Set Light vs Ayrton Mobile Manager
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.
Ayrton Mobile Manager
This application allows users to view and modify fixture settings like address, universe, and network configurations. It also provides access to system information such as software version, serial number, and LED hours. NFC technology enables seamless interaction with compatible devices without requiring internal batteries or external power.
- View and change fixture settings
- Access system information
- Utilize NFC technology
- No battery or external power needed for fixtures
- View error records
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The AYRTON Mobile Manager Application is designed to allow users the ability to view and change fixture settings (address, universe, user mode, network settings, etc.), as well as view other important system information (software version, serial number, total life/LED hours, LED engine type, and error records). With NFC technology, the user is granted access to these resources utilizing any NFC enabled iPhone device, while the fixture requires no internal battery or external power.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ayrton Mobile Manager at 50% against Set Light's 0%. Ayrton Mobile Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Set Light's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Ayrton Mobile Manager 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. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Set Light's written reviews are positive against 50% of Ayrton Mobile Manager's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set Light | Ayrton Mobile Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 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 | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. | AYRTON |
Customer experience
Set Light
Ayrton Mobile Manager
In-app purchases
Set Light
No in-app purchases
Ayrton Mobile Manager
No in-app purchases
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