Pixel LCS vs Harlowe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel LCS
This app offers intelligent lighting control with a user-friendly interface. It allows for multi-light collaboration, real-time color capture and analysis, and precise manual adjustments for professional lighting effects.
- Intuitive UI design
- Multi-light collaboration
- Real-time color capture
- Stepless dimming slider
- HSI and RGBW modes
- Gel mode for color selection
- Favorites collection
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Pixel LCS is an intelligent lighting control system designed and developed by Pixel Co. Ltd, It consists of lights' software, hardware, and controlling software, and there are also gels for reference, favorites collection, and light-searching function. Features: - Clear and intuitive layout of UI design for a sleeker and more efficient operating experience. - Multi-light collaboration through the Project and the Group, supporting synchronized control or single-light adjustment for the users to enjoy the efficient light setting. - Demo project supports debug without lights, helping users quickly get started with the software and rehearse great works with quite a simple operation. - There is a slider for stepless dimming in each working mode, which is an indispensable tool for the spatial, aesthetic, and emotional expression of the picture. - The camera captures the color, the software analyzes the hue, saturation, and brightness parameter values intelligently in real-time, and your device lights up the color you capture. - Under the HSI mode and RGBW mode, users can manually enter the parameter value to achieve accurate adjustment of light color and experience the fun of being a professional colorist. - The Gel mode supports quick comparison and selection among various standard colors to meet the dimming needs of professionals. - Click the bookmark icon to add stunning light effects to Favourites, and carry them everywhere with you.
Harlowe
Control smart lighting devices remotely. Adjust brightness, color temperature, group lights, and set custom scenes. Explore various light effects for your environment.
- Remote dimming control
- Brightness adjustment
- Color temperature adjustment
- Light grouping
- Scene setting
- Light effect control
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Harlowe's(formerly Hobolite) official dimming control App can provide a variety of remote control functions for Micro / Mini / Avant / Pro and other devices, including brightness and color temperature adjustment, grouping and scene setting, and various light effect control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Harlowe at 75% against Pixel LCS's 0%. Harlowe also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.2). Pixel LCS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Harlowe holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pixel LCS's written reviews are positive against 75% of Harlowe's.
Pixel LCS ships an update every 2 weeks, Harlowe monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel LCS | Harlowe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (6 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Pinse Technology Co., Ltd. | AEC Lighting Solutions Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Pixel LCS
Harlowe
In-app purchases
Pixel LCS
No in-app purchases
Harlowe
No in-app purchases









