Comparison

DipSwitch vs Shining Glasses

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Shining Glasses

Control your LED full-color display screen with this app. Customize text, expressions, colors, and effects. Create unique patterns, music rhythms, and graffiti for a personalized device experience.

Highlights
  • Control LED full-color display
  • Change display text and expressions
  • Variety of color schemes
  • Display and pattern effects
  • Music rhythm effects
  • Custom graffiti and display effects
Features
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Shining glasses is a cool app that controls the LED full-color display screen. It can change the display text and expression in the app, provide a variety of color schemes and display effects, pattern effects, music rhythm effects, and customize graffiti and display effects as you like. With cool and diverse play methods, your device is unique. Shining Glasses是一款控制LED全彩显示屏的酷炫App,实现在app中更改显示文字和表情,提供多种配色方案以及显示效果,图案效果,音乐律动效果,可以随心所欲自定义涂鸦及显示效果,酷炫多样的玩法,让您的设备独一无二。

Screenshots

DipSwitch4 screens
Shining Glasses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DipSwitch at 86% against Shining Glasses's 43%. DipSwitch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Shining Glasses's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DipSwitch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shining Glasses has 61 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of DipSwitch's written reviews are positive against 43% of Shining Glasses's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DipSwitch ships an update every 13 months, Shining Glasses every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DipSwitch versus Shining Glasses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDipSwitchShining Glasses
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings261 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.59.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBazinga sarlShenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

DipSwitch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.6%

Shining Glasses

All ratings61 ratings
Positive45.9%
Neutral16.4%
Negative37.7%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral25.0%
Negative32.1%

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

Shining Glasses

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DipSwitch

No in-app purchases

None

Shining Glasses

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DipSwitch free?
DipSwitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shining Glasses free?
Shining Glasses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DipSwitch or Shining Glasses?
DipSwitch is rated higher. DipSwitch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Shining Glasses averages 3.0 from 61 ratings.
Do DipSwitch or Shining Glasses have ads?
Neither DipSwitch nor Shining Glasses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DipSwitch or Shining Glasses?
DipSwitch ships an update every 13 months, and Shining Glasses every 2 months. Most recently, DipSwitch was updated on September 21, 2026 and Shining Glasses on September 25, 2026.

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