Venngo vs Canstar Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Venngo
Access exclusive discounts on fashion, dining, travel, and electronics from national brands and local favorites. Browse and redeem offers directly from your phone, and discover nearby savings using GPS. Invite family members to join in the savings.
- Access WorkPerks, MemberPerks, CustomerPerks
- Browse and redeem discounts on the go
- Discover nearby perks with GPS
- Invite family members to save
- Exclusive offers from national and local brands
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The Venngo app gives you access to your WorkPerks®, MemberPerks® or CustomerPerks® discounts while on the go. Save on everything from fashion and dining to travel and electronics with special offers from national brand names and local favourites without having to visit the website. We’re always adding perks, so make sure you check back regularly to see what new discounts are available. With the Venngo app you can: Register and sign in to your WorkPerks, MemberPerks or CustomerPerks account Browse and redeem your perks using your phone See the perks nearby using GPS Invite family members to start saving FOR MEMBERS ONLY The Venngo app is exclusive to organizations that have registered for WorkPerks, MemberPerks or CustomerPerks. Please contact your organization or email support@venngo.com for assistance.
Canstar Lights
Control smart indoor and outdoor LED lights with a mobile app. Customize lighting for various purposes, including architectural, festive, and security needs, with millions of color options and preprogrammed effects.
- Indoor/outdoor smart light control
- Millions of color options
- 90+ lighting effects
- Preprogrammed festive lighting
- Architectural and security lighting modes
- Full house sync technology
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Canstar Light provides one of the most advanced lighting solutions. The Canstar Lights app controls smart indoor and outdoor Canstar lights. Our lights are low-voltage LEDs that can be controlled through the Canstar intelligent controller and APP. A single product can be used for multiple purposes. Canstar App has inbuilt features to use your lights as Luxurious Architectural Lights | Smart Pot Lights | Christmas Lights | Festival Lights | Game Lights | Security lights and much more. Our technology provides year-round lights and inbuilt Christmas, Halloween, Canada Day, Easter, and all other Canadian festival lights. Our app provides hundreds of preprogrammed favorites, 10 million+ color options, and full house sync technology with 90+ effects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Canstar Lights at every 2 weeks against Venngo's every 3 months. Canstar Lights also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Venngo's advantage is ratings volume (146 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Canstar Lights holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Venngo has 146 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Venngo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Canstar Lights's.
Venngo ships an update every 3 months, Canstar Lights every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Venngo | Canstar Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (146 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Venngo Inc. | Canstar Light Ltd |
Customer experience
Venngo
Canstar Lights
Bugs and requests
Venngo
Reported bugs
10 issues- Login issues and errors
- App crashes and logs out
- Cannot access app after update
- Location settings do not work
- Keeps prompting for login
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- March 2022 update a disaster
- Local offers missing in app
- Cannot update location on iPhone app
- App crashes and logs out every few seconds
- Login screen appears every 1-2 mins and then app crashes
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to search by specific categories (e.g., conventions)
- Filter by food types (fast food vs. fine dining)
- Add more locations on iPhone
- Easier location input (e.g., drop pin)
- Update location on iPhone app
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- Group offers into weekly notices
- Touch screen/auto login capabilities
Canstar Lights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Venngo
No in-app purchases
Canstar Lights
No in-app purchases
