Comparison

ROE Calculator vs Unrival

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

Head to head
About

ROE Calculator

This application provides essential technical calculations for LED screens, including ballast, pixel, and power requirement analysis. It's designed to be the ultimate tool for LED technicians during on-site work and production preparation.

Highlights
  • Ballast calculation
  • Pixel and resolution calculation
  • Power requirement analysis
  • Technical calculations for LED screens
  • On-site and preparation tools
Features
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ROE Visual is proud to announce the release of its groundbreaking ROE Calculator APP. This cutting-edge application is a complete upgrade of the previous ballast calculator and has added many new and exciting options to create essential technical calculations for your LED screens. With a comprehensive suite of tools that include ballast calculation, pixel and resolution calculation, power requirement analysis, and much more, the ROE Calculator APP will become the ultimate tool for LED technicians, whether on-site or in the preparation stages of production.

About

Unrival

Features
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UNRIVAL is the professional iPhone app for preparing, patching, and maintaining entertainment lighting fixtures. Adjust DMX addresses, modes, personalities, network settings, IDs, and other parameters directly from your phone — no fixture display, no buttons, and in supported cases, no power applied. In practice, that means a prep tech can configure fixtures on the shelf, on the truss before flying, or sitting on top of a roadcase — and turn over a full rig before the first power cable is ever pulled. (NFC requires the phone to be close to the fixture's tag; it will not read through a closed roadcase.) KEY FEATURES • Easy patch/edit of any setting — direct access to fixture settings without the fixture's display or buttons. Change DMX address, mode, personality, network settings, IDs, and other parameters from the app. • Templates & Auto Prep — save known-good fixture configurations and apply them consistently across many fixtures. Auto Prep automatically applies saved templates as you work through a batch. • Rapid Patching from imported patch lists — bring in show data from ChamSys CSV, ChamSys QR Code, and MVR. For non-Chauvet NFC-enabled fixtures, the imported list also works as an easy-to-use manual patching checklist. • Operate and prepare fixtures while powered OFF — read fixture identity, review configuration, and prepare or apply supported settings with no power applied. A unique advantage over display-only or powered-only setup methods. Useful on the prep shelf, on the truss before flying, on top of a roadcase, and during pre-rig. • Firmware Update over Bluetooth — wireless firmware updates from your iPhone over BLE. No specialist cables or service tools required. ALSO INCLUDES • Fixture diagnostics — usage data and error history for faster troubleshooting and clearer maintenance records. • Scan History — a record of previous fixture interactions for traceability and less duplicated work. • Quick Tools — one-tap "Auto Test" and "Reset Defaults" for routine procedures. • MVR 2D & 3D visualizer — visual representation of fixtures inside a project or rig layout from MVR data; aids fixture identification on complex rigs. • Trip Management — organize fixtures and setup activity around specific jobs, projects, or deployments. Supports rental, touring, and install workflows. BUILT FOR Rental prep floors. Touring lighting crews. Install integrators. Service and maintenance teams. Master electricians, theatre, broadcast, houses of worship, film, and TV. USE IT FOR Pre-show prep • Patch turnover • Rental return inspection • Fault-finding in the field • Firmware rollouts • Inventory and identity tagging • Manufacturing QC • System commissioning GET STARTED Install UNRIVAL, open a Trip or load a patch list, and start working through your fixtures — powered or not. Save a template once, apply it across the whole batch with Auto Prep. UNRIVAL. Patch, prep, and update — no power required.

Screenshots

ROE Calculator4 screens
Unrival4 screens

Verdict

The call

ROE Calculator and Unrival are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ROE Calculator versus Unrival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROE CalculatorUnrival
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROE Visual Co., LtdChauvet Professional

In-app purchases

None

ROE Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

Unrival

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ROE Calculator free?
ROE Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unrival free?
Unrival is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ROE Calculator or Unrival have ads?
Neither ROE Calculator nor Unrival shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ROE Calculator or Unrival?
ROE Calculator ships an update every 6 weeks, and Unrival every 6 weeks. Most recently, ROE Calculator was updated on October 10, 2026 and Unrival on October 16, 2026.

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