LightORama vs FPPMon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LightORama
Control your Light-O-Rama light shows remotely. This app allows you to manage show playback, test hardware, and monitor network status for your light displays. Requires a Light-O-Rama license and online show computer.
- Show Player controls
- Hardware Testing
- Network Status monitoring
- Remote control
- Light show management
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Control your Light-O-Rama light show from anywhere! Currently includes Show Player controls, Hardware Testing, and Network Status features. A Light-O-Rama license and an online show computer running the S6 software suite is required to use this app.
FPPMon
Monitor and control FPP instances remotely or on your local network. View the status of all your FPP devices on a single screen and configure them directly from the app.
- Monitor FPP instances
- Control FPP instances remotely
- View status on a single screen
- Local network monitoring
- Remote network monitoring
- Configure FPP devices
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FPPMon is an app that can monitor and control FPP instances on your local network or remotely. Using a plugin installed on the FPP instance, FPP can communicate its status to the cloud and FPPMon can use that information to display the status of all the FPP instances on a single screen. FPPMon also allows you to click into the FPP instance and configure and control the device remotely.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LightORama at 80% against FPPMon's 0%. LightORama also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). FPPMon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
FPPMon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of LightORama's written reviews are positive against 0% of FPPMon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LightORama | FPPMon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | O RAMA LIGHT INC | Kulp Lights LLC |
Customer experience
LightORama
FPPMon
In-app purchases
LightORama
No in-app purchases
FPPMon
No in-app purchases
