Starfish Smart Lighting vs SKTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starfish Smart Lighting
Control your home lighting remotely and create custom scenes for atmosphere, security, and convenience. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation and manage access for family and guests.
- Remote lighting control
- Custom scene creation
- Voice assistant integration
- Multi-user access
- Guest access control
- Scheduling and automation
- Color changing options
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Satco’s STARFISHTM app brings you a simple, scalable, smart lighting solution! STARFISHTM Smart lighting connects life and home together helping enhance convenience, security, atmosphere and wellness. The STARFISHTM app synchronizes your life and home using mobile and activated devices. Transition daily routines, add light for safety, color the atmosphere, STARFISHTM connects your home and life. COMPATIBILITY The STARFISHTM app integrates with Hey Google, Siri, and Alexa for voice control. STARFISHTM is also compatible with SmartThingsTM for total home integration. CONNECT ANYONE Your STARFISHTM home allows for secure multi-device and multi-user access. The whole family can connect, set scenes and personalize their space. When you have guests they can enjoy the freedom of smart light control and you can set the parameters. Allow for control of a room through "device" selection, or give them control of the entire home. Guests can operate STARFISHTM without disrupting your settings or you can allow them to create their own settings—it's up to you. CONNECT ANYWHERE Access your home through the STARFISHTM app with your secure login anywhere in the world. You will never be out of touch. SECURITY Whether lighting your way for a sure-footed path or gaining peace of mind while you’re away, STARFISHTM adds that extra layer of security though automations and control of your home using voice activation and mobile technology. ATMOSPHERE Create the mood. Dynamic scene setting with millions of colors strike up just the right atmosphere. Tone the room, dim the lights, own that personal space! Combine color changing products, light settings, groupings and electronics to personalize the moment. CONVENIENCE Set up your home to transition with your daily activities. Adjust the intensity of light to coincide with a task. Make certain your lights are off when you leave. Schedule your light so you return in the evening to a safe and well-lit home. You can voice activate lighting in an emergency. WELLNESS When you wake, set your lighting to gently follow the sleep/wake cycle, correlate color temperatures to adjust with natural daylight, match your lighting to seasonal patterns. Natural and human centric lighting are thought to enhance wellness and positivity.
SKTrack
This app provides immutable traceability for items by using tamper-evident seals with unique encryption. It records the date, time, and geospatial coordinates of item scanning events, ensuring secure chain of custody from origin to destination.
- Tamper-evident seals
- Immutable traceability
- Unique encryption
- Geospatial coordinate recording
- Chain of custody assurance
- On-location scanning
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That problem is the need to move an "Item/object" from one location to another, have immutable traceability, and the knowledge that the Item went nowhere other than the intended final intended destination. One solution to this problem uses a tamper-evident seal, printed with a SignaKey. Every SignaKey is unambiguously unique, and the encryption used in the SignaKey is the strongest currently available. Tamper-evident seals are commercially available in a variety of configurations. The selection criteria for any application depend on the shape and size of the tracked Item/object. Particularly effective designs of tamper-evident seals employ aggressive adhesives with a bond that becomes permanent within minutes of application, paired with a frangible substrate that is exceptionally tenacious. It is practically impossible to remove this type of label without leaving evidence of interference. One example of Items/objects that would employ this type of solution is Blood and Urine samples collected from thoroughbred horses after a race. These samples check for the presence of illegal performance-changing drugs within the animal. They are taken in the barn/stall by a veterinarian immediately after a race. A tamper-evident seal is attached to the opening of the vial, and the SignaKey immediately decoded. This action records the date/time and geospatial coordinates of the barn/stall. The vial that contains the blood now moves to the certified independent laboratory. The Labs' first action is to confirm that the tamper-evident seal is still intact. If it is, they immediately decode the SignaKey. This action again records the date/time and the geospatial coordinates of the Lab. The combination of "on-location" scanning within SK Track, and the tamper-evident seal, assures the stakeholders that the blood sample taken from the horse immediately after the race is, without doubt, the one presented to the Lab.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Starfish Smart Lighting at 1K against SKTrack's 1. SKTrack's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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.
SKTrack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starfish Smart Lighting has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Starfish Smart Lighting ships an update every 5 months, SKTrack every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starfish Smart Lighting | SKTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Satco Products, INC | SignaKey LLC |
Customer experience
Starfish Smart Lighting
SKTrack
Bugs and requests
Starfish Smart Lighting
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights turning on unexpectedly after power outages
- Inconsistent color settings after turning lights on/off
- App freezing and unresponsive
- Inability to connect new devices after router upgrade
Requested features
4 requests- Localized sunset/sunrise support for scheduling
- Native HomeKit support
- Improved documentation and app localization
- Better power outage handling
SKTrack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Starfish Smart Lighting
No in-app purchases
SKTrack
No in-app purchases
Questions
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