Set Light vs Airstar Light
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.
Airstar Light
Control safety and event lighting balloons with custom animations. Build a network and manage your devices remotely. Ideal for event organizers and safety professionals.
- Control lighting balloons
- Set custom light animations
- Build device networks
- Manage devices remotely
- Safety lighting
- Event lighting
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Airstar Light App controls your Safety and Events Lighting balloons. Set specific light animations, build your own network and manage your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Set Light at 4.5 against Airstar Light's 4.0. Set Light also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). Airstar Light's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Set Light holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Set Light ships an update every 2 months, Airstar Light every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Light | Airstar Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. | Airstar Light |
Customer experience
Set Light
Airstar Light
In-app purchases
Set Light
No in-app purchases
Airstar Light
No in-app purchases
