Comparison

ROXX App vs Unrival

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

Head to head
About

ROXX App

Features
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Lighting control made easy – with ROXX.APP! With quick and easy connecting, direct control of ROXX® 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, façade 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 Lumenradio’s CRMX technology there’s 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. ROXX® 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.

About

Unrival

Features
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UNRIVAL is the professional iPhone app for preparing, patching, and maintaining entertainment lighting fixtures. Adjust DMX addresses, modes, personalities, network settings, IDs, and other parameters directly from your phone — no fixture display, no buttons, and in supported cases, no power applied. In practice, that means a prep tech can configure fixtures on the shelf, on the truss before flying, or sitting on top of a roadcase — and turn over a full rig before the first power cable is ever pulled. (NFC requires the phone to be close to the fixture's tag; it will not read through a closed roadcase.) KEY FEATURES • Easy patch/edit of any setting — direct access to fixture settings without the fixture's display or buttons. Change DMX address, mode, personality, network settings, IDs, and other parameters from the app. • Templates & Auto Prep — save known-good fixture configurations and apply them consistently across many fixtures. Auto Prep automatically applies saved templates as you work through a batch. • Rapid Patching from imported patch lists — bring in show data from ChamSys CSV, ChamSys QR Code, and MVR. For non-Chauvet NFC-enabled fixtures, the imported list also works as an easy-to-use manual patching checklist. • Operate and prepare fixtures while powered OFF — read fixture identity, review configuration, and prepare or apply supported settings with no power applied. A unique advantage over display-only or powered-only setup methods. Useful on the prep shelf, on the truss before flying, on top of a roadcase, and during pre-rig. • Firmware Update over Bluetooth — wireless firmware updates from your iPhone over BLE. No specialist cables or service tools required. ALSO INCLUDES • Fixture diagnostics — usage data and error history for faster troubleshooting and clearer maintenance records. • Scan History — a record of previous fixture interactions for traceability and less duplicated work. • Quick Tools — one-tap "Auto Test" and "Reset Defaults" for routine procedures. • MVR 2D & 3D visualizer — visual representation of fixtures inside a project or rig layout from MVR data; aids fixture identification on complex rigs. • Trip Management — organize fixtures and setup activity around specific jobs, projects, or deployments. Supports rental, touring, and install workflows. BUILT FOR Rental prep floors. Touring lighting crews. Install integrators. Service and maintenance teams. Master electricians, theatre, broadcast, houses of worship, film, and TV. USE IT FOR Pre-show prep • Patch turnover • Rental return inspection • Fault-finding in the field • Firmware rollouts • Inventory and identity tagging • Manufacturing QC • System commissioning GET STARTED Install UNRIVAL, open a Trip or load a patch list, and start working through your fixtures — powered or not. Save a template once, apply it across the whole batch with Auto Prep. UNRIVAL. Patch, prep, and update — no power required.

Screenshots

ROXX App4 screens
Unrival4 screens

Verdict

The call

ROXX App and Unrival are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

ROXX App ships an update every 2 months, Unrival every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ROXX App versus Unrival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROXX AppUnrival
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoxx GmbHChauvet Professional

In-app purchases

None

ROXX App

No in-app purchases

None

Unrival

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ROXX App free?
ROXX App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unrival free?
Unrival is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ROXX App or Unrival have ads?
Neither ROXX App nor Unrival shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ROXX App or Unrival?
ROXX App ships an update every 2 months, and Unrival every 6 weeks. Most recently, ROXX App was updated on September 22, 2026 and Unrival on September 22, 2026.

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