DipSwitch vs BluTest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DipSwitch
This app helps lighting technicians quickly configure fixture settings using a digital interface. It calculates dip switch configurations, allows for easy addressing and offsetting, and helps determine fixture capacity within a universe. Streamline your patching process with this intuitive tool.
- Calculate dip switch configurations
- Enter address and see dip switch settings
- Apply offset values for quick addressing
- Determine fixture capacity per universe
- Generate addresses for sequential fixtures
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Set a DMX address on a dip-switch block without doing binary in your head, in the dark, up a ladder. Type the address, read the switches. DipSwitch draws the block the way it looks on the back of the fixture, so you can hold your phone next to the real thing and compare it switch for switch. It has been doing this job since 2008. ON THE FIXTURE • Enter an address and see the switch pattern immediately • The block is drawn to match real hardware, with the ON marking and channel weights • Set the number of switches to match your fixture, from 1 to 16 • Swap and mirror for blocks that are printed the other way round PLANNING A RIG • Set the offset to your fixture's channel footprint and step the whole rig one button at a time • See how many fixtures fit a 512-channel universe, and the last address you can use • Save fixtures you use often as profiles, so the channel count is one tap away • Know two addresses and need the rest? Enter both and the spacing does the work • Tick off fixtures as you patch them, and share the finished list as a PDF ON APPLE WATCH • The whole calculator on your wrist, for when one hand is holding the fixture • Turn the Digital Crown to step the address by your offset • A complication puts the current address on your watch face • Address, offset and fixture profiles stay in sync with your iPhone English, German and French. Free, no in-app purchases. Built in Luxembourg by a lighting technician who got tired of counting bits.
BluTest
Connect to precision test instruments to measure temperature, humidity, and pressure. Log data directly from smart devices for easy access and sharing. The app simplifies commissioning, troubleshooting, and building automation system comparisons.
- Connect to Blü-Test sensor probes
- Measure temperature, humidity, and pressure
- Log data directly to smart devices
- Save logs on probe and app
- Email logs for reporting
- Graph and compare data points
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Connect to Blü-Test precision test instruments to measure temperature, relative humidity or differential pressure. Immediately log data through smart device communication for convenience and accessibility. The logs are saved on the probe and the app, and can be emailed to your account for use in commissioning, troubleshooting or comparing against your building automation system. Blü-Test is very simple to use. Start the app on your smart phone or tablet and select the probe to view live data from that device. Multiple data points can be logged, graphed or emailed. Select which probe logs to download to your device, link logs to sites and locations, and use a thorough set of calculators to make using Blu-Test easier than ever before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DipSwitch at 5.0 against BluTest's 4.0. BluTest's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). On price, ratings volume, 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.
DipSwitch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
DipSwitch ships an update every 13 months, BluTest every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DipSwitch | BluTest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bazinga sarl | Building Automation Products, Inc |
Customer experience
DipSwitch
BluTest
Bugs and requests
DipSwitch
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes after iOS 10 update
- Does not calculate dip switches after iOS 10 update
- Does not work under OS 3
- Does not work for some users
Requested features
6 requests- Apple Watch app
- Manual or tutorial
- Option to have OFF as 1 and ON as 0 for specific devices
- User definable options (e.g., number of dip switches, all off=001)
- Notepad feature to track set switches
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- Dark mode option
BluTest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DipSwitch
No in-app purchases
BluTest
No in-app purchases








