VIVE Manager vs Shade's Lamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIVE Manager
This app allows you to remotely manage your VR devices, including setup, firmware updates, and Wi-Fi configuration. You can also explore and discover premium VR applications and events directly through the integrated app store.
- Remote device setup
- Firmware updates
- Wi-Fi configuration
- VR AppStore browsing
- VR event discovery
- Device monitoring
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Manage your VIVE XR Elite, VIVE Focus3 VR device, explore premium VR apps in the VIVE AppStore, discover VR events and so much more. With the VIVE Manager app you can: Remotely setup your VIVE VR device, as account / wifi / firmware update / language Browse and get more known on VR apps and experiences from the VIVE AppStore Manage and monitor your VIVE VR devices
Shade's Lamp
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Shades Lamp is the companion app for your Shades LED lamp. Connect over Bluetooth and turn the lamp into living light: pick an effect, tune it in real time, save the looks you love and let the lamp cycle through them on its own. FEATURES • Marketplace — browse a growing catalog of light effects and install them on the lamp in a couple of taps • Live parameters — adjust colors, speed and other settings and see the result on the lamp instantly • Favorites — save the exact look you like as a snapshot and return to it later • Playlists — combine saved looks into playlists; the lamp rotates them by itself, even when your phone is away • Global brightness — one slider for the whole lamp • Device settings — rename the lamp, check storage, update firmware over Bluetooth • Works offline — your library and settings stay viewable when the lamp is out of range • Localized — English and Russian, following your system language REQUIREMENTS The app requires a Shades LED lamp running WasmLED firmware. Light programs are written in C and compiled to WebAssembly; new effects keep arriving in the catalog. No accounts, no tracking, no cloud: everything is stored on your phone and on the lamp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shade's Lamp at none against VIVE Manager's shown. Shade's Lamp also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). VIVE Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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.
VIVE Manager ships an update every 3 months, Shade's Lamp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIVE Manager | Shade's Lamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HTC Corporation | Alexander Selishchev |
In-app purchases
VIVE Manager
No in-app purchases
Shade's Lamp
No in-app purchases
