Comparison

Godox KNOWLED vs Digital Gel

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

Head to head
About

Godox KNOWLED

This application provides professional DMX lighting control for film and television production. It allows for visualized layout, synchronized simulation, and real-time adjustments of lighting parameters through a user-friendly interface. Compatible with various lighting devices supporting the DMX protocol.

Highlights
  • Visualized lighting layout and simulation
  • Lumenradio Bluetooth and Ethernet connectivity
  • Stable DMX control for multiple lights
  • WYSIWYG interface for intuitive control
  • Real-time parameter display (CCT, RGB, xy)
  • Cross-manufacturer lighting device compatibility
  • Open and customizable light library
Features
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Godox KNOWLED is a professional-grade lighting control application designed for lighting designers, film producers, TV professionals, and other industry experts who require professional control over DMX lighting. It offers the following functions: 1. Visualized layout of film and television lighting: Allows placement of lights and synchronized simulation of lighting control effects. 2. Simple and convenient connectivity: Supports mature connection methods such as Lumenradio Bluetooth and Ethernet for quick and easy control. 3. Stable and reliable control for multiple lights: Supports standard DMX protocols for both wired and wireless control of complex lighting effects. 4. User-friendly interface: The revolutionary interface provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) experience, allowing users to quickly and easily control complex lighting functions without the need for extensive training. The app enables visual adjustments and previews of lighting devices, truly revolutionizing the traditional control console experience. Real-time displays of brightness, color, and other parameters are available in CCT, RGB, xy, and other modes. 5. Strong compatibility: Controls lighting devices from multiple manufacturers using a single app, compatible with any brand that supports the DMX protocol. 6. Open system light library and customizable local light library: Offers a rich system light library for controlling different brands of lighting fixtures. For unsupported fixtures, users can create a local light library based on their own needs.

About

Digital Gel

Features
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Digital Gel is a precision color tool for gaffers, DPs, and lighting programmers. Meter a fixture bare, then meter it again through a gel. Digital Gel captures the difference as a color ratio — a "digital gel" — that you can apply to any other light and read back as CIE x,y coordinates to enter on the console. WHAT IT DOES • Extract a gel from two spectrometer readings (bare + through the gel). • Apply that gel — or a stack of gels — to any target light. • Correct: work backwards and cancel a filter you can't take away. • Refine any result against a real meter reading until it lands. • Get the result as x,y for the console, plus CCT, tint (in CC and Δuv), and mired shift. • See everything on a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram with the Planckian locus, color-temperature ticks, and optional Rec.709 / P3 / Rec.2020 gamut overlays. CANCEL WHAT YOU CAN'T REMOVE Not every filter is a choice — a tinted window, a diffusion frame, a practical's own glass. Meter your fixture with it in the way, and Correct solves for the x,y to set the fixture to so the light lands where you wanted it after the glass. It states the move in mired and CC as well, so the answer is just as usable if you reach for a CTB and minus green instead of the console — and it tells you when a filter is simply too strong to cancel. Saturated filters don't treat an LED fixture quite the way the math expects, so Correct flags them and lets you Refine: meter the result through the filter, enter the reading, and dial the next value. Refine learns how your fixture and filter actually respond, and closes in within a few passes. BUILT FOR THE SET • Enter light as x,y, as a color temperature (5600), or temperature with tint (3200 -2). • Save a library of gels and custom sources; mark favorites; search your list. • Calibrate a fixture that doesn't hit the color it's told to, so Apply's numbers land where you mean them. • Touch and hold any result to copy its x,y. • Choose CAT02 (recommended) or raw XYZ adaptation math. • A transmission read of each gel's red / green / blue balance at a glance. • Universal: one column on iPhone, two panes on iPad portrait, three in landscape. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account to create, and no data collected. Your gel library syncs between your own devices through your private iCloud — nobody else can see it — and with iCloud switched off the app is entirely local. Digital Gel works in chromaticity, so it matches color points, not full spectra — when metamerism matters on set, trust your meter, and let Refine close the gap.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Godox KNOWLED at Free against Digital Gel's $3.99. Godox KNOWLED also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Godox KNOWLED is free to download; Digital Gel costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Godox KNOWLED ships an update fortnightly, Digital Gel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Godox KNOWLED versus Digital Gel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGodox KNOWLEDDigital Gel
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGodox Photo Equipment Co.,LtdTIMO TAPIO HAAPASAARI

In-app purchases

None

Godox KNOWLED

No in-app purchases

None

Digital Gel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Godox KNOWLED free?
Godox KNOWLED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digital Gel free?
Digital Gel costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Godox KNOWLED or Digital Gel have ads?
Neither Godox KNOWLED nor Digital Gel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Godox KNOWLED or Digital Gel?
Godox KNOWLED ships an update fortnightly, and Digital Gel every 3 weeks. Most recently, Godox KNOWLED was updated on October 22, 2026 and Digital Gel on October 5, 2026.

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