ShadowBox vs DSI Television
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShadowBox
Control your wireless LED lamps with this app. Adjust color, brightness, and create custom modes. Connect multiple lamps and manage them individually or in groups.
- Color wheel and button pad
- Custom color creation
- Brightness adjustment
- Preset color transition modes
- Custom mode creation
- Control up to 30 lamps
- Individual and group lamp control
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The ShadowBox app is designed to work in conjunction with ShadowBox LED lamps from VividLite. Connect to a ShadowHub Controller through your phones Wi-Fi and use the ShadowBox App to control the color, brightness, or many other modes of your ShadowBox wireless LED lamp. Features: Color wheel, Color button pad, custom color creation/selection, brightness adjust, preset color transitions modes (smooth/flash/strobe). Custom mode creation. Connect up to 30 ShadowBox lamps. Control and target individual lamps or group them together all using your smart device. Instruction: Power on your ShadowHub Controller (optionally, plug it into your wireless router for to network it into an existing network). Connect your phones WiFi to the ShadowHubs WiFi (ShadowHubxxxxx) or to your wireless router network if the ShadowHub is connected directly to that. Once connected, start the Shadowbox App, and you're ready to go! For more information, please refer to your ShadowBox manual or visit www.VividLite.com.
DSI Television
Transform your device into a complete television experience. Access live channels and recorded content with intuitive navigation and advanced search. Enjoy features like interactive program guides and catch-up TV for selected programs.
- Full-featured TV experience
- Watch current channels
- View recordings
- Interactive program guide
- Advanced content search
- Catch Up TV
- Record series and programs
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Turn your device into a full featured TV. Watch current channels and recordings. This app is intended for people that are already subscribers to DSI Television-Gen2. MAIN FEATURES -- Navigation with simple and efficient gestures. -- Fully interactive program guide -- Advanced content search -- Watch currently streaming programming -- Catch Up TV on selected programs -- Record and watch series and individual programs. REQUIREMENTS - This is a free app for DSI Television-Gen2 subscribers only. - Wi-Fi only video viewing. - Universal App (iPhone and iPad). Requires IOS 15.6 +
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DSI Television at 5.0 against ShadowBox's 4.0. ShadowBox's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DSI Television holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ShadowBox ships an update every 2 months, DSI Television every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadowBox | DSI Television |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | VividLite | DSI Management Holdings, LLC |
In-app purchases
ShadowBox
No in-app purchases
DSI Television
No in-app purchases
