Comparison

Lights vs Visual Home

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote server management
  • Wake-up computers
  • Save energy
  • Shutdown/reboot computers
  • Supports multiple servers
  • Connects to Windows, Synology, QNAP
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Lights4 screens
Visual Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lights versus Visual Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightsVisual Home
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.2 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAxoNet Software GmbHAndreas Binner

Customer experience

Lights

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Visual Home

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

In-app purchases

None

Lights

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Home

Subscriptions1
  • Advanced Features$1.491 Month

Questions

Is Lights free?
Lights costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Home free?
Visual Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lights or Visual Home?
Lights is rated higher. Lights averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Visual Home averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lights or Visual Home have ads?
Neither Lights nor Visual Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lights or Visual Home?
Lights ships an update every 6 months, and Visual Home every 4 months. Most recently, Lights was updated on October 8, 2026 and Visual Home on October 24, 2026.

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