Set Light vs LightORama
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.
LightORama
Control your Light-O-Rama light shows remotely. This app allows you to manage show playback, test hardware, and monitor network status for your light displays. Requires a Light-O-Rama license and online show computer.
- Show Player controls
- Hardware Testing
- Network Status monitoring
- Remote control
- Light show management
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Control your Light-O-Rama light show from anywhere! Currently includes Show Player controls, Hardware Testing, and Network Status features. A Light-O-Rama license and an online show computer running the S6 software suite is required to use this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LightORama at 80% against Set Light's 0%. LightORama also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
LightORama holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Set Light's written reviews are positive against 80% of LightORama's.
Set Light ships an update every 2 months, LightORama every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Light | LightORama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. | O RAMA LIGHT INC |
Customer experience
Set Light
LightORama
In-app purchases
Set Light
No in-app purchases
LightORama
No in-app purchases
