AsteraNext vs Tessr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AsteraNext
Control complex lighting setups with intuitive tools for creating custom programs and effects. Manage DMX addresses, diagnose and update fixtures, and ensure seamless runtime for your productions.
- Intuitive lighting control
- Customizable programs and effects
- DMX address and footprint setup
- Fixture diagnosis and updates
- Layer effects for pixel control
- Scheduled standby mode
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The AsteraNext offers intuitive and fast control of complex lighting setups of current and upcoming Astera products. It provides fully customizable programs and effects and also it is designed to work seamlessly with other control methods. It can set up DMX addresses and footprints for CRMX control. In addition, lamps can be diagnosed, updated or reset from the AsteraNext. Here are some of the features: Layer Effects It is now easier than ever to control pixels of your Astera lights and create complex effects. CRMX Support That would make it much easier for customers to understand how the DMX works, also easier to operate the CRMX module. Talkback+ Detect all available lights, set them up, check their status, configure DMX addresses and DMX profiles. Seamless Runtime Set the length of your production and be sure that your lights won`t run out while still getting the maximum brightness. Effects Quickly build programs out of colors and effects, trigger them or make them match a beat. Targets Quickly create groups of lights, assign positions and select which lights should receive commands. Scheduled StandBy Switch lights into power-saving standby and schedule them to wake up when the production starts. Dynamic PowerBoost This exclusive feature makes the light able to display the maximum brightness at all time and intensify non-white colors. Green/Magenta Correction Adjust green/magenta during content creation to reduce postproduction work. Emergency Lights Switches to white light when AC power is cut to keep your event save DJ Feature Auto BPM analyzes the beat and matches programs to it, flash buttons can trigger special effects while being held down. Other Features The AsteraNext is packed with many additional items and new features are frequently added via software update.
Tessr
Transform a group of phones into a massive, synchronized display for concerts, festivals, or parties. Share videos from your device or the app's library across multiple screens, even without a network connection.
- Synchronized video playback across multiple devices
- Use your own videos from Camera Roll or Files
- Tile mode for a mosaic-like visual experience
- Offline connectivity via direct phone-to-phone connection
- Library of free and premium video packs
- Friends and session management
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Tessr turns a group of phones into one giant, synchronized screen. At a concert, festival, or party, everyone opens Tessr. One person hosts, the rest join — and a single video spreads across all your phones at once. Hold them up together and it becomes one massive visual, like the LED walls at a show, built from the phones in your hands. And it's not limited to our library: sync a video you already have — a movie, a clip, your own footage — straight from your Camera Roll or Files. Your video stays on your device. No Wi-Fi, no signal, no problem. Phones connect directly to each other, so it works even where the network doesn't. Download packs ahead of time and light up the room anywhere. • Bring your own video — pick any video from your Camera Roll or Files and spread it across everyone's phones. Your video never leaves your device. • Tile mode — each phone shows one slice of a larger picture; together they form the whole thing, perfectly in sync. • Video packs — a growing library of visuals, from free packs to premium drops. • Friends & sessions — add friends by handle, and make any session public or friends-only. More phones. Bigger screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tessr at 100% against AsteraNext's 50%. Tessr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). AsteraNext's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price 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. Tessr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AsteraNext asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tessr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AsteraNext has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of AsteraNext's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tessr's.
| Parameter | AsteraNext | Tessr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 396 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Astera LED Technology GmbH | Luis Rodriguez |
Customer experience
AsteraNext
Tessr
In-app purchases
AsteraNext
No in-app purchases
Tessr
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