Comparison

eSET vs LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile

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

Head to head
About

eSET

This app serves as a comprehensive glossary for live entertainment technology, offering over 2000 terms across various industry disciplines. It's designed to help professionals and aspiring individuals understand and communicate effectively within the field, with ongoing updates to its searchable database.

Highlights
  • Extensive glossary of over 2000 terms
  • Covers all live entertainment technology disciplines
  • Searchable database
  • Organized by discipline
  • Developed by industry leaders
  • Continually updated content
Features
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eSET is the most efficient way to learn the language of live entertainment technology, to understand and to be understood. With over 2000 terms associated with the industry, eSET will guide you to the information you need to know. Covering virtually every discipline within live entertainment technology, eSET was developed by industry leaders to help build a skilled and knowledgeable workforce for the future of the industry. eSET provides the user with a searchable database, organized by discipline, that helps you direct your learning, covering what you have to know today and need to know tomorrow. The database will be continually updated. See sample terms and download assessments and discipline-specific PDF’s at our website: http://www.eset.net/terms/index.php eSET: Ready for today, prepared for tomorrow

About

LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile

Create custom, song-specific light shows for your Nanoleaf panels by connecting your Spotify Premium account. Experience concert-quality lighting designed by professionals, going beyond basic sound reactivity.

Highlights
  • Custom song-specific light shows
  • Connects Spotify Premium
  • Professional lighting designer programming
  • Works with Nanoleaf Aurora, Canvas, Shapes, and LINES
  • Immersive concert-quality experience
  • Beyond sound-reactive or screen mirroring
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Do you love going to concerts? Ever dreamed of building a Deadmau5 cube in your basement? If so, LIGHTLINK is the perfect addition to your RGB setup. LIGHTLINK connects YouTube video with your Nanoleaf, Govee, WLED, Twinkly, Yeelight, and OpenRGB Lights to create an immersive and engaging light show in your living room. Elevate your experience beyond sound reactive or screen mirroring with light shows perfectly designed for each song and video. Why is LIGHTLINK different from your Rhythm module or other sound-reactive apps? The technology used in any auto-reactive automation can only listen and hear the loud and soft parts of your music. There is no real intelligence beyond that. LIGHTLINK goes beyond Artificial Intelligence and goes old school back to Human Intelligence. Each of the light shows that you watch on LIGHTLINK is programmed by a Billboard award-winning professional lighting designer. That means that you get the same quality light show that you would expect to see at your favorite concert.....and it doesn't cost you hundreds of dollars. Music is ultimately about emotion and how it makes you feel. Computers, hardware, and AI can't feel........yet. For now, we've got the human advantage. After carefully listening to each piece of music we interpret it for you and paint those emotions in light on your Nanoleaf Triangles, Squares, Hexagons, and Lines. We're new, but here is what some of our favorite Redditors have to say about GoLightLink: -"I gotta say this is one of the most unique and interesting ideas I've seen on Reddit for quite some time, really great work mate." u/Pa1D -"Whenever I saw those led, I thought meh! But after seeing your setup, I think I need to convince my wife I need this in my life" u/EricAndersonL -"That’s so sick. Love it" u/jv0731 -"This is mental! Absolute props for it." u/Mountain_eer -"Well that’s the coolest thing ever" u/princeboot -"F*** it, this is getting a gold lol" u/forestman11 -"This is too damn good" u/_exrio_ -"This is genuinely amazing. How did you do this?!" u/harris_008 Once you connect your RGB hardware, no input is required from you other than choosing your favorite songs from LIGHTLINK's extensive playlists. Each song and video has a unique light show programmed by our award-winning lighting designers. Sit back and relax or invite your friends over for a party. Let us take control of the lights and transport you to light show heaven. EULA can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

eSET4 screens
LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile at Free against eSET's $0.99. LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 17 months). eSET's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and device support 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

LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile is free to download; eSET costs $0.99 up front. LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. eSET asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eSET holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of eSET's written reviews are positive against 58% of LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eSET ships an update every 17 months, LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
eSET versus LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereSETLIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better3.6 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better57.6% of reviews
Number of ratings231 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperUSITTSteve Sodemann

Customer experience

eSET

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative29.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

None

eSET

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile

Subscriptions1
  • LightLink Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is eSET free?
eSET costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile free?
LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eSET or LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile?
eSET is rated higher. eSET averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile averages 3.6 from 31 ratings.
Do eSET or LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile have ads?
Neither eSET nor LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eSET or LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile?
eSET ships an update every 17 months, and LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile every 6 months. Most recently, eSET was updated on October 21, 2026 and LIGHTLINK Lightshows Mobile on October 23, 2026.

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