Comparison

Photon 2 vs RemoteConsole

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Photon 2

This app provides a professional lighting console for controlling DMX and Philips Hue devices wirelessly. It allows users to create custom interfaces, manage lights, and synchronize effects to music for live events, performances, and filmmaking.

Highlights
  • Wireless Art-Net/sACN DMX control
  • Philips Hue Entertainment integration
  • Customizable user interface
  • Scene and sequence creation
  • Beat synchronization to music
  • MIDI controller support
Features
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Let's create your show with Photon 2. The next generation of professional DMX & Philips Hue lighting console has been rebuilt from the ground up for a better live experience. User-friendly and customizable, Photon 2 is perfect for musicians, nightclubs, live events, filmmakers, theater, stages… ◈ Wireless (Art-Net or sACN through WIFI) and ready to use, Photon reinvents the way to control DMX devices & Philips Hue*** with its single interface for all your lights. ◈ Create presets, combine them in sequences and synchronize your lights to music. Our beat tracker listens and animates your devices to the music rhythm. Live events will have no more secret for you. ◈ Want to turn your iPad into a real elegant personalized lighting control platform? The app features ground-breaking concepts that let you create your own user interface designed to make tasks practical and more intuitive. Connect external MIDI controllers like keyboards, pads, timecoders or others apps/softwares to control your fixtures. FEATURES (FREE VERSION) - 16 DMX channels - Multi-touch interface designed and optimized for iPad - Light group management. Link multiple lights together to perform the same action (colors, positions, brightness...) - Supports advanced controls (gobos/fog machine, focus) - Scene management: create presets, animate them in sequences - Create your dashboard and organize it as you wish - Art-Net/sACN/DMX channel monitor - Art-Net/sACN in multicast or unicast - Philips Hue Entertainment connection*** - Database with hundreds of pre-configured devices (fixtures) - Fixture creator to configure your devices STARTER (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) - 128 DMX channels - Create as many buttons (widgets) on your dashboard as you want - Enjoy the power of automatic BeatTracker and sync your lights to live music - Ableton Link support: sync your lights with your favorite DJ app or musical instruments - Background operation mode (Live Mode) PHOTON+ (SUBSCRIPTION) Everything in Starter included, plus: - 512 DMX channels (full universe) - Multi-Dashboard: create multiple dashboards to organize your widgets by lighting type, zone, or function. Swipe between them instantly during live performance - MIDI inputs: control dashboard buttons/faders with physical MIDI controllers (pads) or virtual ones (apps) - All next features on going * Requires an Art-Net to DMX bridge. Photon relies on Open Lighting Architecture (Open Lighting Project). *** Philips Hue Entertainment requires a Hue v2 or Pro bridge.

About

RemoteConsole

Features
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Run your coding agents from your phone — and take over when you need to. RemoteConsole is a mobile command center for the developer on the go. SSH into your own Mac or Linux machines, reattach to the session where your coding agent is running, steer it by touch or voice — and the moment the agent won't or shouldn't act, drop into a real terminal and do it yourself. ANY AGENT, YOUR MACHINES Drive Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Gemini CLI, or any shell command — on hardware, keys, and quota you already own. Connect to all of your machines from one phone. You're not locked to one vendor's cloud or one agent. TAKE OVER WHEN YOU NEED TO Agents stall for input, hit safety guardrails, and can't be trusted with security-critical work. Agent-only apps leave you stuck on your phone. RemoteConsole gives you the machine itself: run that sudo command, rotate a secret, restart a service, or handle a production incident by hand — from anywhere. SESSIONS THAT SURVIVE tmux-backed sessions keep your agent running while you're away and reattach instantly after a dropped connection or a switch between devices. CONNECT FROM ANYWHERE — NO VPN, NO PORT FORWARDING Install the free RemoteConsole agent on your computer, scan a QR code, and the built-in relay reaches your machine even behind NAT. Your SSH session stays end-to-end encrypted — the relay only ever sees encrypted data. ALSO INCLUDED • Full xterm-256color terminal with true Unicode • Voice control — speak a command, confirm, and it runs • SFTP file browser — upload and download with a tap • Face ID / fingerprint unlock; credentials stored in the secure keychain • A custom keyboard toolbar with the keys a terminal actually needs (Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrows, pipe) PRO Free to start: unlimited direct SSH, Tailscale and self-hosted relay connections, plus your first managed-relay machine. Pro unlocks the zero-config managed relay for all of your machines, as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://remoteconsole.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://remoteconsole.app/privacy

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RemoteConsole at every 8 days against Photon 2's every 5 weeks. RemoteConsole also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Photon 2 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year and RemoteConsole sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photon 2 ships an update every 5 weeks, RemoteConsole every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Photon 2 versus RemoteConsole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoton 2RemoteConsole
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (72 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings72 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhoton Studioali onur karali

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Photon 2

Subscriptions2
  • Photon+ Founder$29.991 Year
  • Photon+$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • Starter Plan$44.99
  • Pro Plan$64.99
  • Pro Plan$79.99
3 purchases

RemoteConsole

Subscriptions2
  • RemoteConsole Pro$4.991 Month
  • RemoteConsole Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • RemoteConsole Pro (Lifetime)$99.99

Questions

Is Photon 2 free?
Photon 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RemoteConsole free?
RemoteConsole is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photon 2 or RemoteConsole have ads?
Neither Photon 2 nor RemoteConsole shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photon 2 or RemoteConsole?
Photon 2 ships an update every 5 weeks, and RemoteConsole every 8 days. Most recently, Photon 2 was updated on October 14, 2026 and RemoteConsole on October 7, 2026.

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