our Wifi Controll box,that could adjust the lighting brightness,color temperature and color; According to request of the lighting scene,set and save the different lighting scene,then you could easily turn to the needed application scene when required.
SD
Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Manage transport, edit metadata, take notes, monitor outputs, and adjust channel settings like faders, trims, and pan. View large-scale meters and timecode on all screens.
- Remote transport controls
- Metadata editing
- Take notes
- Monitor outputs
- Adjust faders, trims, and pan
- Channel arming, disarming, solo, and mute
- Large-scale channel meters
- Timecode display
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Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder from your iPad or iPhone with SD-Remote. Quickly access transport controls, edit metadata, write Take Notes, monitor outputs, and adjust faders, trims, and pan controls. Arm, disarm, solo, and mute channels with ease. Large-scale meters are available for all channels, and the current timecode is displayed on every screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SD at 3.7 against NanGuang LED's 1.4. SD also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (22% vs 10%). NanGuang LED's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SD holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of NanGuang LED's written reviews are positive against 22% of SD's.
NanGuang LED ships an update every 12 months, SD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NanGuang LED | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (8 ratings) | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangdong Nanguang Photo&Video Systems Co., Ltd | Sound Devices, LLC |
Customer experience
NanGuang LED
SD
In-app purchases
NanGuang LED
No in-app purchases
SD
No in-app purchases
