Set Light vs Q
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.
Q
Configure Q-Tran drivers with NFC capabilities. Read driver UID, address, and output voltage. Set output voltage and address for drivers, with or without power.
- NFC driver configuration
- Read driver UID
- Read driver address
- Read output voltage
- Set output voltage
- Set driver address
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The Q-Tran NFC App enables quick and easy configuration of Q-Tran drivers with NFC functions. The app’s read function can be used to read the UID, address and output voltage level of the driver. The write function of the app can be used to set the output voltage level and the address for the driver. Reading and writing can be performed with the driver powered on or not powered.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Q at 5.0 against Set Light's 4.5. Q also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Set Light's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). 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.
Q holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Set Light has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Set Light ships an update every 2 months, Q every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Light | Q |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. | QTran Inc |
Customer experience
Set Light
Q
In-app purchases
Set Light
No in-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
