Comparison

DipSwitch vs Resistance Color Calculator

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 • Tap the switch block and the Digital Crown sets the address — one click per offset • A complication puts the current address on your watch face • Address, offset and fixture profiles stay in sync with your iPhone PRIVACY No account, no tracking, no advertising identifiers. The app collects anonymous counts only — which tabs get used, how many switches — never an address, never a fixture name, never a device identifier. You can switch it off in About. English, German and French. Free, no in-app purchases. Built in Luxembourg by a lighting technician who got tired of counting bits.

About

Resistance Color Calculator

Easily determine the resistance value of electronic components. Simply select the number of color bands on your resistor and input the colors one by one to instantly get the resistance and tolerance. This tool simplifies a common electronics task.

Highlights
  • Select number of resistor rings
  • Input resistor colors sequentially
  • Instant resistance value display
  • Tolerance calculation
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Here's how: • Choose from the menu bar how many rings your resistor has. • Hold the resistor with the larger gap between the rings on the right side. • Select the colors of your resistor one after the other and directly receive the resistance value including tolerance, etc. Have fun easily determining the resistance values!

Screenshots

DipSwitch4 screens
Resistance Color Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Resistance Color Calculator at 125 against DipSwitch's 2. Resistance Color Calculator also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DipSwitch against 4.9 for Resistance Color Calculator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resistance Color Calculator has 125 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of DipSwitch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Resistance Color Calculator's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DipSwitch versus Resistance Color Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDipSwitchResistance Color Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (125 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBazinga sarlFabian Schiller

Customer experience

DipSwitch

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

Resistance Color Calculator

All ratings60 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Resistance Color Calculator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DipSwitch

No in-app purchases

None

Resistance Color Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DipSwitch free?
DipSwitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Resistance Color Calculator free?
Resistance Color Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DipSwitch or Resistance Color Calculator?
DipSwitch is rated higher. DipSwitch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Resistance Color Calculator averages 4.9 from 125 ratings.
Do DipSwitch or Resistance Color Calculator have ads?
Neither DipSwitch nor Resistance Color Calculator shows ads.

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