ROXX App vs Light Captain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ROXX App
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Lighting control made easy โ with ROXX.APP! With quick and easy connecting, direct control of ROXXยฎ fixtures without any additional hardware and a compatibility with all iOS mobile device, you are provided with an innovative and high-performance lighting control system. Program and edit your lightshows comfortably and in real time whether you are preparing exhibition stands, faรงade lighting or an industrial event. Not only battery-operated fixtures but LED pars and floodlights too are controllable from your iOS Smartphone or tablet with ROXX.APP. A direct connection via Bluetooth ensures a super comfortable usage and prevents complicated lighting networks. With wireless DMX via Lumenradioโs CRMX technology thereโs a whole DMX universe with 512 channels available to control. Various color modes are immediately accessible, such as RGB, HSI, linear CCT including predefined white light templates, green/magenta shift and a huge variety of preset LEE matched color filters. ROXXยฎ color calibration ensures excellent white tones precisely on the black body curve and performs color matching across the entire range. Sections Complex lighting situations are easily mastered as up to four different rooms and areas can be programmed and controlled separately. No limit for your creativity Endless numbers of lighting scenes can be generated for each of your sections, and one scene per section can run simultaneously. Customize your scenes Customize and label your lighting scenes with intuitive icons and color codes. Perfect overview The Playback page allows a perfect overview of all your sections and scenes and offers direct access to your own light show. Easily adjustable brightness Just a click away is direct access to lighting scenes for your event or the ability to easily adjust the brightness of individual lights, groups or all lights to suit your own needs. More to come Additional exciting features like an extended FX engine with breath taking effects are already in the making.
Light Captain
Control DMX lighting systems for parties, concerts, and theater. Suitable for beginners and professionals, it offers intuitive scene creation, advanced programming, and fixture libraries. Requires a specific interface for operation.
- DMX lighting control
- Scene and chase programming
- Music synchronization
- Fixture library
- Password-protected mode
- Color and effect control
- Moving light control
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This lighting control app for DMX devices leaves nothing to be desired: it is just as suitable for party use as for concert or theater performance. The app is aimed at both beginners, who are taking their first DMX steps, and demanding users. Therefore, the app is very clearly and logically structured, so that even inexperienced users can quickly find their way around. At the same time, Light Captain offers many solutions that also make the work of professionals easier and enable more complex lighting situations. The app is suitable for all types of spotlights: White light spotlights, colorful LED spotlights, compact lighting systems of all kinds, lighting effects, or moving lights. Even the DMX protocols of show lasers or multi-effects can be mapped. To operate the app as a lighting controller, the Eurolite freeDMX interface is required. For beginners and professionals: In the first section (Chases), users who want to use different lighting scenes and chases for parties or concerts will feel most comfortable. Chases can be controlled either by adjusting the speed or by music control. Advanced users will prefer the second section, which also allows individual programming of cues and scenes with individual fade times. A password-protected mode allows operators to recall and adjust lights only, but not change programs or shows. Light Captain is therefore also suitable for installations and clubs where the lights are pre-programmed and need to be operated by different people without sources of error. Programming: A large and constantly growing library of fixtures already offers many models pre-programmed. Creating other fixtures is just as easy. For professional requirements, values can also be restricted or default values assigned and the individual positions of the color and gobo wheels can be defined. "Lamp on/off" commands for discharge lamps are also easy to assign and recall later. Control: Light Captain can inherently control four color segments on each fixture, each with up to 8 basic colors. No matter if KLS system, LED bar with 4 segments, or wash light with four rings, everything can be easily created and adjusted. For color effects, there is a separate effect section with 6 pre-programmed effects, which can also be modified in the expansion stages. For moving lights, there is a 16bit capable control. In addition to positioning, there is an effects unit that can be used to create motion effects quickly and effectively. Another control level is used to adjust gobos, prisms, zoom, focus, etc. Eight Freepatch controls can be freely assigned. Even complex multi-effects or show lasers can be sensibly created here. Frequently used settings can be stored on pre-cues and called up again and again. There are 15 general memory locations, 15 memory locations that store color values, and 15 memory locations that store position values. Theater mode (only available in the Full version) allows you to control your lights in programmed shows and performances. It allows you to save scenes in a specific order and then have them play during the performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ROXX App at none against Light Captain's 4. Light Captain's advantage is iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Light Captain sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ROXX App asks for nothing beyond the download.
ROXX App ships an update every 2 months, Light Captain every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ROXX App | Light Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 43.8% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.3 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roxx GmbH | Steinigke Showtechnic GmbH |
In-app purchases
ROXX App
No in-app purchases
Light Captain
- Basic Light Captain$22.99
- Upgrade Light Captain$22.99
- Full Version Light Captain$44.99
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