Comparison

LumiOS Hub vs IoT Central

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

Head to head
About

LumiOS Hub

Features
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LumiOS is an ecosystem designed to connect and automate real time streaming record and control Digital LEDs and other entertainment products. LumiOS hub is in the centre of the ecosystem. It is responsible over setting up the LumiOS wired and wireless IOT nodes across the network. It also records all streaming traffic and converts it to a proprietary streaming protocols which are then sent to the IOT nodes to control Digital LED and other devices. The LumiOS hub is built out of 2 main components, the Playback engine and the Gateway. LumiOS hub gateway is a server designed to capture and translate DMX protocols over IP, into an efficient proprietary ip protocol that can then be distributed over the network to wired and wireless LumiOS nodes. LumiOS hub Playback engine is designed for the end user to record the realtime DMX traffic on the network. The playback engine then populates a list of available presets that can be triggered by the user to individual fixtures and groups of LumiOS network devices.

About

IoT Central

Features
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With this app you can create an easy to use IoT Dashboard for you and your client. Features: 1. Can run as always on Dashboard. 2. Supports both MQTT (TCP) and Websocket protocol. 3. SSL for secure communication. 4. JSON Support for both subscribe and publish message. 5. Panels subscribe and / or publish the topic automatically, hence get updated in real time. 6. Designed to work with public broker efficiently (using device prefix). 7. Sent and Received timestamp from broker. 8. Material design. 9. Flexible panel width, merge any panels 10. More than 250 icons to customize specific panels. 11. Dark theme for comfortable use in low light. 12. Clone connection, device or panel for effortless configuration 13. Import/Export application configuration for easy share with multiple devices. 14. Re-connects automatically if connection lost. 15. Persist export message for log and graph. Available panels: -Button -Slider -Switch -LED Indicator -Combo Box -Radio Buttons -Multi-State Indicator -Progress -Gauge -Color Picker -Time Picker -Text Input -Text Log -Image -Barcode Scanner -Line graph -Bar graph -Chart -URI Launcher This list will grow upon feedback from users. Your feedback is much appreciated. If you find any issue please feel free to leave a comment in my blog with steps to reproduce. https://blog.snrlab.in/iot/iot-mqtt-panel-user-guide/

Screenshots

LumiOS Hub4 screens
IoT Central4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IoT Central at weekly against LumiOS Hub's every 2 months. LumiOS Hub's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LumiOS Hub ships an update every 2 months, IoT Central weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
LumiOS Hub versus IoT Central: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumiOS HubIoT Central
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeny GruzmanRahul Kundu

In-app purchases

None

LumiOS Hub

No in-app purchases

None

IoT Central

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LumiOS Hub free?
LumiOS Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IoT Central free?
IoT Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LumiOS Hub or IoT Central have ads?
Neither LumiOS Hub nor IoT Central shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LumiOS Hub or IoT Central?
LumiOS Hub ships an update every 2 months, and IoT Central weekly. Most recently, LumiOS Hub was updated on October 27, 2026 and IoT Central on October 30, 2026.

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