Comparison

Lights vs unConnect

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

Head to head

Lights

Control servers easily.

$3.99

🔧 Utilities

★ 4.52 ratingsView app →

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

unConnect

Features

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Unofficial App to connect your selfhosted unRaid Server. Open source project.

Screenshots

Lights4 screens

unConnect3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: unConnect at Free against Lights's $3.99. unConnect also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

unConnect is free to download; Lights costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lights ships an update every 6 months, unConnect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

Lights versus unConnect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Lights	unConnect
Price	$3.99	Free — better
Rating	4.5 (2 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	90.0% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	2 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 6 months	Fortnightly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Paid	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	14.2	13.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	61 MB	22 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	AxoNet Software GmbH	True Digital Limited

In-app purchases

None

Lights

No in-app purchases

None

unConnect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lights free?

Lights costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.

Is unConnect free?

unConnect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Lights or unConnect have ads?

Neither Lights nor unConnect shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Lights or unConnect?

Lights ships an update every 6 months, and unConnect fortnightly. Most recently, Lights was updated on November 1, 2026 and unConnect on October 30, 2026.