SmartLoop vs Light ARchitect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartLoop
Control your home lighting wirelessly with this intuitive app. Set up and manage your lighting ecosystem easily with a suite of controls and sensors for all your needs.
- Wireless lighting control
- Intuitive app interface
- Lighting ecosystem management
- Suite of controls and sensors
- Quick setup
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SmartLoop by Keystone is a simple wireless lighting control system that brings the convenience of lighting control to everyone. It has a suite of controls and sensors for all needs, and the intuitive SmartLoop app allows you to set up and manage your lighting ecosystem quickly and easily
Light ARchitect
Visualize lighting fixtures in any space using augmented reality. This app allows you to select popular products, customize their orientation, color, and shape, and view them in real-time with a 360-degree perspective. Get instant screenshots and product details.
- Augmented reality visualization
- Select popular lighting products
- Customize fixture orientation, color, shape
- Real-time 360-degree view
- Instant screenshots
- Product information access
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Make lighting design as mobile as you are with Cooper Lighting Solutions augmented reality app. AR opens the door to design by enabling you to visualize lighting fixtures in any space or environment or setting. Select one or more of our most popular products to help you decide which luminaires are the perfect choice for your project. Customize your experience by adjusting orientations, colors, and shapes. Visualize real-time with a 360-degree view of the fixture from any angle or position. Receive an instant screenshot along with product information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Light ARchitect at 32 against SmartLoop's 4. SmartLoop's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SmartLoop against 4.9 for Light ARchitect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light ARchitect has 32 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartLoop | Light ARchitect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 623 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keystone Technologies, LLC | Cooper Lighting |
Customer experience
SmartLoop
Light ARchitect
In-app purchases
SmartLoop
No in-app purchases
Light ARchitect
No in-app purchases
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