Comparison

Lighting Designer vs ProjectorPro

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

Head to head
About

Lighting Designer

Create professional overhead lighting plots for film, TV, theater, and events. Quickly illustrate and communicate lighting setups with a vast library of equipment and intuitive tools. Sync your work across all Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Create overhead lighting plots
  • Extensive equipment library (2000+ items)
  • Organize setups into Shows
  • Custom fixture creation with own images
  • Detailed light specifications
  • Floor plan drawing tools
  • Email editable Plots
Features
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Never draw a lighting setup on a scrap of paper again. Lighting Designer is a quick and intuitive way to create overhead lighting plots for film, theater, television, concerts, and anything else you can light. The wide selection of equipment and simple yet powerful interface makes it easier than ever to illustrate and communicate your lighting setups, from most Apple devices. Your Silicon Mac is powerful and gives you the most screen to work with; your iPad is large and versatile; your iPhone will go with you anywhere. And if you like, your work can sync among all your Apple devices using iCloud, so you can start plotting on one and finish on another. LD is perfect for tech scouts, working while traveling, or just choosing the couch over your desk chair. While expensive drafting programs can take hours to use and years to master, Lighting Designer is an accessible way to plan your next show! Features: • Organize your setups into Shows, with details like shooting dates and crew members • Choose from over 2000 built-in types of lights, grip equipment, camera gear, actors, and objects like furniture and musical instruments • With a Crescit Premium account, you can have access to an additional 25,000+ pieces of lighting equipment, gels, and gobo templates • Use your own images to create custom fixtures on your Plots (read the User Guide for image specs) • For each light, specify wattage, beam spread, light output, DMX address, color, and many other details • Certain fixtures include info for exposure approximation; all can be user-configured and have their exposure reverse-calculated from real-world readings • Use Groups to create flexible collections of lights • Notes allow you to describe every detail of your setup • Pack your Truck to share gear among multiple Plots • Draw a Floor Plan using basic shapes, and images from your device • Lights can target other objects, and objects can rig onto each other for easy adjustments • Email editable Plots to the crew, with images, equipment, and crew lists • Undo/Redo functionality • Dark Mode presents a dark workspace to reduce eyestrain and minimize your device's light in a dark environment

About

ProjectorPro

Determine if a projector and screen will fit your space. Access a comprehensive database of projectors with detailed throw distance specifications. Stay updated with new projector releases through in-app updates.

Highlights
  • Projector fit calculation
  • Screen size calculation
  • Extensive projector database
  • Throw distance specifications
  • In-app updates for new models
Features
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Will your projector fit the available space? What about your screen? This app will help you find out! From the same developers who brought you the web-based Projection Calculator Pro at ProjectorCentral.com. You will have access to every projector in the ProjectorCentral database with throw distance specifications. Projectors released after purchase of this app will require an update to be purchased from within the app.

Screenshots

Lighting Designer4 screens
ProjectorPro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ProjectorPro at $1.99 against Lighting Designer's $24.99. ProjectorPro also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Lighting Designer's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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

Lighting Designer costs $24.99 and ProjectorPro $1.99 up front. ProjectorPro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lighting Designer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lighting Designer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lighting Designer has 145 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 46% and 45% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lighting Designer ships an update every 3 weeks, ProjectorPro every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lighting Designer versus ProjectorPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLighting DesignerProjectorPro
Price$24.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.0 (145 ratings) — better3.1 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings145 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScenario Software LLCProjectorCentral

Customer experience

Lighting Designer

All ratings145 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral6.2%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral18.8%
Negative35.0%

ProjectorPro

All ratings23 ratings
Positive47.8%
Neutral13.0%
Negative39.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral15.2%
Negative39.4%

In-app purchases

None

Lighting Designer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ProjectorPro

One-time1
  • complete projector data update$0.99

Questions

Is Lighting Designer free?
Lighting Designer costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ProjectorPro free?
ProjectorPro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lighting Designer or ProjectorPro?
Lighting Designer is rated higher. Lighting Designer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 145 ratings, while ProjectorPro averages 3.1 from 23 ratings.
Do Lighting Designer or ProjectorPro have ads?
Neither Lighting Designer nor ProjectorPro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lighting Designer or ProjectorPro?
Lighting Designer ships an update every 3 weeks, and ProjectorPro every 10 months. Most recently, Lighting Designer was updated on October 23, 2026 and ProjectorPro on October 29, 2026.

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