Mettle Lighting vs Lume Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mettle Lighting
Control smart lights with various modes including single color, CCT, HSI, and gel colors. Customize effects with 10 different options, including RGB and white color variations. Offers advanced pixel mode for extensive customization.
- Single color mode
- CCT mode (3200K-8000K)
- HSI mode (Hue, Saturation, Integrity)
- Gel mode (40+ colors)
- 10 customizable effects (RGB & CCT)
- Pixel mode for advanced settings
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- Single color mode is for Mettle Single Color Series smart light. Only power could be controlled at this mode. - CCT mode could control 3200K-5600K or 2800K-8000K depending on different light devices. - HSI mode could control light devices with RGB function. Hue, saturation, and integrity could be controlled. - Gel mode also need light devices with RGB function. It provides 40+ different gel color. - Effect mode allows user customize their effect. It provides total 10 different effects, 3 of them are RGB effects and 7 of them are white color with different CCT effects. - Pixel mode expands massive customized setting for devices with Pixel Effects.
Lume Control
Control your Lume Cube lighting directly from your smartphone. Adjust brightness, temperature, color, and effects. Access tutorials and inspiration to enhance your creative projects.
- Smartphone lighting control panel
- Adjust brightness, temperature, color
- Light grouping
- Special effects control
- Built-in tutorials
- How-to videos
- Inspirational content
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Maximize the potential of your Lume Cube lighting with the help of the Lume Control App. This intuitive app turns your smartphone into a convenient and portable lighting control panel accessible right at your fingertips. Easily adjust your settings, like brightness, temperature, color, light grouping, special effects, and more. The Lume Control app is more of a resource than ever, with built-in tutorials, how-to-videos, and inspirational content to help you bring your next creation to light.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mettle Lighting at 3.7 against Lume Control's 3.0. Mettle Lighting also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Lume Control's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Mettle Lighting holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Mettle Lighting's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lume Control's.
Mettle Lighting ships an update every 5 months, Lume Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mettle Lighting | Lume Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | 3.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mettle Photographic Equipment Co,Ltd | Kelly Mondora |
Customer experience
Mettle Lighting
Lume Control
In-app purchases
Mettle Lighting
No in-app purchases
Lume Control
No in-app purchases
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