Comparison

FireBEE® vs s

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

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About

FireBEE®

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The FireBEE app is the easiest and most natural way to control your lights. With the app you can control FireBEE enabled lighting fixtures. The first time use has been made easy and free to setup your lighting system. Establish and control the indoor space in layers and maps: The Gallery in FireBEE app is the most natural way of controlling your lights. with FireBEE APP, you can control all lighting equipment through a map. Maps can be created and controlled by floors and areas or lamps. For example, you can create a complete map of a building/floor/area/lamps or create an area map of the lights of multiple shops, and then just tap You can turn them all off/on. Or, you can just dim the lights of the meeting room to "presentation" mode for business meetings Create scenes or animation Scene for different lighting situations: You can create different scenes for different occasions. Set the lights just life for dining, office environments or shop promotions and save the settings in a scene. Now you can change the lighting with one tap for different occasions or Organize continuous scene animation playback .for example a building lighting show or a day lighting plan . Share your network and allow other devices to control your lights: FireBEE has different levels for sharing and access control. You can decide if your network is open to everyone or if other users need a password to access your network. If you have several users and devices using the same network, all the changes made with one device will be automatically updated to the other devices with FireBEE cloud service.

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s

Features
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sNIF is a pocket sACN (E1.31) troubleshooter for lighting designers, programmers and technicians. Join the production network and see who's sending what, which sender is winning, and exactly what levels your fixtures are receiving. FIND EVERY SENDER • Lists every console, computer and node that announces itself with sACN Universe Discovery • One row per universe, grouped by sender, with name and IP address • Senders that drop off stay listed as Offline, so a dropout never goes unnoticed • Flags when a sender changes IP address, or when a new device shows up at an old address after a reset or swap CATCH CONFLICTS BEFORE THE SHOW • Yellow warning: two senders share a universe at different priorities (normal for a backup) • Red conflict: two senders share a universe at the same priority, which makes lights flicker or merge • A Conflicts tab gathers every shared universe in one place, with each sender's priority SEE WHAT THE LIGHTS SEE • Universe output: the levels a receiver actually uses, with lower-priority senders ignored • Selected sender: one sender's levels on their own, even at a lower priority • When senders tie, sNIF shows each in turn and flags the channels where they disagree • All 512 channels with 3-digit values, updated live • FLEXI hides runs of empty channels so active ones stand out TROUBLESHOOTING DETAILS • Priority, packet rate, channel count, and lost and out-of-order packets for every sender • Winning, Tied, Ignored and Stale status at a glance • Your iPhone or iPad's IP address, subnet mask and gateway, with a warning when a sender is on a different subnet • Manual universe entry for senders that don't announce themselves, filling in automatically when data arrives EASY TO LEARN • A built-in Glossary explains every term in one plain sentence • Works on iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape sNIF only listens. It never sends data, so it's safe to use on a live show network. Requires a Wi-Fi network that passes sACN multicast traffic. Powered by Liberate Lighting.

Screenshots

FireBEE®4 screens
s3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FireBEE® at Free against s's $4.99. FireBEE® also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 20 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.2). On ads, in-app purchases 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

FireBEE® is free to download; s costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireBEE® ships an update every 3 months, s every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
FireBEE® versus s: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireBEE®s
PriceFree — better$4.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLTC Network CorpLawrence Anthony Ware

In-app purchases

None

FireBEE®

No in-app purchases

None

s

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FireBEE® free?
FireBEE® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is s free?
s costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do FireBEE® or s have ads?
Neither FireBEE® nor s shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireBEE® or s?
FireBEE® ships an update every 3 months, and s every 20 months. Most recently, FireBEE® was updated on October 3, 2026 and s on October 8, 2026.

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