Comparison

Lazy Lighting vs Goblin Node

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

Head to head
About

Lazy Lighting

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a powerful projection mapping studio. Warp videos, photos, and live feeds onto any surface without a laptop. Create intricate visual shows with advanced layering, effects, and real-time control.

Highlights
  • Map any surface with custom shapes and precise corner adjustments
  • Create live visuals with built-in effects and generative shaders
  • Import videos, photos, and use live camera feeds
  • Draw and animate original visuals by hand
  • Build complete shows with scenes, timelines, and transitions
  • Export shows in up to 4K resolution
  • Control visuals with audio reactivity and MIDI
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a touch-first projection mapping and video mapping studio. Lazy Lighting lets you warp videos, photos, live camera feeds, animated drawings, and generative VJ visuals onto walls, stages, sculptures, windows, objects, and multi-surface installations—without a laptop. MAP ANY SURFACE Create squares, circles, custom text, cubes, boxes, image silhouettes, and hand-drawn outlines. Drag corners directly on screen to align each projection, bend edges around curved forms, then use masks and cutouts to control exactly where every visual appears. Map several surfaces at once. Assign different content to individual shapes, layer visuals with independent opacity and ordering, and save projects to continue later. CREATE LIVE VISUALS • Explore built-in visualizers, VJ loops, generative shaders, gradients, tunnels, neon effects, and shape-aware animations • Import videos and photos from your device • Use a live camera feed as projection content • Draw and animate original visuals by hand • Crop, fit, mask, layer, and apply real-time effects including kaleidoscope, tile, slide, rotate, zoom, blur, monochrome, invert, and color cycle • Make visuals react to audio or control parameters with MIDI • Animate controls with BPM-synced LFO and envelope modulation • Use hand and face tracking for expressive control BUILD A COMPLETE SHOW Create scenes and switch between them live, or arrange them on a timeline. Add an audio track, trim and duplicate clips, automate visual parameters, and move between looks with fade or dissolve transitions. Export the finished projection-mapped show in 720p, 1080p, or 4K with audio. Save it to Photos or send it to a compatible receiver running Lazy Lighting Link. EXPORT ONCE. PLAY WITHOUT YOUR PHONE. Once the transfer is complete, Lazy Lighting Link saves and loops the show on the receiver. Close the app and free your iPhone or iPad—the projection keeps playing without your device remaining connected. CONNECT YOUR WAY Connect by HDMI with a compatible USB-C or Lightning adapter, use AirPlay, or connect through Lazy Lighting Link. External display output keeps the controls on your device while the visual output fills the projector. Lazy Lighting is made for projection artists, VJs, DJs, musicians, performers, stage and event designers, galleries, installations, window displays, parties, home ambience, and Halloween, Christmas, or holiday projections. Create the map. Build the visuals. Perform live—or export once and let Lazy Lighting Link keep it playing. A compatible projector or display and a wired or wireless connection are required for external output. Lazy Lighting Link export requires a compatible receiver on the same network. Some features require a subscription. Terms of Use: https://lazylighting.com/ios-terms Privacy Policy: https://lazylighting.com/ios-privacy

About

Goblin Node

Create PBR textures and material maps for 3D projects on your iPad. Experiment with procedural patterns, build reusable graphs, and preview your creations on 3D models. Start with free features and unlock advanced capabilities with a one-time Pro purchase.

Highlights
  • Create seamless PBR textures and maps
  • Preview maps on 3D meshes
  • Build reusable graphs and custom nodes
  • Experiment with animated material maps
  • Combine various node types
  • Editable graph system
Features
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An idea for a texture shouldn’t have to wait until you’re back at your desk. Goblin Node is a procedural texture editor for iPad—a convenient place to experiment with patterns, build reusable graphs and create PBR material maps for your game and 3D projects. Explore weathered stone, geometric tiles, layered surfaces or something that doesn’t have a name yet. Connect nodes, adjust their controls and take the result in another direction. BUILD A MATERIAL, KEEP THE POSSIBILITIES • Create seamless textures and maps including base colour, normal, height, roughness and ambient occlusion. • Preview your maps together on 3D meshes and explore their response to lighting. • Reuse your work through graphs, custom nodes and templates. • Experiment with animated material maps and frame playback. • Combine noise, shapes, images, text and paint with 100+ nodes across Free and Pro. The graph remains editable. Change a source pattern, revisit a colour choice or reshape a branch without rebuilding every step. NEW TO NODES? START BY MAKING SOMETHING. Guided projects introduce the essentials, then lead into decorative patterns and a layered stone material. Learn inside the editor, pause when you need to, and return to your project later. START FREE. UNLOCK MORE WITH PRO. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Get advanced nodes, exports up to 4K, higher bit depths, batch output export, graph-package sharing and unlimited graphs. Bring an idea. Build a graph. Explore the variations.

Screenshots

Lazy Lighting4 screens
Goblin Node3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Lazy Lighting at 501 against Goblin Node's 3. Lazy Lighting also leads on chart position (#111 vs unranked). Goblin Node's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Lazy Lighting sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Goblin Node sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lazy Lighting against 4.7 for Goblin Node. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lazy Lighting has 501 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lazy Lighting ships an update every 11 days, Goblin Node weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Lazy Lighting versus Goblin Node: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLazy LightingGoblin Node
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (501 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings501 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#111 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAUDITY APPS LLCRainer Weston

Customer experience

Lazy Lighting

All ratings465 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive44.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative48.7%

Goblin Node

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Lazy Lighting

Subscriptions5
  • Lazy Lighting Pro$9.991 Month
  • Lazy Lighting Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Lazy Lighting Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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  • Lazy Lighting Pro$59.991 Year
  • Lazy Lighting Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lazy Lighting Pro$129.99
1 purchases

Goblin Node

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Lazy Lighting free?
Lazy Lighting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goblin Node free?
Goblin Node is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lazy Lighting or Goblin Node?
Goblin Node is rated higher. Lazy Lighting averages 4.6 out of 5 from 501 ratings, while Goblin Node averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Lazy Lighting or Goblin Node have ads?
Neither Lazy Lighting nor Goblin Node shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lazy Lighting or Goblin Node?
Lazy Lighting ships an update every 11 days, and Goblin Node weekly. Most recently, Lazy Lighting was updated on November 12, 2026 and Goblin Node on November 13, 2026.

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