Kodak Luma vs Vestaboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kodak Luma
Transform your phone into a remote control for a portable smart projector. Navigate menus, launch apps, adjust settings, and wirelessly share your phone screen. You can even mirror the projector's screen back to your phone.
- Phone as remote control
- Navigate menus
- Launch apps
- Adjust settings
- Wireless screen sharing
- Reverse screen mirroring
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The KODAK LUMA app is designed to work seamlessly as a companion to your KODAK LUMA 350 portable smart projector. Easily turn your phone into a remote, so you can navigate between menus, open apps, adjust settings, and connect wirelessly to share and project your phone screen. We’ve even made it extra convenient for you by adding the ability to reverse-mirror your KODAK LUMA screen onto your phone! Download the KODAK LUMA companion app today and experience the next level in projection perfection.
Vestaboard
Easily create and manage messages for your smart display from any location. Craft visually appealing messages, schedule them, or get inspired with pre-made content. Collaborate with others and customize display settings for a personalized experience.
- Visual message editor
- Schedule and pin messages
- Inspiration content and templates
- Message history and drafts
- Remote collaboration
- Quiet hours and time zone settings
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Connect and control your Vestaboard from anywhere with the Vestaboard mobile app. Whether you're sending a quick note or curating a moment of inspiration, the app makes it easy and fun to manage your Vestaboard. Key features: - Craft beautiful messages with the intuitive visual editor - Send instantly, schedule for later, or pin a message to display longer - Get inspired with daily content picks and ready-to-use templates - Browse, edit, and favorite past messages or start fresh with new drafts - Invite others to collaborate and manage your Vestaboard remotely - Set quiet hours and time zone preferences to fit your routine Vestaboard is a stunning smart messaging display, inspired by the classic split-flap signs of European train stations and reimagined for the modern home or workspace. Use it at home to share inspiration, stay organized, and connect with loved ones, or bring it to work to engage teams, welcome guests, and keep everyone in sync. Ideal for offices, retail spaces, hospitality, education, healthcare, and more. Learn more at vestaboard.com. Need support? Visit vestaboard.com/help
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vestaboard at 71% against Kodak Luma's 11%. Vestaboard also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1). Kodak Luma's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2K vs 141). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vestaboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kodak Luma has 2K ratings behind it against 141, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Kodak Luma's written reviews are positive against 71% of Vestaboard's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kodak Luma | Vestaboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (2K ratings) | 4.6 (141 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 141 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C&A Marketing, Inc. | Vestaboard, Inc. |
Customer experience
Kodak Luma
Vestaboard
User reviews
Kodak Luma
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Clean and functional app
- 🤩 Awesome, clear, and bright projector
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant connectivity issues
- 🤯 Difficult to set up and use
- 🤖 Unreliable and buggy app
- 🤔 Limited app and feature compatibility
- 🤷♀️ Poor remote control functionality
Vestaboard
From 141 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Amazing product and looks
- 👍 Easy to use app interface
- 🤩 Entertaining and fun to use
- 💡 Great for office communication
- 💖 Inspires creativity and delights users
Room to improve
- 🐛 App updates cause issues (mute functionality)
- 🐛 Sending new messages doesn't work
- 🐛 App is not super responsive
- 🐛 App takes a long time to load or errors out
- 🐛 Manual editor is painfully clunky
Bugs and requests
Kodak Luma
Reported bugs
3 issues- App frequently crashes or disconnects
- Remote control pairing issues
- Compatibility problems with newer devices and OSes
Requested features
3 requests- Battery indicator for projector
- Improved app navigation and responsiveness
- Better integration with streaming services
Vestaboard
Reported bugs
9 issues- Mute for a period of time functionality is inoperable after update
- Sending new messages to the board simply doesn’t work
- App update forces updates when there aren’t any
- Unable to set time zone or make changes to quiet hours
- Device will not connect to internal WiFi
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- App crashing upon opening
- App takes at least a full minute to load or runs into an error
- Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work in manual editor on Android
- Pairing with WiFi issues out of the box
Requested features
9 requests- Option to switch off WiFi module for power saving
- More specific controls for sending messages by time
- Include Vestaboard+ in initial hardware purchase
- Add iCal support
- More basic tools for text editing (preview, alignment control)
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- Improve manual editor for better text control
- Support for French applications/language
- Ability to center text
- More creative control beyond limited templates
In-app purchases
Kodak Luma
No in-app purchases
Vestaboard
No in-app purchases
