Comparison

DARA Lighting vs Illuminance Pulsation Meter

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

Head to head
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.

About

Illuminance Pulsation Meter

Measure the ripple coefficient of light sources to identify screens that may cause eye strain or fatigue. Helps in selecting lamps, monitors, and laptops with minimal screen flicker.

Highlights
  • Measure ripple coefficient of light sources
  • Test LED, LCD, and fluorescent lamps
  • Monitor screen flicker in real-time
  • Visual indicator scale from green to red
  • Guidance for stable phone positioning
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The application will help you choose a lamp, monitor or laptop with a screen without pulsations. A high coefficient of pulsation can affect fatigue, well-being and eye strain. The application allows you to measure the ripple coefficient of radiation sources in the visible spectrum: - LED, halogen, fluorescent lamps and incandescent lamps - various lamps - LCD and LED monitors and TVs The readings are not 100% reliable and the average error depending on the light source and the frequency of pulsation can be more than 10%. In order to take measurements, you need to bring the phone to the measured source and press the start button. The measurement results will be updated in real time, the arrow will show the ripple factor, and the scale will be filled from green to red. For best results, keep your phone straight. If the phone is not fixed, an image of the shaking device will appear in the lower left corner of the screen and the readings will be very different from the actual ones.

Screenshots

DARA Lighting4 screens
Illuminance Pulsation Meter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DARA Lighting at Free against Illuminance Pulsation Meter's $3.99. DARA Lighting also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Illuminance Pulsation Meter's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (32 vs 1). On 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

DARA Lighting is free to download; Illuminance Pulsation Meter costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Illuminance Pulsation Meter holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Illuminance Pulsation Meter has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, Illuminance Pulsation Meter every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DARA Lighting versus Illuminance Pulsation Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDARA LightingIlluminance Pulsation Meter
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings132 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreentek Lighting SRLALEXEY KOZLOV

Customer experience

DARA Lighting

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

Illuminance Pulsation Meter

All ratings32 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

DARA Lighting

No in-app purchases

None

Illuminance Pulsation Meter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DARA Lighting free?
DARA Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Illuminance Pulsation Meter free?
Illuminance Pulsation Meter costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DARA Lighting or Illuminance Pulsation Meter?
Illuminance Pulsation Meter is rated higher. DARA Lighting averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Illuminance Pulsation Meter averages 4.2 from 32 ratings.
Do DARA Lighting or Illuminance Pulsation Meter have ads?
Neither DARA Lighting nor Illuminance Pulsation Meter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DARA Lighting or Illuminance Pulsation Meter?
DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, and Illuminance Pulsation Meter every 7 months. Most recently, DARA Lighting was updated on October 16, 2026 and Illuminance Pulsation Meter on October 24, 2026.

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