Light ARchitect vs LEDVANCE tapTronic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
LEDVANCE tapTronic
This utility app enables quick configuration of LED drivers using NFC technology. It allows on-the-go installers to customize settings like current, dimming range, and lumen output directly from their phone without needing to power the driver.
- NFC driver connection
- Read and program drivers
- Customize current (mA)
- Adjust dimming range
- Configure soft start
- Set constant lumen output
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The LEDVANCE tapTronic APP allows users to easily connect via NFC technology to our series of tapTronic LED Drivers. APP is the only programming tool user needs; it can read and program a driver within seconds. Power to driver is not required during programming. By a simple tap, your phone and driver will communicate allowing customization of Current (mA), Dim % Range, Soft Start, End of Life, Dim to Off, Constant Lumen Output and more. This is a field-programmable tool, perfect for the on-the-go installer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light ARchitect at 4.9 against LEDVANCE tapTronic's 3.0. Light ARchitect also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light ARchitect holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light ARchitect has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Light ARchitect ships an update every 2 months, LEDVANCE tapTronic every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light ARchitect | LEDVANCE tapTronic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (32 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 623 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cooper Lighting | LEDVANCE LLC |
Customer experience
Light ARchitect
LEDVANCE tapTronic
In-app purchases
Light ARchitect
No in-app purchases
LEDVANCE tapTronic
No in-app purchases
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