Set Light vs AudienceView Professional
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Set Light
Configure ETC products wirelessly using NFC or a Bluetooth bridge. Address and set RDM labels, personalities, and DMX addresses for your fixtures. Plan configurations in advance and push them when ready.
- NFC configuration of ETC products
- Wireless addressing and configuration
- Bluetooth bridge connectivity
- RDM label, personality, and DMX address setting
- Save and push configurations
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Set Light provides NFC configuration of your ETC products. Hold your mobile device to the NFC tag of a compatible product to wirelessly address and configure it. You can transfer information via NFC even if power is off. You can also connect to your ETC and High End Systems fixtures via a bluetooth bridge such as City Theatrical’s DMXcat® or Multiverse® Transmitter. Once connected, identify and set the RDM label, personality, and DMX address of your fixtures. Save time by planning your configurations in advance and pushing them to your fixtures when ready.
AudienceView Professional
This companion app allows event staff to scan and validate tickets using their mobile device. It supports both the device's camera and an external laser scanner for efficient entry management. Users log in with their existing credentials to access event lists and scan tickets.
- Ticket barcode scanning
- Built-in camera scanning
- External LineaPro scanner support
- Automatic event list synchronization
- Login with existing credentials
- Ticket validation
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AudienceView Professional for iOS is the companion app for scanning admissions to events sold by organizations using the AudienceView Professional ticketing system. This app features ticket barcode scanning using the built-in camera as well as the LineaPro external scanner. - Login with the AudienceView Professional credentials (email and password). The user must have the permission Scan tickets in the Box Office section. - Automatic synchronization with the list of events so that tickets can be scanned and validated. - Scan barcodes with the LineaPro external laser scanner - Scan barcodes with the built-in camera
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AudienceView Professional at 50% against Set Light's 0%. AudienceView Professional also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). Set Light's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). 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.
Set Light holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Set Light's written reviews are positive against 50% of AudienceView Professional's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Set Light ships an update every 2 months, AudienceView Professional fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Light | AudienceView Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. | AudienceView Ticketing Corporation |
Customer experience
Set Light
AudienceView Professional
In-app purchases
Set Light
No in-app purchases
AudienceView Professional
No in-app purchases
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