bsn.Mobile vs Set Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bsn.Mobile
Manage BrightSign digital signage media players from your mobile device. Interact with running presentations in real-time by changing variables and triggering events. Access diagnostic facilities for each player directly.
- Automatic local player detection
- Select and control any connected player
- Real-time user variable and event interaction
- Add custom event triggers
- Access diagnostic facilities
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Control and manage your BrightSign digital signage media player directly from your iPad or iPhone. Select any BrightSign player connected to the local network, and then use your mobile device to change user variables for the current presentation, or to trigger presentation events and transitions. All locally connected BrightSign players are automatically detected. Select a player, and controls for that player's presentation are immediately available for real time interaction. Features · Locally connected BrightSign players are automatically detected · Any connected player can be selected for control or management · User variables and events are automatically displayed for each selected unit, allowing direct user input and interaction with the running presentation · Custom event triggers can be added directly within the app · The Diagnostic facilities for each unit can be directly accessed and managed
Set Light
Configure ETC products wirelessly using NFC or a Bluetooth bridge. Address and set RDM labels, personalities, and DMX addresses for your fixtures. Plan configurations in advance and push them when ready.
- NFC configuration of ETC products
- Wireless addressing and configuration
- Bluetooth bridge connectivity
- RDM label, personality, and DMX address setting
- Save and push configurations
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Set Light provides NFC configuration of your ETC products. Hold your mobile device to the NFC tag of a compatible product to wirelessly address and configure it. You can transfer information via NFC even if power is off. You can also connect to your ETC and High End Systems fixtures via a bluetooth bridge such as City Theatrical’s DMXcat® or Multiverse® Transmitter. Once connected, identify and set the RDM label, personality, and DMX address of your fixtures. Save time by planning your configurations in advance and pushing them to your fixtures when ready.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Set Light at 4.5 against bsn.Mobile's 2.5. bsn.Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (23% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Set Light holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of bsn.Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Set Light's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
bsn.Mobile ships an update every 4 months, Set Light every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bsn.Mobile | Set Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (18 ratings) | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrightSign | Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. |
Customer experience
bsn.Mobile
Set Light
In-app purchases
bsn.Mobile
No in-app purchases
Set Light
No in-app purchases








