Lights vs Visual Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lights
Remotely manage your Windows, Synology, or QNAP servers. Wake-up, save energy, shut down, or reboot your computers from your mobile device. Supports connections to multiple server instances.
- Remote server management
- Wake-up computers
- Save energy
- Shutdown/reboot computers
- Supports multiple servers
- Connects to Windows, Synology, QNAP
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This application connects to Lights-Out running on a Windows machine or to Lights-Out running on a NAS from Synology or QNAP. You can remotely manage your server and your computers with this application: Wake-up, save energy, shutdown or reboot. Supports multiple servers.
Visual Home
Unify and control your smart home devices from a single dashboard. Visualize data from various sources and trigger actions on connected devices. Offers advanced features through an optional subscription.
- Unified dashboard for smart home data
- Control connected devices
- Support for Philips Hue, HomeKit, Homematic, and more
- MQTT and HTTP REST client
- JavaScript Lambda functions
- Homescreen widgets
- Favorites management
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Visual displays the data from different sources on an unified dashboard. In addition it allows controlling and triggering actions on connected devices. Directly supported are currently - Philips Hue - HomeKit - Homematic - Ezcontrol XS1 - HTML Widgets - Open Weather Map - PVOutput.org The more experienced user can also use - MQTT Client (Subscribe, Publish) - HTTP REST Client - JavaScript Lambda functions # Information on HomeKit Visual offers to visualize the values of all HomeKit accessories with readable characteristics and scalar data formats (e.g. integer, float). In addition Visual can set values to writable characteristics with scalar data formats. # Information on the In-App purchase • This App offers an auto-renewing subscription "Advanced Features" that unlock extended features: - JavaScript Lambda functions - Search and filter datapoints - Trigger scenes defined in the Philips Hue bridge - Debug logging for all endpoints - Multi column dashboard - Homescreen Widgets - Favorites • This In-App purchase is an auto-renewing subscription • The subscription duration is 1 month • For the price please check the In-App purchase details on AppStore or in the App itself • Your iTunes account will be charged for the purchase at the time of subscription purchase. • The subscription is renewed automatically, unless the automatic renewal is terminated at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Your iTunes account will be charged the same amount as the original subscription within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be disabled in your iTunes account after the original purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lights at 90% against Visual Home's 13%. Lights also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Visual Home's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Visual Home is free to download; Lights costs $3.99 up front. Visual Home sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per month. Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lights holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Lights's written reviews are positive against 13% of Visual Home's.
Lights ships an update every 6 months, Visual Home every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lights | Visual Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AxoNet Software GmbH | Andreas Binner |
Customer experience
Lights
Visual Home
In-app purchases
Lights
No in-app purchases
Visual Home
- Advanced Features$1.491 Month









