Comparison

Photometrics vs Lighticians Apollo Control

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

Head to head
About

Photometrics

Access photometric data for ARRI light fixtures, including discontinued models and electronics ballasts. Features include illuminance, beam angle, luminous distribution graphs, and light properties. Tools for comparison, DMX calculations, and product catalogs are also available.

Highlights
  • Photometric data (illuminance, beam angle)
  • Luminous distribution graphs
  • Light properties (CRI, TM30, TLCI)
  • Metric and Imperial units
  • Camera exposure information
  • Project creation and preset saving
  • Lamphead comparison tool
Features
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The ARRI Photometric App gives you the ability to quickly reference the photometric characteristics of all of the ARRI light fixtures. It includes data for discontinued lampheads and our portfolio of Electronics Ballasts (EB). In the Tool section you find more useful resources. Data - Photometrics incl illuminance and beam angle and diameter - Luminous Distribution Graph - Light Properties like technical specification and color metrics (CRI, TM30, TLCI) - Metric and Imperial Units - Camera Exposure and Aperture Information - Create projects and save preset fixtures - Bulb Selection Tools - Compare Lampheads - DMX Implementation Tables - DMX Conversion Calculator - CCL Calculator - Product Catalogue

About

Lighticians Apollo Control

This app offers advanced wireless control for LED lighting fixtures, allowing users to precisely mix colors and manage settings. It's designed for both professional lighting technicians and beginners, enabling easy creation of sophisticated lighting setups.

Highlights
  • Wireless LED light control
  • Precise color mixing
  • Save and share projects
  • Unified control interface
  • Fixture patching and library
  • sACN E1.31 connectivity
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Lighticians Apollo Control — the next generation lighting control app designed for experienced lighting professionals and newcomers alike. Effortlessly control cutting edge LED lights and mix color wirelessly. Gaffers, cinematographers, lighting professionals, and lighting enthusiasts want precise control over every aspect of their fixtures. Lighticians Apollo Control is the next generation wireless lighting app designed both for experienced lighting professionals as well as newcomers to the field. This app introduces a powerful yet easy new way to mix color when driving the most cutting edge LED lights. Lighticians Apollo Control enables you to directly control your lights using sACN E1.31 over WiFi, save your favorite settings, and share projects with colleagues using AirDrop or Email. Even without any experience using a conventional lighting console, you will be able to enjoy creating beautiful lighting setups with Lighticians Apollo Control. UNIFIED LIGHTING CONTROL INTERFACE • Expressive hue/saturation wheel controls enable mixing from the perfect pastel all the way to super saturated deep colors • Precision white light controls with green/magenta slider and accurate CTO/CTB direct adjustments • Popover controls for quick and interactive tweaking • Save your favorite colors as swatches for future use • Manufacturer-specific and direct parameter controls available COLOR SCIENCE • Robust and accurate color mixing algorithm that always derives the best quality of light possible • Carefully tuned white light algorithms to enhance white light quality • Virtualization of color parameters available within the color wheel interface including color temperature, green/magenta tint, hue, saturation, and intensity making these parameters available to all light-modes that have color capabilities DIRECT LIGHTING CONTROL “SCRATCHPAD" • Dashboard view of lights and their state • Drag and drop collections to organize and quickly access multiple lights at once PROJECTS • Organize all patching, lighting metadata, and network connectivity in one place • Share projects using standard iOS techniques including AirDrop and email — ideal for rigging gaffer handoffs • Projects can be built prior to being connected to a network to prepare for installations and rigging PATCHING • Add lights to your project using a calendar style interface • Each patched light can be identified with a unique number, descriptive text, and an optional color code and shape icon • includes a curated fixtures library which supports all common motion picture lighting parameters • Fixture profiles editor allows you to build custom profiles for various modes of control • Patch editor enabling changes to the patch once created PROTOCOLS & NETWORKING • One universe of sACN E1.31 connectivity • ArtNet and additional universes coming soon COMPATIBILITY • WiFi connection to local network to control lights that receive sACN E1.31 streams directly from ethernet • sACN E1.31 compatible bridge hardware is required to connect Lighticians Lighting Control to lights over DMX interfaces • although hardware is required to interact with lights, the app can be used without a connection at any time for rigging, project prep, and brainstorming Many more features coming soon including looks, timeline sequences, effects, multiple DMX universes, ArtNet, RDM, and more…

Screenshots

Photometrics4 screens
Lighticians Apollo Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Photometrics at 67% against Lighticians Apollo Control's 0%. Lighticians Apollo Control's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lighticians Apollo Control holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Photometrics's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lighticians Apollo Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photometrics ships an update every 5 months, Lighticians Apollo Control every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Photometrics versus Lighticians Apollo Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotometricsLighticians Apollo Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings711 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARRI GroupLighticians Inc

Customer experience

Photometrics

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Lighticians Apollo Control

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Photometrics

No in-app purchases

None

Lighticians Apollo Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photometrics free?
Photometrics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lighticians Apollo Control free?
Lighticians Apollo Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Photometrics or Lighticians Apollo Control?
Lighticians Apollo Control is rated higher. Photometrics averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Lighticians Apollo Control averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Photometrics or Lighticians Apollo Control have ads?
Neither Photometrics nor Lighticians Apollo Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photometrics or Lighticians Apollo Control?
Photometrics ships an update every 5 months, and Lighticians Apollo Control every 5 weeks. Most recently, Photometrics was updated on October 6, 2026 and Lighticians Apollo Control on September 10, 2026.

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