Comparison

DARA Lighting vs sCS Remote

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

sCS Remote

Features
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The sceneCOM S Remote app provides simple and intuitive Bluetooth control of sceneCOM S lighting installations. Connect to compatible luminaires, adjust direct and indirect light levels, select predefined lighting scenes, and create the right lighting atmosphere for any room. Flexible colour settings and time-based Human Centric Lighting support comfortable, adaptable lighting throughout the day. Designed for both private and shared spaces, the app also includes access management features that help control who can interact with the lighting system. Key features: • Control sceneCOM S lighting installations via Bluetooth • Discover and control compatible luminaires • Adjust direct and indirect light levels • Select predefined lighting scenes • Configure flexible colour settings • Use time-based Human Centric Lighting • Simple lighting control for everyday use.

Screenshots

DARA Lighting4 screens
sCS Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DARA Lighting at 12.0 against sCS Remote's 15.1. On price, update cadence, 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

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DARA Lighting versus sCS Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDARA LightingsCS Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreentek Lighting SRLTridonic GmbH & Co KG

In-app purchases

None

DARA Lighting

No in-app purchases

None

sCS Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DARA Lighting free?
DARA Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is sCS Remote free?
sCS Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DARA Lighting or sCS Remote have ads?
Neither DARA Lighting nor sCS Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DARA Lighting or sCS Remote?
DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, and sCS Remote every 3 months. Most recently, DARA Lighting was updated on July 5, 2026 and sCS Remote on July 8, 2026.

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