Comparison

Lumitec Poco vs AirmarCAST™

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

Head to head
About

Lumitec Poco

Control Lumitec lights from your smart device. Create custom scenes, select colors, and manage lighting functions wirelessly. This app works with a compatible control module for seamless on-board lighting management.

Highlights
  • Custom button functions
  • Color selection
  • Lighting scene creation
  • Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity
  • Stand-alone or MFD sync
  • PLI-enabled light control
Features
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Poco Digital Lighting Control delivers powerful, low cost on-board lighting control of all above and below water Lumitec lights through a compatible MFD or connected smart device and a simple, easy to install control module. The Poco App provides even more functionality to this already powerful lighting control system and allows for control of Lumitec PLI-enabled lighting from your smart device. Create and control custom button functions, color selection and lighting scenes straight from your phone of tablet. Poco is easy to configure and connects via Bluetooth or WiFi and can work in sync with a compatible MDF or as a stand-alone Poco lighting controller. Requires the Poco Control Module to be installed on your boat with Lumitec PLI-enabled lights.

About

AirmarCAST™

Configure and calibrate your boat's Bluetooth-enabled multisensors and modules directly from your mobile device. View real-time data on detailed gauges and perform advanced calibrations for speed, temperature, and attitude without extra hardware.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth sensor connection
  • Real-time data display
  • Intuitive navigation
  • Speed, temperature, attitude calibration
  • On-board GPS speed comparison
  • Advanced speed calibration wizards
Features
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Airmar® CAST™ connects to the Bluetooth®-enabled DST810, DX900+, WX300 multisensors and SmartBoat® modules on your boat, making sensor configuration and calibration easy with intuitive app navigation and real-time data from your multisensor. View data on detailed gauges and digital data screens, and perform speed, temperature, and attitude calibrations without the need for additional converters or cables. With CAST, you can configure your multisensor directly, regardless of the other displays and gauges on board. All data configurations and calibrations are stored in the multisensor and delivered on the NMEA2000® network. When used with DST810, you can calibrate basic or heel-compensated speed through water using your on-board GPS speed for comparison. Intuitive wizards guide you through multiple runs to correct for current. Or take it a step further to advanced speed calibration, with up to five heel angles and ten reference speeds. Until now, advanced speed calibration was only possible through expensive PC based software. With Airmar’s SmartBoat® modules, the CAST app delivers the fastest connection to the SmartView software for system configuration.

Screenshots

Lumitec Poco4 screens
AirmarCAST™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lumitec Poco at 3.7 against AirmarCAST™'s 2.6. Lumitec Poco also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). AirmarCAST™'s advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumitec Poco holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Lumitec Poco's written reviews are positive against 25% of AirmarCAST™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumitec Poco ships an update every 6 months, AirmarCAST™ every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lumitec Poco versus AirmarCAST™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumitec PocoAirmarCAST™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better2.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumitec LLC.Airmar Technology Inc.

Customer experience

Lumitec Poco

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative85.7%

AirmarCAST™

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lumitec Poco

No in-app purchases

None

AirmarCAST™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumitec Poco free?
Lumitec Poco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AirmarCAST™ free?
AirmarCAST™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lumitec Poco or AirmarCAST™?
Lumitec Poco is rated higher. Lumitec Poco averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while AirmarCAST™ averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Lumitec Poco or AirmarCAST™ have ads?
Neither Lumitec Poco nor AirmarCAST™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumitec Poco or AirmarCAST™?
Lumitec Poco ships an update every 6 months, and AirmarCAST™ every 3 months. Most recently, Lumitec Poco was updated on November 3, 2026 and AirmarCAST™ on November 3, 2026.

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