Comparison

eCat vs Lightovation by DMC

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

Head to head
About

eCat

This app provides sales professionals with an interactive product catalog, presentation, and order entry tool. It allows for offline access to product, pricing, and customer information, enabling efficient sales processes and personalized customer interactions.

Highlights
  • Interactive product catalog
  • Product presentation tool
  • Offline order entry
  • Customizable product fields
  • PDF catalog generation
  • Barcode scanning
  • Customer and sales history tracking
Features
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eCat is a fast, easy to use interactive product catalog, product presentation, and order entry tool. It enables sales professionals to quickly find what customers need, prepare presentations and PDF catalogs, and take orders whether online or offline, at home, at a trade show, or on the road! Your company's product, pricing, inventory, customer, sales history information, and sales collateral like price lists, brochures and videos, and more are all stored on a cloud server. A powerful set of web admin tools enables you to distribute information selectively to users' iPads based on the needs of each type of user. Your catalog and other information are presented on the iPad in a fast, elegant, easy to use format and are fully available when the iPad is offline. eCat supports unlimited custom product fields and filters, multiple order entry methods, versatile pricing models, international currencies, multiple discounting methods, product configuration and pricing with user selectable options, barcode scanning, user and company customizable product lists, custom fields on the customer file, and numerous other features. eCat flexibly meets the needs of outside sales people, product managers, executives, and vendors of companies selling a visual product. Here are some examples. Companies use eCat to put up-to-date product, customer, and inventory balance information at the fingertips of sales teams, product managers, company executives, vendors and customers. Sales representatives use eCat to quickly and efficiently check inventory, match products to client needs, save custom lists, save presentations, create personalized PDF catalogs in multiple formats, email proposals and product specific literature, and send orders to their customers and manufacturers. eCat's 'Library' feature enables reps to quickly review and forward brochures, forms, pricelists, videos, etc. to customers. Product development teams use eCat to keep product specifications in a central place, easily view project status, and communicate with vendors. Retailers use eCat to put product information at the fingertips of their floor sales staff, show product availability across different stores and warehouses, and enable quick pricing of configurable items like upholstered furniture and other 'build-to-order' items. IMPORTANT: Login privileges must be granted by an authorized organization before application data can be downloaded and eCat can be used.

About

Lightovation by DMC

Navigate the lighting market with up-to-date exhibitor and product information. Discover event schedules, dining options, and transportation details. Save your favorite exhibitors and add personal notes for a personalized market experience.

Highlights
  • Searchable exhibitor list
  • Floor-sorted exhibitor listings
  • Updated campus and floor maps
  • Event listings
  • Dining information
  • Transportation schedules
  • Favorites with notes and photos
Features
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This is the official Lightovation by DMC App. It is designed with multiple tools to help buyers navigate Market with up-to-date information on lighting exhibitors, product, DMC schedules, news, and upcoming events. It includes the following features: - Searchable Exhibitor List - Exhibitor listing sorted by Floor - Updated campus and floor maps - Listing of Lightovation Events - Current Dining offerings campus wide locations and hours - Market Date calendar integration with device APIs - Campus Shuttle line and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) rail schedules and information - "My Favorites” profile that allows buyers to add Exhibitor and Line favorites; including a Note feature to add exhibitor information and photos.

Screenshots

Lightovation by DMC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lightovation by DMC at 5.0 against eCat's 3.8. Lightovation by DMC also leads on device support (3 vs 1). eCat's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Lightovation by DMC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eCat has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eCat ships an update every 2 weeks, Lightovation by DMC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
eCat versus Lightovation by DMC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereCatLightovation by DMC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuperCat Solutions, LLCMarket Center Management Company, Ltd.

Customer experience

eCat

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Lightovation by DMC

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

eCat

No in-app purchases

None

Lightovation by DMC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eCat free?
eCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightovation by DMC free?
Lightovation by DMC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eCat or Lightovation by DMC?
Lightovation by DMC is rated higher. eCat averages 3.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Lightovation by DMC averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do eCat or Lightovation by DMC have ads?
Lightovation by DMC shows ads; eCat does not.
Which is updated more often, eCat or Lightovation by DMC?
eCat ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lightovation by DMC every 3 months. Most recently, eCat was updated on October 23, 2026 and Lightovation by DMC on October 24, 2026.

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