Rotolight vs txplay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rotolight
Control your lighting equipment remotely with a virtual replica of your device's touchscreen. Adjust brightness, Kelvin, flash settings, and access a vast color palette and classic gels. Save and recall custom presets to streamline your workflow.
- Virtual touchscreen replica
- Real-time brightness and Kelvin adjustment
- Customizable lighting presets
- Advanced flash settings
- 16.7 million color palette
- 2500 classic lighting gels
- Remote SmartSoft Box control
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The Rotolight app features a virtual replica of the touchscreen on the back of your lights, with additional group and colour wheel control, so there is no need to get used to a new way of working. Choose from an endless colour palette including 16.7million colours and 2,500 of your favourite filters. Effortlessly access key features and recall your favourite settings at a moment’s notice. Revolutionise your workflow and save time on set, for when creativity can’t wait. Key Features Real-time two-way adjustment between your Rotolight and app - Adjust brightness and Kelvin settings from 3000-10,000 - Easily store and recall custom lighting presets - Adjust flash settings including power, group, modelling light, and flash duration, along with Kelvin, HSI and gel settings - Select from an endless colour palette of 16.7 million colours, complete with a colour wheel and saturation control - Select from 2500 classic lighting gels to enhance your creative possibilities - Remotely control diffusion from the ground-breaking Rotolight SmartSoft Box
txplay
Stream live TV channels on your iOS devices with extensive control over viewing permissions and content. Enjoy multi-language support, quick channel switching, and real-time updates for a seamless viewing experience.
- Live TV streaming
- Channel search and filter
- Favorite channels
- EPG support
- Multi-language subtitles and audio
- Centralized control
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The latest addition to our software line-up, this iOS app integrates tightly with all of the channel and permission controls of tx core. tx play allows quick and extensive rollout of viewing capability without losing the ease of command and control offered by the tx core central server. tx play has all of the multi-language subtitle and audio, quick channel change and real-time updates and controls you would expect. Supported video codecs: • MPEG-2 • MPEG-4 • HEVC Supported transports: • UDP (Multicast/Unicast) • RTP • HLS • VTTP • SRT Extra features: • Channel search and filter • Favorite channels • EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) • DVB/Closed caption subtitles • Multiple audio languages • Centralised control (tx core) • Authentication (SAML/LDAP) • BISS 2 Mode 1 encryption
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: txplay at 5.0 against Rotolight's 4.0. txplay also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Rotolight's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Rotolight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. txplay asks for nothing beyond the download.
txplay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rotolight has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rotolight | txplay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rotolight Limited | Techex |
Customer experience
Rotolight
txplay
In-app purchases
Rotolight
- Upgrade Plus$94.99
txplay
No in-app purchases









