Comparison

Xeno Configurator vs Sci

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

Head to head
About

Xeno Configurator

Easily customize your lightsaber's blade effects, colors, and ignitions via Bluetooth. Update your saber's firmware to access new features and test sound fonts. This app provides full control over your lightsaber's visual and auditory experience.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth connection to Xeno3 boards
  • Customize blade effects, colors, and ignitions
  • Update saber firmware
  • Test sound fonts
  • Change colors per font
Features
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The future of easy saber technology is here! With the Xeno Configurator, you can connect through bluetooth to your Xeno3 board – pixel OR baselit – and customize your blade effects, colors, and ignitions, as well as update the firmware to add new features to your board as they become available! BASIC FEATURES: - Bluetooth connection to Xeno3 boards - Edit blade modes, effects, and ignitions - Test sound fonts - Easily upgrades the firmware of your saber - Change colors for each font’s blade effects Programmer/ App maker – DT Software

About

Sci

Customize your home screen with unique sci-fi themed widgets. Display various information like clocks, calendars, system stats, and fitness data with extensive styling options. Create multiple widgets in different sizes with personalized layouts, backgrounds, fonts, and colors.

Highlights
  • Customizable sci-fi widget styles
  • Display clocks, calendars, system info
  • Show fitness data (steps, distance)
  • Multiple widget sizes (Large, Medium, Small)
  • Personalize layout, background, fonts, colors
  • Use custom background images
Features
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Add some Sci-Fi to your Home Screen.  This widget making tool is for displaying many types of information with great styling customization. You can display multiple widgets, all with their own unique style and info in Large, Medium, and Small widget sizes You can change the layout, background, fonts and colors, and even use your own images. *Offline contains the pre-made template backgrounds, but the background selection section needs internet to download from online. DISPLAYABLE INFORMATION: • Digital clock • Analog clock (some with second hand to show a little animation) • Calendar • Date/Day • System info (battery, brightness, memory, storage) • Countdown/Days since • Step count - Distance - Floors • Display contacts (just opens this widget app) These are generic sci-fi styles to to keep the coolness of how designers imagined future interfaces past and present on low and high budgets, but actual display real information instead of meaningless gobbledygook. * Please do not ask in reviews or by mail to include any trademarked names, logos, images or other properties. NSTEnterprises respects copyrights and will not include them.

Screenshots

Xeno Configurator4 screens
Sci4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Xeno Configurator at Free against Sci's $3.99. Xeno Configurator also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (299 vs 46). Sci's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (56% vs 27%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Xeno Configurator is free to download; Sci costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sci holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xeno Configurator has 299 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Xeno Configurator's written reviews are positive against 56% of Sci's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xeno Configurator ships an update every 4 weeks, Sci every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Xeno Configurator versus Sci: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXeno ConfiguratorSci
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating2.6 (299 ratings)4.0 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings299 — better46
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamien Technology (Wuhan) Co., Ltd.NSTE, LLC

Customer experience

Xeno Configurator

All ratings298 ratings
Positive32.6%
Neutral14.1%
Negative53.4%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral13.3%
Negative59.9%

Sci

All ratings46 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral13.9%
Negative30.6%

Bugs and requests

Xeno Configurator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cannot connect to saber
  • Saber settings reset unexpectedly
  • Firmware update issues
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More blade style and effect options
  • Ability to save custom settings
  • Improved sound font management
  • Better color tuning and customization

Sci

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Xeno Configurator

No in-app purchases

None

Sci

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xeno Configurator free?
Xeno Configurator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sci free?
Sci costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Xeno Configurator or Sci?
Sci is rated higher. Xeno Configurator averages 2.6 out of 5 from 299 ratings, while Sci averages 4.0 from 46 ratings.
Do Xeno Configurator or Sci have ads?
Neither Xeno Configurator nor Sci shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xeno Configurator or Sci?
Xeno Configurator ships an update every 4 weeks, and Sci every 3 months. Most recently, Xeno Configurator was updated on October 15, 2026 and Sci on October 13, 2026.

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