Igloo Control Panel vs Core LightDesk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Igloo Control Panel
Turn your iPhone or iPad into a virtual game controller and stylus for your Igloo system. Navigate your Igloo system like a mouse, click hyperlinks, and interact with text fields directly from your mobile device.
- Virtual D-pad and button overlay
- Mouse pointer control
- Hyperlink clicking
- Text field interaction
- Stylus functionality
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Transform your mobile device into a virtual game controller to interact with your Igloo system. Igloo Control Panel equips your iPhone screen with a D-pad and button overlay to become a virtual controller and stylus for your Igloo system. Features: ・Use your phone to control Igloo Core Engine as a mouse pointer. Click on hyperlinks, and click on and type into text fields, without having to go back to the mouse and keyboard. You must have an Igloo system to use this app.
Core LightDesk
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CORE Lighting's controller for its range of wireless battery powered lighting units. This app simulates a lighting desk with 512 channels and outputs the data using wireless technology from the phone/tablet directly to the fixture. Each channel has its own slider to represent the desk slider to control intensity level of that channel only. There is also a master slider to control all 8 channels on each page simultaneously.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Core LightDesk at daily against Igloo Control Panel's every 11 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Igloo Control Panel ships an update every 11 months, Core LightDesk daily. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Igloo Control Panel | Core LightDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igloo Vision ltd | Easy Wireless Hire Ltd |
In-app purchases
Igloo Control Panel
No in-app purchases
Core LightDesk
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Igloo Control Panel free?
Is Core LightDesk free?
Do Igloo Control Panel or Core LightDesk have ads?
Which is updated more often, Igloo Control Panel or Core LightDesk?
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