Dexel vs Drive Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dexel
View and control IP cameras and smart home devices from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Enjoy live video streaming, remote configuration, and device control without complex network setup.
- Live IP camera viewing
- Smart home device control
- Remote configuration updates
- Pan/tilt control
- Digital zoom
- Video recording and playback
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DEXEL es el software innovador para visualizar cámaras IP y controlar su vivienda inteligente en iPhone / iPod touch / iPad. No se necesita una dirección IP pública para la cámara IP, ni asignación de puertos o DDNS para la configuración del enrutador, solo se debe conectar y disfrutar. Además de la visualización de video en vivo, también se admite la actualización remota de la configuración de video, el control pan / tilt en la pantalla, audio, fotos instantáneas, zoom digital, grabación de video y reproducción, control y accionamiento de dispositivos.
Drive Light
Control your LED lights with this app. Adjust color temperature and brightness in real-time via Bluetooth connection to your LED controller. Offers a simple and intuitive interface for easy customization.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Real-time customization
- Color temperature adjustment
- Brightness control
- Simple interface
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Drive Light - Smart Control is a software with a simple interface and easy to use, which connects to the LED controller via Bluetooth, allowing for real-time customization of the color temperature and brightness of the lights.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drive Light at 4.4 against Dexel's 1.0. Drive Light also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 33%) and ratings volume (149 vs 3). Dexel's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Drive Light holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drive Light has 149 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Dexel's written reviews are positive against 68% of Drive Light's.
Dexel ships an update every 6 weeks, Drive Light every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dexel | Drive Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.4 (149 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 68.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 149 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 221 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tzu-Lung Chang | 伟鹏 吴 |
Customer experience
Dexel
Drive Light
In-app purchases
Dexel
No in-app purchases
Drive Light
No in-app purchases
