STEINEL DCS™ vs Domino Connected Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STEINEL DCS™
This app enables wireless commissioning of lighting, plug load, and HVAC systems through a Bluetooth connection. It integrates occupancy sensors, photo sensors, and switches for code-compliant solutions. Features include relay control, dimming zones, and daylight harvesting.
- Wireless commissioning via Bluetooth
- Load and HVAC integration
- Occupancy and photo sensor integration
- 3 x 20A Relays with current monitoring
- 3 x 0-10v Dimming Zones
- Daylight Harvesting
- BACnet integration
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This is the STEINEL DCS™ Commissioning App for the STEINEL Digital Control Solution™ line of products. The STEINEL DCS™ integrates load control with occupancy sensors, photo sensors and switches to provide simple code compliant solutions for lighting, plug load and HVAC integration through BACnet. Time saving wireless commissioning is accomplished via Bluetooth connection from a Smart Phone or Tablet to a STEINEL DCS™ Digital Controller, which communicates to the sensors and switches by the 2 wire bus. Key Features Include: • 3 x 20A Relays (expandable via BLE Mesh) • Current Monitoring Per Relay • 3 x 0-10v Dimming Zones • Multizone Daylight Harvesting • Partial On & Off • 20 A Receptacle Control • Use Cases • Demand Response Input • 24V External Input Signal • Internal Time Clock • Sequence of Operations • Min. & Max. manual dimming levels • Light Scenes • Wired data line • BLE MESH for groupings • BACnet • External Relay Support • BACnet COV subscription • Inbuilt firmware embedded in app • Photosensor Outdoor logic • Time slice capacity increased to 9 • Astro function
Domino Connected Lighting
Control your smart lighting system with this app. It offers features like occupancy sensing, dimming, and scheduling for a scalable and compliant lighting solution.
- Bluetooth Mesh Control
- Occupancy/Vacancy Sensing
- By-Level Dimming
- Daylight Harvesting
- High-End Trim
- Group Setting
- Time Schedule
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Satco's Domino Connected Lighting Control app brings you a simple, scalable, smart lighting solution! Domino Connected Lighting Control is a Bluetooth Mesh Lighting Control System with DLC NLC5.1 listed: Out of The Box Code Compliant Default Setting Occupancy/Vacancy By-Level Dimming Daylight Harvesting/Photocell Control High-End Trim Group Setting Cross Group Linkage Manual Override Switch Time Schedule
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Domino Connected Lighting at 5.0 against STEINEL DCS™'s 4.0. Domino Connected Lighting also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). STEINEL DCS™'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Domino Connected Lighting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
STEINEL DCS™ ships an update every 2 weeks, Domino Connected Lighting every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STEINEL DCS™ | Domino Connected Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steinel GmbH | Satco Products, INC |
Customer experience
STEINEL DCS™
Domino Connected Lighting
In-app purchases
STEINEL DCS™
No in-app purchases
Domino Connected Lighting
No in-app purchases
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