GlowStone Lighting Plus vs DSC Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GlowStone Lighting Plus
Schedule your smart lights to turn on at specific times and days. Customize animations, effects, and create unique color palettes for different light sets.
- Light scheduling by day and time
- Customizable animations and effects
- Create custom color palettes
- Target specific light sets
- Set light schedules
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Schedule your lights by setting which days and times you want them to turn on. Select special Animations/Effects and target the Light Sets you've created with your own custom Colour Palettes.
DSC Connect
Upgrade your alarm system's communication to LTE and gain remote control over your home or business security. Arm, disarm, monitor status, bypass zones, and receive real-time event notifications. Review up to 12 months of event history and manage multiple locations from one account.
- Remote arm/disarm
- System status monitoring
- Zone bypassing
- Real-time event notifications
- 12-month event history
- Multi-location control
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Give a new breath to your PowerSeries and PowerSeries Neo panels. Upgrade Phone line, 2G or 3G communications to LTE and provide remote control to home or business owners with DSC connect solution Note: DSC Connect application requires an LE4050M (-US – CA – BR) cellular communicator by DSC, properly connected and configured with your PowerSeries or PowerSeries NEO panel, and valid account credentials. Feature availability varies based on system, equipment, and service plan. Contact your alarm installer for more information. DSC Connect will allow you to: • Remotely arm and disarm your PowerSeries and PowerSeries NEO alarm systems (supports Arm Stay, Arm Away and multiple partitions). • Monitor the status of your alarm system and specific zones. • Bypass zones. • Get real-time notifications for selected events. • Review 12 months of event history. • Control multiple locations from a single account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DSC Connect at 4.7 against GlowStone Lighting Plus's 3.0. DSC Connect also leads on ratings volume (272 vs 2). GlowStone Lighting Plus's advantage is review sentiment (28% vs 17%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
DSC Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSC Connect has 272 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of GlowStone Lighting Plus's written reviews are positive against 17% of DSC Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GlowStone Lighting Plus ships an update every 2 months, DSC Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GlowStone Lighting Plus | DSC Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (272 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.6% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 272 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GlowStone Lighting Inc. | Tyco Safety Products Canada, Ltd. |
Customer experience
GlowStone Lighting Plus
DSC Connect
In-app purchases
GlowStone Lighting Plus
No in-app purchases
DSC Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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