Comparison

Blackout Lighting Console vs GMA WebRemote

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

Head to head
About

Blackout Lighting Console

This professional lighting console app offers an intuitive interface and powerful effects engine for controlling DMX, Art-Net, and sACN lighting setups. It features a vast cloud fixture database, custom fixture creation, and advanced control options for seamless lighting design and execution.

Highlights
  • Cloud Fixture Database
  • Custom Fixture Creation
  • Streamlined Fixture Patching
  • Intuitive Fixture Controls
  • Multi-Cuelist Platform
  • Dynamic Effects Engine
  • Advanced MIDI Support
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Blackout is a revolutionary professional Art-Net/sACN DMX Lighting Console app for the iPad. Redefine your lighting with our incredibly intuitive interface and powerful effects engine. Features: - Cloud Fixture Database: Access over 44,000 fixture profiles licensed from Carallon, the leader in fixture profile services. - Create Custom Fixtures: Utilize our Fixture Creation Wizard to design your own profiles, perfectly matching your specific lighting needs. - Fixture Patching Made Simple: Effortlessly categorize and label LED fixtures with a streamlined Patch interface, ideal for batch management. - Intuitive Fixture Controls: Adjust parameters with ease in Fixture Controls and experience our NEW multi-dimensional color picker. - Robust Multi-Cuelist Platform: Organize and save lighting looks within Sequences, complete with customizable fade times, delays, and links. - Presets for Quick Access: Save and recall fixture parameters instantly, streamlining batch changes across multiple fixtures through our Favorites. - Dynamic Effects Engine: Explore limitless creative possibilities with our advanced Effects Engine, featuring intensity chases, color loops, and more. - Macro Functionality: Simplify complex lighting tasks into single-button actions for maximum efficiency. - Enhanced Data Visibility: Experience our reworked UI with new view states for displaying data in various formats, aiding quicker analysis and decision-making. - Advanced MIDI Support (Input & Output): Gain tactile control over your lighting with MIDI compatibility, suitable for both wired and wireless controllers.

About

GMA WebRemote

This tool enhances the grandMA2 console's web remote functionality by automatically discovering devices on your network. It also prevents your mobile device from sleeping, ensuring uninterrupted connections and offering features like auto-login and IP-based colorization.

Highlights
  • Device discovery on network
  • Always-On mode to prevent sleep
  • Auto-connect to last IP
  • Auto-login with predefined credentials
  • Colorize devices by IP address
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This tool provides a smarter way of using grandMA2 console's integrated web remote. The main advantage is the discovery of grandMA2 devices connected to the network - so you do not have to remember IP addresses. It also keeps the the mobile device awake so the connection does not get inerrupted by activating sleep/standby mode after some time. FEATURES: - Device discovery: See all active MANet2 devices (for instant connection) - Always-On mode: Prevents your device from going to sleep mode while the app is opened - AutoConnect on launch: Automatically connect to last IP on launch (*) - AutoLogin on connect: Automatically log in with your predefined username/password (*) - Colorize by IP: Colorize devices by last byte of IP address (*) FREE VERSION: The free version can always be used with a basic feature set. FULL VERSION (*): The full version unlocks settings and some extra features. And most important: Supports the development :-) IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS: A fast WiFi connection without multicast filtering is required for discovery! This app "wire-tap's" the grandMA2 network session, so there is always a small risk of losing discovery functionality with new software versions. This is NOT an official app from MA Lighting Technology or MA Lighting International.

Screenshots

GMA WebRemote3 screens

Verdict

The call

Blackout Lighting Console and GMA WebRemote both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GMA WebRemote's written reviews are positive against 76% of Blackout Lighting Console's. GMA WebRemote also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Blackout Lighting Console's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blackout Lighting Console sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GMA WebRemote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blackout Lighting Console against 5.0 for GMA WebRemote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Blackout Lighting Console's written reviews are positive against 100% of GMA WebRemote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackout Lighting Console ships an update monthly, GMA WebRemote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blackout Lighting Console versus GMA WebRemote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackout Lighting ConsoleGMA WebRemote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings58 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size398 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlackout Lighting Console Inc.Matthias Schoeffmann

Customer experience

Blackout Lighting Console

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.8%

GMA WebRemote

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blackout Lighting Console

One-time1
  • Basic Plan$799.99
1 purchases

GMA WebRemote

One-time1
  • Full Version$8.99

Questions

Is Blackout Lighting Console free?
Blackout Lighting Console is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GMA WebRemote free?
GMA WebRemote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blackout Lighting Console or GMA WebRemote?
Blackout Lighting Console and GMA WebRemote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Blackout Lighting Console or GMA WebRemote have ads?
Neither Blackout Lighting Console nor GMA WebRemote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blackout Lighting Console or GMA WebRemote?
Blackout Lighting Console ships an update monthly, and GMA WebRemote every 2 months. Most recently, Blackout Lighting Console was updated on July 5, 2026 and GMA WebRemote on July 7, 2026.

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