Comparison

Lighthouse+ vs re

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

Head to head
About

Lighthouse+

Features
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The official festival app informs you what happens on the festival ground and provides you with all the information you need. Lineup and artists, create your personal timetable, map, side program and more relevant details in one place. Everything you need for the weekend. Download the app.

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re

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The official app for re:publica Vienna, 2–3 October 2026. The first re:publica Vienna brings Europe's most important festival for digital society, politics, technology and culture to Austria. For two days, Kulturhaus Brotfabrik becomes a place for debates and keynotes with international speakers, co-organised and curated by Momentum Institut as local host, in cooperation with Kulturhaus Brotfabrik. The app puts everything for the festival in one place: the full programme, all speakers, your personal schedule and updates from the organisers, always up to date and available offline. PROGRAMME • All talks, workshops and keynotes by day and start time • Filter by track, format and language • Timeline across all stages or list view, with breaks at a glance • Detailed session pages with descriptions and speakers SPEAKERS • All speakers with photo, bio and their sessions • Save speakers as favourites MY SCHEDULE • Mark sessions as favourites and build your own festival plan • Your favourites stay on your device, no account needed MESSAGES & NEWS • Push notifications from the organisers, for example schedule changes • All messages are kept in the app • Latest news from vienna.re-publica.com ON SITE • Tickets, directions, partners and FAQ straight from the app WORKS OFFLINE • Programme, speakers and images are stored on your device • Updates load automatically when you're online MADE FOR YOU • German and English • Light and dark mode, adjustable text size • Fast, lightweight and privacy-friendly: no account, no tracking, no personal data collected

Screenshots

Lighthouse+4 screens
re4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lighthouse+ and re 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

Lighthouse+ ships an update every 3 days, re every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lighthouse+ versus re: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLighthouse+re
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenedikt Oelzrepublica GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Lighthouse+

No in-app purchases

None

re

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lighthouse+ free?
Lighthouse+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is re free?
re is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lighthouse+ or re have ads?
Neither Lighthouse+ nor re shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lighthouse+ or re?
Lighthouse+ ships an update every 3 days, and re every 4 days. Most recently, Lighthouse+ was updated on October 10, 2026 and re on October 2, 2026.

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