Comparison

LUX Control vs ACME Equipment

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

Head to head
About

LUX Control

Control GM Lighting's smart products to customize your home or workspace. Create preset scenes, set schedules, and adjust brightness and color for the perfect ambiance. Compatible with voice assistants.

Highlights
  • Control GM Lighting Smart Products
  • Create preset scenes
  • Set schedules
  • Adjust brightness and color
  • Voice assistant compatibility (Alexa, Google Home)
  • Control RGBW and V120 tape lights
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LUX Control™ App allows you to control all of your GM Lighting's Smart Products and Controls to fully experience the quality and beauty that GM Lighting offering brings to your home or workspace. With the LUX Control™ App, you can create preset scenes, set schedules for your GM Smart Products, switch lights ON/OFF and control the brightness and color of your lights to create the ideal mood or ambiance that you desire and to compliment your circadian rhythms all from the convenience of your phone or tablet. LUX Control™ App is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Home voice assistants. The app allows you to control GM Lighting’s RGBW tape lights, line voltage V120 tape as well as our low voltage LED Tape and a variety of other GM Lighting’s Smart Products.

About

ACME Equipment

Features
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ACME Equipment is the app offered by ACME for monitoring your tank. You'll stay informed about the level of your tank and also be able to see an approximate date for when it will be emptied.

Screenshots

LUX Control4 screens
ACME Equipment3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ACME Equipment at every 2 months against LUX Control's every 6 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LUX Control ships an update every 6 months, ACME Equipment every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LUX Control versus ACME Equipment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLUX ControlACME Equipment
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size211 MB40 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGMLightingluis tejados

In-app purchases

None

LUX Control

No in-app purchases

None

ACME Equipment

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LUX Control free?
LUX Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACME Equipment free?
ACME Equipment is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LUX Control or ACME Equipment have ads?
Neither LUX Control nor ACME Equipment shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LUX Control or ACME Equipment?
LUX Control ships an update every 6 months, and ACME Equipment every 2 months. Most recently, LUX Control was updated on November 3, 2026 and ACME Equipment on October 28, 2026.

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