Easy Remote vs Blackout v2 (Legacy)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Remote
Design a personalized remote control for your smartphone or tablet. This intuitive app lets you add buttons, faders, and color wheels to control compatible lighting software and hardware. Connect via WiFi to discover and manage devices seamlessly.
- Create custom remote layouts
- Add buttons, faders, and color wheels
- Control ESA2 and Sunlite Suite 2
- Support for Ethernet controllers
- WiFi device discovery
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Create an entirely customized remote controller for your tablet or smartphone. Easy Remote is a powerful and intuitive app allowing you to easily add buttons, faders, color wheels and more. The app can control the ESA2 and Sunlite Suite 2 software. It's also capable of controlling our Ethernet enabled stand alone controllers (coming Jan 2014). Connect to a WiFi network and the app will find all compatible devices.
Blackout v2 (Legacy)
This professional lighting console app offers an intuitive interface and powerful effects engine for controlling DMX, Art-Net, and sACN lighting setups. It features a vast cloud fixture database, custom fixture creation, and advanced control options for seamless lighting design and execution.
- Cloud Fixture Database
- Custom Fixture Creation
- Streamlined Fixture Patching
- Intuitive Fixture Controls
- Multi-Cuelist Platform
- Dynamic Effects Engine
- Advanced MIDI Support
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Blackout is a revolutionary professional Art-Net/sACN DMX Lighting Console app for the iPad. Redefine your lighting with our incredibly intuitive interface and powerful effects engine. Features: - Cloud Fixture Database: Access over 44,000 fixture profiles licensed from Carallon, the leader in fixture profile services. - Create Custom Fixtures: Utilize our Fixture Creation Wizard to design your own profiles, perfectly matching your specific lighting needs. - Fixture Patching Made Simple: Effortlessly categorize and label LED fixtures with a streamlined Patch interface, ideal for batch management. - Intuitive Fixture Controls: Adjust parameters with ease in Fixture Controls and experience our NEW multi-dimensional color picker. - Robust Multi-Cuelist Platform: Organize and save lighting looks within Sequences, complete with customizable fade times, delays, and links. - Presets for Quick Access: Save and recall fixture parameters instantly, streamlining batch changes across multiple fixtures through our Favorites. - Dynamic Effects Engine: Explore limitless creative possibilities with our advanced Effects Engine, featuring intensity chases, color loops, and more. - Macro Functionality: Simplify complex lighting tasks into single-button actions for maximum efficiency. - Enhanced Data Visibility: Experience our reworked UI with new view states for displaying data in various formats, aiding quicker analysis and decision-making. - Advanced MIDI Support (Input & Output): Gain tactile control over your lighting with MIDI compatibility, suitable for both wired and wireless controllers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blackout v2 (Legacy) at 5.0 against Easy Remote's 2.7. Blackout v2 (Legacy) also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 34%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Easy Remote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Blackout v2 (Legacy) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Easy Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blackout v2 (Legacy) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Easy Remote's written reviews are positive against 76% of Blackout v2 (Legacy)'s.
Easy Remote ships an update every 3 months, Blackout v2 (Legacy) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Remote | Blackout v2 (Legacy) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 359 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIGHTINGSOFT AG | Blackout Lighting Console Inc. |
Customer experience
Easy Remote
Blackout v2 (Legacy)
In-app purchases
Easy Remote
No in-app purchases
Blackout v2 (Legacy)
- Basic Plan$799.99
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