Home Lights Pro vs Dead Man's Switch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Lights Pro
Precisely control HomeKit lights with advanced adjustments for brightness, hue, saturation, RGB, and color temperature. Easily copy settings, isolate lights for fine-tuning, and duplicate scenes in real-time. Offers seamless RGB to Kelvin and Mired conversions.
- Precise color and brightness adjustments
- Copy/paste color settings
- Solo light control
- Easy scene duplication
- Real-time light feedback
- RGB to Kelvin and Mired conversion
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Say goodbye to imprecise sliders and color pickers, and embrace precise control over your HomeKit scenes. With Home Lights Pro, you can adjust the brightness, hue, saturation, RGB and color temperature values of the lights in your scenes with pinpoint accuracy. Copy / Paste Color Settings: Found the perfect color setting? Home Lights Pro lets you copy it across multiple lights with a tap. Create a harmonious lighting environment throughout your home, effortlessly. Solo Lights: Ever struggled to figure out which light you're adjusting? Home Lights Pro makes it effortless. The identification feature lets you know exactly which light you're controlling, ensuring no more guesswork. Need to focus on one light? Easily 'solo' any light in your setup. Dim the rest and fine-tune your desired light without distractions. Perfect for setting up that ideal scene or adjusting a specific area of your home. Easy Scene Duplication: Creating and duplicating scenes is a breeze with Home Lights Pro. Start from an existing scene, make your tweaks, and save. It's that simple! Build a collection of scenes for every mood and occasion without starting from scratch. Real-Time Light Feedback: Unlike other apps, Home Lights Pro gives you real-time feedback as you perfect a scene. See the changes as they happen and save only when you're fully satisfied. RGB To Kelvin And Mired: Get creative with your lighting hues. The app offers advanced color temperature settings with an easy conversion between RGB, Kelvin and Mired. Home Lights Pro is the must-have companion to the Home app for anyone looking for perfection in their HomeKit scenes.
Dead Man's Switch
This app acts as a digital safety net, automatically notifying chosen contacts if you fail to check in within a set interval. It's designed for situations where you might be alone or in a risky environment, providing peace of mind for both you and your loved ones.
- Set custom check-in intervals
- Designate emergency contacts
- Compose custom alert messages
- Automatic email notifications
- Optional SMS alerts with credits
- Reminders before alert triggers
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Dead Man's Switch checks that you're OK. Choose how often you'll check in, anywhere from once a day to once a year. Miss your deadline and your phone reminds you. Still no check-in after the grace window, and the people you chose get an email with the message you wrote. It's for anyone who lives alone, hikes or travels solo, has a health condition, or wants the people who care about them to know if something is wrong. CHECK IN WITH ONE TAP • From the app, a widget, a notification, Siri, Control Center or the Action Button • On Apple Watch: see the time left on your watch face and check in from your wrist • A live countdown shows exactly how long you have, down to the second • Every check-in is confirmed by our server, so what you see is what will happen • Every day by a set time: pick a time, say 9 PM, and that's your deadline every day. Checking in early doesn't move it KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, AND WHEN • See when your contacts would be emailed, and who • Reminders every day and before your deadline • A grace window before anyone is emailed • Send a test email so your contacts know what to expect • If you check in after an alert went out, your contacts get an "all clear" email YOUR MESSAGE, YOUR PEOPLE • Write one message for everyone, or a personal one for each person • Your contacts don't need the app. They just get an email • When you add someone, they get one short heads-up email from us, so a real alert is never a surprise (you can switch it off) TEXT ALERTS (US AND CANADA) • Your contacts can get a text as well as the email, once they say yes with one tap • Texts come in small packs. Emails are always free AWAY MODE • Going somewhere without signal? Pick the day you're back, and nobody is emailed before then PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account to create • No location tracking Available in English, Spanish, German, Polish, French, Italian and Dutch. Dead Man's Switch is not an emergency service and does not contact emergency services. If you are in danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Home Lights Pro at 5.0 against Dead Man's Switch's 4.5. On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Home Lights Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Lights Pro | Dead Man's Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arcana Media | Aaron Jin |
Customer experience
Home Lights Pro
Dead Man's Switch
In-app purchases
Home Lights Pro
No in-app purchases
Dead Man's Switch
No in-app purchases
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