Blackout Next (Legacy) vs OpenJS Foundation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blackout Next (Legacy)
This professional lighting console app offers an intuitive interface for controlling DMX, Art-Net, and sACN lighting systems. It features a vast cloud fixture database, custom fixture creation, and a robust multi-cuelist platform for organizing lighting looks.
- Cloud Fixture Database
- Custom Fixture Creation
- Intuitive Fixture Controls
- Multi-Cuelist Platform
- Dynamic Effects Engine
- MIDI Support
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Blackout is a revolutionary professional Art-Net/sACN DMX Lighting Console app for the iPad. Redefine your lighting with our incredibly intuitive interface and powerful effects engine. Features: - Cloud Fixture Database: Access over 44,000 fixture profiles licensed from Carallon, the leader in fixture profile services. - Create Custom Fixtures: Utilize our Fixture Creation Wizard to design your own profiles, perfectly matching your specific lighting needs. - Fixture Patching Made Simple: Effortlessly categorize and label LED fixtures with a streamlined Patch interface, ideal for batch management. - Intuitive Fixture Controls: Adjust parameters with ease in Fixture Controls and experience our NEW multi-dimensional color picker. - Robust Multi-Cuelist Platform: Organize and save lighting looks within Sequences, complete with customizable fade times, delays, and links. - Presets for Quick Access: Save and recall fixture parameters instantly, streamlining batch changes across multiple fixtures through our Favorites. - Dynamic Effects Engine: Explore limitless creative possibilities with our advanced Effects Engine, featuring intensity chases, color loops, and more. - Macro Functionality: Simplify complex lighting tasks into single-button actions for maximum efficiency. - Enhanced Data Visibility: Experience our reworked UI with new view states for displaying data in various formats, aiding quicker analysis and decision-making. - Advanced MIDI Support (Input & Output): Gain tactile control over your lighting with MIDI compatibility, suitable for both wired and wireless controllers.
OpenJS Foundation
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Stay connected to the OpenJS Foundation, the vendor-neutral home of Node.js, Electron, jQuery, webpack, and other open source projects the web runs on. This app brings the foundation's public calendar, agendas, and governance resources together in one fast, native experience. MEETINGS AT A GLANCE Browse upcoming community meetings — Cross Project Council sessions, working groups, standards, and more — pulled straight from the foundation's public calendar. See what's happening today, open meeting details, and jump in when it's time. LIVE ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the widget to see your next meeting without opening the app. On iPhone, a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island keeps today's meeting front and center as it approaches. You can even ask Siri — "Hey Siri, OpenJS" — for a quick brief. FOLLOW THE AGENDA Cross Project Council and working-group agenda items are gathered from the foundation's open GitHub discussions, so you can see what the community is deciding and tap through to participate. THE LIBRARY Read governance documents, charters, and the latest Cross Project Council meeting minutes in a clean, readable format — right on your phone. MEMBER PROJECTS A snapshot of foundation projects with their latest releases and recent security advisories, so you can keep up with the ecosystem. FAST, PRIVATE, OFFLINE-FIRST Everything comes from public OpenJS Foundation, Linux Foundation, and GitHub sources. There's no account to create and no tracking. Content is cached on your device, so the app opens instantly and works on a plane. Whether you're a maintainer, a contributor, or just curious about how open source JavaScript is governed, this app keeps the OpenJS community within reach.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenJS Foundation at none against Blackout Next (Legacy)'s 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Blackout Next (Legacy) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenJS Foundation asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Blackout Next (Legacy) | OpenJS Foundation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 359 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blackout Lighting Console Inc. | nStudio LLC |
In-app purchases
Blackout Next (Legacy)
- Basic Plan$799.99
OpenJS Foundation
No in-app purchases





