m vs Pocket Console
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
m
Transform your device into a professional sACN lighting fixture for stage, film, and art installations. Control screen brightness, intensity, and vibration using standard lighting protocols.
- sACN control for Universe and DMX Address
- Real-time backlight brightness adjustment
- IRGB 8-Bit fixture compatibility
- 6 Channel Mode with flashlight intensity
- Device vibration control
- Intuitive interface
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Turn any screen into a stage light. m-BER makes your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV a lighting fixture you can patch straight into your console. Send it sACN, and the screen answers with colour and intensity in real time, just like every other fixture in your rig. No dongles. No gateway. Just join the show network and go. PATCH IT LIKE A FIXTURE • Patch as a Generic IRGB 8-bit fixture on any universe • Set the start address, and m-BER tells you exactly which channels it uses • Intensity, red, green and blue on four channels per region SPLIT THE SCREEN Run the whole display as one light, or divide it into independently addressed cells: • Single: one full-screen fixture • Half: two cells, side by side or stacked • Quad: four cells as a grid, in rows or in columns Every cell gets its own four channels, so one device can be four fixtures. MORE THAN A SCREEN On iPhone, two extra channels put the flashlight and the vibration motor on the desk. Flash, pulse and buzz on cue, straight from your console. BUILT FOR THE SHOW • Orientation locks the moment the fixture goes live, so a bumped phone never flips the look • Clean, full-bleed output with nothing on screen but light • Works across iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Buy once, use it on all of them PERFECT FOR • Props that need to glow on cue • Phones and tablets written into the action • TVs and monitors used as set dressing • Quick practicals when you're one fixture short WHAT YOU NEED • A lighting console or software that outputs sACN (ANSI E1.31) • Your device and console on the same network TRY IT FREE The annual plan starts with a 3-day free trial. Prefer to own it outright? A one-time purchase unlocks m-BER for good. Powered by Liberate Lighting. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • m-BER Annual: 1-year subscription, with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at the end of the free trial, or at confirmation of purchase if no trial applies • The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription Privacy Policy: https://liberatelighting.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pocket Console
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Pocket Console is a lighting console for the phone already in your pocket, not the tablet you set down somewhere by crafty. It is built for film, TV and video production: the interview in a small room, the commercial day that keeps moving, the splinter unit on the other side of the mall. Most lighting apps on a phone are a remote for something else, or they lack the profiles and the precision that a real console gives you. This one is the console. You patch your lights, program looks and output DMX directly in Pocket Console. TWO WAYS TO DRIVE IT - Touch. Tap or drag to select the lights you want. Intensity, CCT, ±Green, hue, saturation, and every other parameter the fixture has, on sliders you're already familiar with. - Command line. Type "1 Thru 8 At 45" and eight lights are set without hunting for any of them. It selects as you type, so you can see what you are about to change, and pressing Enter again runs the same line again. Both write the same values, so use whichever suits the moment. REAL OUTPUT - Art-Net and sACN (E1.31), every routed universe at a steady 40 fps. - sACN multicast or unicast, with a per-source priority you set when you have to win a universe. - Art-Net broadcast, directed broadcast or unicast. - Bluetooth straight to a LumenRadio TimoTwo, either a CRMX transmitter or a light with the module already inside. No router and no node needed. FIXTURES AND PATCH - 20+ brands built in: Aputure, amaran, Astera, ARRI, Nanlux, Nanlite, Litepanels, Godox KNOWLED, Creamsource, Quasar, LiteGear, Kino Flo and more. Every mode of every fixture, taken from the manufacturer's own chart. - Import the patch you already built in Blackout Lighting Console. Pocket Console matches each profile and patches the lights for you. - Multi-cell and pixel fixtures, with a drawer for the individual cells. - Addressing that finds the gaps for you and flags an overlap the moment you make one. LOOKS, GROUPS AND A/B - Build groups on the fly. - Record a look with its own fade time and bring the whole setup back with a tap. - A/B a single light or three. Hold A/B and the selected lights show what they were. Let go and your change comes back. A/B states are saved per fixture, within the location. ORGANIZED LIKE A SHOOT - A project per production and a location per setup, each with its own patch, fixtures, groups and looks. - Everything is stored on the phone and works with no network at all. FREE TO PROGRAM Patching and programming are free. Test and learn the app without spending a dime. A subscription or a lifetime license unlocks live output and starts with a 7-day free trial; the tier sets how many universes you can output at once. Pocket Console is a phone-only app, built natively in Swift for iOS 17 and later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pocketlightingconsole.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://pocketlightingconsole.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: m at 3 against Pocket Console's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. m sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Pocket Console sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | m | Pocket Console |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lawrence Anthony Ware | ADAM MICHAEL OGDEN |
In-app purchases
m
- 365 Days Access to m-BER app3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Access m-BER app Lifetime$9.99
Pocket Console
- Pocket — Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Plus — Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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- Pocket — Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Plus — Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Pro — Annual7 Days trial$129.991 Year
- Pocket — Lifetime$199.99
- Plus — Lifetime$349.99
- Pro — Lifetime$499.99









