Comparison

DARA Lighting vs StockScan

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

StockScan

Features
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Count your stock, review uncounted items and share the results as a spreadsheet. StockScan keeps your inventory count organized from the first item to the final file. Built for warehouses, workshops and service vans, StockScan lets you scan barcodes or enter your own item numbers, record quantities and review your progress. Core counting works offline. COUNT FREELY OR FOLLOW A CHECKLIST Start with an empty inventory or import a fixed item list from Excel, CSV or TSV. Uncounted required items stay visible. Before completing a fixed inventory, count each one or explicitly skip it. Extra items are marked separately. USE YOUR OWN PRODUCT DATA Import your product catalog to see matching names and units when you scan. Calculate quantities as you enter them, such as packs × units per pack, and add comments where needed. PUT THE RESULTS TO WORK Share your count as CSV and continue in your spreadsheet software. Pro adds Excel reports, target-versus-actual review and comparisons between completed inventories. Keep completed counts in history for reference. GET READY FOR THE NEXT COUNT Reset a fixed inventory to count its checklist again. With Pro, you can also create inventories from saved templates and share difference reports. COUNT FROM YOUR WRIST Use the single-item counter on your paired Apple Watch. Pro adds count lists for multiple items. Live Activities show your inventory progress on supported devices. START FOR FREE One active inventory with up to 100 distinct items, product catalog and checklist imports, completion, history and unlimited CSV export. Explore the workflow with the sample inventory before starting your own. DO MORE WITH PRO Pro removes the free version's list and item limits and adds Excel export, Fast Scan, templates, target-versus-actual review, inventory comparisons, difference reports and Watch count lists. Optional private iCloud sync keeps your data available across your own devices. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch and Polish. Pro is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription with Apple Family Sharing. The price and billing period are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Eligible purchasers of the original paid app retain Pro access. Existing inventory data remains visible and can still be exported as CSV without Pro. Start with your item list, or scan your first item. Privacy policy: https://nature0ne.github.io/stockscan-website/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Compatible Bluetooth handheld scanners in HID/keyboard mode require StockScan Pro.

Screenshots

DARA Lighting4 screens
StockScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DARA Lighting at none against StockScan's 2. DARA Lighting also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). StockScan's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. StockScan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. DARA Lighting asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, StockScan every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
DARA Lighting versus StockScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDARA LightingStockScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreentek Lighting SRLSascha Bommels

In-app purchases

None

DARA Lighting

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

StockScan

Subscriptions2
  • StockScan Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • StockScan Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is DARA Lighting free?
DARA Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StockScan free?
StockScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DARA Lighting or StockScan have ads?
Neither DARA Lighting nor StockScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DARA Lighting or StockScan?
DARA Lighting ships an update every 3 months, and StockScan every 8 days. Most recently, DARA Lighting was updated on November 2, 2026 and StockScan on October 25, 2026.

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