Comparison

Vantage Controls vs MyWAC Lighting

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

Head to head
About

Vantage Controls

Control your home's lighting and motorized shades with this app. Create custom scenes, adjust brightness, and automate moods for any time of day. Access and manage your home's atmosphere remotely.

Highlights
  • Adjust brightness and color tuning
  • Automate motorized shades
  • Create custom lighting and shade scenes
  • Integrate existing keypad commands
  • Secure remote home access
Features
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Light the Moment. Shape the Atmosphere. Elevate your space with precision lighting and dynamic shade control. The Vantage Controls app lets you create immersive environments with just a tap, blending technology and design to transform how light moves through your home. • Master Your Lighting: Adjust brightness and automate moods for any time of day with tunable white and full-color tuning. • Automate Your Shades: Control motorized shades independently or in a group • Create the Experience: Combine lighting and shading into custom scenes that bring your vision to life. • Adopt Existing Buttons: Pull in button commands from existing Vantage keypads in the home. • Stay Connected: Access and control your home from anywhere with secure remote access. From sunrise to evening ambiance, Vantage Controls helps you easily craft the perfect atmosphere — making your smart home truly effortless.

About

MyWAC Lighting

Control your lighting devices via the cloud or locally. Group lights for unified management and create custom presets for color and tunable white. Automate lighting based on wall station triggers.

Highlights
  • Cloud or local control
  • Group lighting control
  • Custom color presets
  • Tunable white presets
  • Wall station automation
Features
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Connect your lighting devices to the cloud or choose to control locally only. Group lights across devices for unified control in the app. Custom preset pallets for full color and tunable white lights. Configure your Wi-Fi or WAC Home wallstation to trigger automatons on your devices. Currently Supported Products: CTR-WDMX-3CH - Wireless DMX LED Controller LED-WCT-WT - Wi-Fi Wallstation Colorscaping Landscape Transformer

Screenshots

Vantage Controls4 screens
MyWAC Lighting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MyWAC Lighting at every 3 weeks against Vantage Controls's every 10 months. Vantage Controls's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 4%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

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

Vantage Controls ships an update every 10 months, MyWAC Lighting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vantage Controls versus MyWAC Lighting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantage ControlsMyWAC Lighting
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.1 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews — better4.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHE WATT STOPPER, INC.WAC Lighting

Customer experience

Vantage Controls

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%

MyWAC Lighting

All ratings57 ratings
Positive21.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive4.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

Vantage Controls

No in-app purchases

None

MyWAC Lighting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vantage Controls free?
Vantage Controls is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyWAC Lighting free?
MyWAC Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vantage Controls or MyWAC Lighting have ads?
Neither Vantage Controls nor MyWAC Lighting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vantage Controls or MyWAC Lighting?
Vantage Controls ships an update every 10 months, and MyWAC Lighting every 3 weeks. Most recently, Vantage Controls was updated on June 10, 2026 and MyWAC Lighting on September 16, 2026.

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