Comparison

DARA Lighting vs SmartLicht

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

SmartLicht

This app provides a professional intelligent lighting solution for homes and businesses. It integrates various protocols for seamless control and management of lighting systems, offering features like scene-based control and automation.

Highlights
  • Intelligent lighting system solution
  • Integrates DALI, KNX, BLE Mesh, Matter
  • SaaS management and control
  • Configuration and debugging
  • Mobile control for users and personnel
  • Scene-based lighting control
  • Automation creation
Features
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SmartLicht Intelligent Lighting System Solution is a professional intelligent lighting solution for high-end residences, villas, and commercial applications. To meet the needs of complex scenarios, the solution seamlessly integrates various protocols such as DALI, KNX, BLE Mesh and Matter. It provides a systematic upgrade to the DALI wired intelligent lighting system and realizes SaaS management and control of various devices in the DALI protocol. SmartLicht App is an application within the SmartLicht Intelligent Lighting System Solutions. It meets the configuration management, debugging, and mobile control needs of both construction personnel and users. The App supports: 1. Free control of devices and areas: Create various lighting effects according to your needs. 2. Control based on lighting scenes: Meet the lighting needs of different scenarios. 3. Create various types of automation: Realize the automatic upgrade of lighting control. 4. Support DALI device access to the Matter ecosystem: Perfectly integrate wired lighting products with the wireless IoT platform.

Screenshots

DARA Lighting4 screens
SmartLicht4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SmartLicht at 5.0 against DARA Lighting's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartLicht holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, SmartLicht every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DARA Lighting versus SmartLicht: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDARA LightingSmartLicht
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreentek Lighting SRL深圳市智光系统技术有限公司

Customer experience

DARA Lighting

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

SmartLicht

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DARA Lighting

No in-app purchases

None

SmartLicht

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DARA Lighting free?
DARA Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartLicht free?
SmartLicht is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DARA Lighting or SmartLicht?
SmartLicht is rated higher. DARA Lighting averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SmartLicht averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DARA Lighting or SmartLicht have ads?
Neither DARA Lighting nor SmartLicht shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DARA Lighting or SmartLicht?
DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, and SmartLicht every 6 weeks. Most recently, DARA Lighting was updated on July 5, 2026 and SmartLicht on September 16, 2026.

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