Acuity Brands AR vs Ohli
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acuity Brands AR
Visualize lighting fixtures in your space using augmented reality. Place, move, and customize products with various options like color and night mode. Perform lighting calculations and share screenshots of your designs.
- Visualize lighting fixtures in your space
- Place, move, and rotate fixtures
- Change fixture finish colors
- Night mode visualization
- Turn fixtures on and off
- Grid and linear layout modes
- Direct lighting calculations
- Screenshot and share designs
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Acuity Brands® AR lets you visualize our lighting fixtures in your environment. Through the use of your device's camera, you can place, move, and change our products in your space. Current features: - Place fixtures in your space. - Move, rotate, and adjust the height of the fixture. - Change finish colors per fixture. - Night mode to visualize what fixtures will look like in the dark. - Turn fixtures on and off. - Layout mode to quickly place fixtures in a specified grid or linear layout. - Quick access to fixture's Acuity Brands page for more detailed information. - Screen shot your layout to share with others. - Direct lighting calculations directly inside the app
Ohli
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Introducing Ohli Smart Lighting! Your all-in-one street-lighting solution for the modern age. With Dhyan’s Ohli Smart Lighting solution, you can easily migrate 1 or 10,000 streetlights to the latest smart lighting system. Simply plug the Ohli nodes into your standard LED fixtures with NEMA sockets, and Voila - you've transformed your Streetlighting into a smart system! Enjoy all the advantages of cutting-edge smart streetlights, including complete control and real-time status updates from desktop and mobile apps for iOS, all without the hassle of gateway installations, RF surveys, or any other complicated IT setup procedures. Upgrade your Streets effortlessly with Ohli Smart Lighting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ohli at every 6 weeks against Acuity Brands AR's every 6 months. Acuity Brands AR's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Acuity Brands AR ships an update every 6 months, Ohli every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acuity Brands AR | Ohli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc | Dhyan |
In-app purchases
Acuity Brands AR
No in-app purchases
Ohli
No in-app purchases
