Cadrage Studio vs Slyyd Lighting Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cadrage Studio
This app streamlines film and TV pre-production by centralizing shot lists, camera diagrams, storyboards, mood boards, and location scouting. It ensures all elements are connected to their respective scenes, facilitating seamless collaboration and organization for creative teams.
- Camera diagrams with scale placement
- Customizable shot lists
- Script import and revision sync
- 3D room scans for locations
- Mood boards for visual direction
- Offline and private iCloud sync
- Team collaboration
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Cadrage Studio lets filmmakers focus on the creative side of pre-production. Built by the team behind Cadrage, the film industry's go-to viewfinder app, trusted by over 100,000 professionals worldwide. Pre-production gets messy fast. Cadrage Studio brings it all into one place: shot lists, camera diagrams, storyboards, mood boards, and locations, with every element connected to the scene it belongs to. No more digging through shared folders, email attachments, and scattered apps to find what you need. Whether you're prepping a feature, a commercial, or a music video, Cadrage Studio adapts to your process and keeps everything structured for a clean handoff to every department. Directors, cinematographers, assistant directors, gaffers, and production designers stay aligned from first concept to first day of shooting. Spend your energy on the work that matters and arrive on set with everything organized. --- KEY FEATURES --- CAMERA DIAGRAMS - plan your shots visually. Block your scenes with overhead diagrams that feel intuitive from the first tap. Place cameras, actors, lights, and set pieces to scale. Build detailed floor plans or import sets from 3D scans. SHOT LISTS & STORYBOARDS - flexible by design. Create shot lists with fully customizable fields. Every shot connects automatically to its camera diagram and storyboard, while mood boards and locations link to each scene to keep everything in context. SCRIPT IMPORT & REVISIONS - always in sync with your script. Drop in your script and Cadrage Studio detects scenes and characters automatically. Import revisions and everything stays connected — shot lists, storyboards, and diagrams remain attached to the right scenes. LOCATIONS - from scout to set. Capture 3D room scans with LiDAR-enabled iPhones and iPads or import scans from other apps. Attach photos and notes to every location, ready for your team to reference. MOOD BOARDS - convey your vision. Collect images, videos, and links in one place. Export polished presentations to keep your visual language consistent across your crew, the agency, and the client. SYNC & COLLABORATION - everyone on the same page. Projects sync automatically across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud. Invite collaborators to work on the same project, and share clean, structured scene PDFs with exactly the information each department needs. PRIVATE & OFFLINE - works wherever you are. Your data stays in your private iCloud account and is never uploaded anywhere else. Shooting on location without a signal? Cadrage Studio works fully offline, so you can keep working anywhere. --- SUBSCRIPTION & SUPPORT --- Cadrage Studio requires a subscription, a free trial is available. Cancel your subscription anytime at least 24h before renewal. Questions? We're here to help: support@cadrage.app Privacy Policy: https://www.cadragestudio.com/privacypolicy/ Terms & Conditions: https://www.cadragestudio.com/termsandconditions/
Slyyd Lighting Control
This app offers advanced lighting control for creators and professionals. It allows for precise color mixing, fixture management, and the design of complex lighting setups using DMX rigs and LED technology. Users can build, save, and share lighting projects with ease.
- Dynamic color selection
- Fixture management with tags
- Save and share lighting projects
- Direct control of multiple fixtures
- Create looping animations
- Precise CCT adjustments
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Transform your lighting with Slyyd: the ultimate app for creators, gaffers, cinematographers, lighting professionals, and enthusiasts. Slyyd's intuitive and powerful controls enable colors mixing, fixtures management, and design of stunning lighting setups — whether you're working with cutting edge LED fixtures, LED tape, dimmers, or complex DMX rigs. Build shareable projects and control lights with precision, regardless of your experience with traditional lighting consoles. Control your DMX-connected fixtures with sACN E1.31 or Art-Net over WiFi, ethernet, or LumenRadio BLE. Save your favorite Looks, create looping animations, and effortlessly share projects with colleagues. Whether you're new to lighting or an experienced professional, Slyyd empowers your workflow. UNIFIED LIGHTING CONTROL INTERFACE ∙ Dynamic color selection using precise CIExy values, a color wheel, plus/minus RGB buttons, swatch libraries, or a combination ∙ Fine-tune CCT adjustments for high fidelity white light ∙ Visual controls without the need for typing at a command-line ∙ Creamsource control channel features are fully integrated ∙ Save and name reusable color swatches for different fixtures ∙ Gel library and source match presets for accurate color replication ∙ Additional features like pan/tilt, strobe, gobos, and color wheels for supported fixtures DIRECT LIGHTING CONTROL ∙ The interactive Scratchpad allows simultaneous, direct control of multiple fixtures ∙ Organize fixtures with tags for quick selection and streamlined control ∙ Smoothly dial in exact values and make relative adjustments with the encoder wheel LOOKBOOK & LOOKSTACKS ∙ Save scenes with colors and intensities as Looks and organize them in your LookBook ∙ Fade between Looks with adjustable timing and precision ∙ Create and play stepped or looping sequences with LookStacks (advanced functions require subscription) COLOR PRECISION WITHOUT THE PAIN ∙ Match colors across fixtures with different light engines: including CIExy, RGB, RGBW, and RGBAW, etc (note: color matching depends on fixture quality; CIExy modes/profiles are recommended when available) ∙ Experience smooth transitions with an advanced color engine that maintains accuracy and intensity ∙ White light is optimized for photographic precision ∙ Preview color gamuts within the color picker for rec709, rec2020, AdobeRGB, and other color workflows ∙ The color engine’s device-independent model ensures consistent controls and results, no matter the DMX profile PROJECTS ∙ Organize all patching, lighting metadata, Looks, and swatches in one place ∙ Share projects via AirDrop, email, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or any Apple Files-supported service, including iMessage and WhatsApp PATCHING ∙ Name fixtures, assign numbers, or set icons to organize them within your projects ∙ Re-patch, un-patch, or move fixtures between connections at any time ∙ Batch patch multiple fixtures automatically PROFILES ∙ Trustworthy profiles library built by lighting experts ensures compatibility with industry-standard fixtures ∙ Effortless cloud updates keep profiles up-to-date while preserving existing projects PROTOCOLS & NETWORKING ∙ Creamsource Vortex can be controlled directly via LumenRadio BLE and transmitted into larger fixture networks, without any additional hardware ∙ Supports up to four connections, including E1.31 sACN, Art-Net, LumenRadio BLE, or a combination, with one connection per DMX universe. (subscription required to activate more than one connection) ∙ Requires E1.31 sACN, Art-Net, or LumenRadio BLE compatible hardware or fixtures ∙ LumenRadio BLE devices, such as the MoonLite, can serve as transmitters ∙ Works on WiFi or ethernet (with compatible accessories such as the FTSLED Cerise 1U) on iPhone and iPad ∙ Hardware is only needed to control fixtures; Slyyd is fully usable for project prep and with virtual fixtures (Unreal engine, Capture, etc) CURRENTLY UNSUPPORTED FEATURES ∙ Zone control and some DMX modes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Slyyd Lighting Control at free with in-app purchases against Cadrage Studio's subscription. Slyyd Lighting Control also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Cadrage Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Cadrage Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Slyyd Lighting Control sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cadrage Studio against 5.0 for Slyyd Lighting Control. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyyd Lighting Control has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Cadrage Studio ships an update every 9 days, Slyyd Lighting Control every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cadrage Studio | Slyyd Lighting Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cadrage GmbH | Creamsource North America, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cadrage Studio
Slyyd Lighting Control
In-app purchases
Cadrage Studio
- 1 month$19.991 Month
- 12 months7 Days trial$99.991 Year
Slyyd Lighting Control
- Slyyd Plus Monthly14 Days trial$15.001 Month
- Slyyd Plus Monthly$15.001 Month
- Slyyd Pro Monthly14 Days trial$20.001 Month
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- Slyyd Plus Annual14 Days trial$150.001 Year
- Slyyd Plus Annually$150.001 Year
- Slyyd Pro Annually14 Days trial$200.001 Year
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