Comparison

Mi vs HUE Sync

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

Head to head
About

Mi

Control your Mi-Light 2.4GHz series smart lighting with a refreshed, user-friendly interface. This app offers enhanced operation for your compatible smart bulbs and fixtures.

Highlights
  • New UI design
  • Easy operation
  • Compatible with Mi-Light 2.4GHz series
  • Supports new WiFi IBox1
Features
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Mi-Light 3.0 APP, new UI; more beautiful and easy operation. Compatible with all Mi-Light 2.4GHz series. This new app cannot work on Mi.light2.0 wifi box.It's compatible with new WiFi IBox1.

About

HUE Sync

Control your smart lights to improve health and mood by adapting to your schedule. This app helps manage various smart lighting brands, offering a unified experience for ambiance, energy savings, and convenience.

Highlights
  • Adaptive lighting for health and mood
  • Control multiple smart lighting brands
  • Group lights into zones
  • Set custom schedules
  • Match colors across brands
  • Energy saving features
Features
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Lighting shapes our health and mood, yet artificial light can disrupt natural rhythms. Bring balance to your life with lighting that adapts to your schedule, enjoy a balanced, healthier life, and support your natural rhythms. with "HUE Sync: Easy LED Control Pal" you can: 1. Discover how lighting color powerfully impacts both physical and mental health and how to shape the atmosphere across four dimensions: coziness, liveliness, detachment, and tenseness. Warm tones like yellow and red evoke happiness and love, while green and blue foster calm. Bright environments help reduce fatigue, sustain focus, and stimulate creativity. Natural, warm tones relieve stress, uplift mood, and boost productivity. For restful sleep, low-intensity yellow light is ideal. 2. Save time and money: Smart lighting is the ideal starting point for your smart home journey. Like most users, many initially chose to begin with affordable, budget-friendly brands such as Feit Electric, GE Cync, Sengled, and Wyze. As their needs grew, they upgraded to premium brands like Philips Hue, LIFX, Nanoleaf, and Sylvania Smart+. However, they face significant challenges in managing their lighting systems. Users often struggle to switch between different apps to control their lights, unable to group them into zones, assign lights to specific areas, set schedules for these lights based on their routines, or simply just want to match colors across brands. Smart lighting not only enhances the ambiance of your home but also offers energy savings and convenience. Don't let the complexity of managing multiple systems hold you back. Explore a solution that simplifies your lighting experience and brings your smart home vision to life. We offer several premium access plans tailored to your needs, starting from affordable, auto-renewing memberships to a one-time payment for lifetime access. - Premium users enjoy unlimited use and access to all of our premium features, completely ad-free. - Non-premium users can access premium features a limited number of times each day. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, detailing the cost of renewal. - Users can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by navigating to their Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if applicable, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. Contact us: support@fiisionstudio.com Privacy Policy: https://fiisionstudio.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://fiisionstudio.com/terms-and-conditions/

Screenshots

Mi4 screens
HUE Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HUE Sync at 4.3 against Mi's 2.4. HUE Sync also leads on ratings volume (529 vs 27). Mi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. HUE Sync sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Mi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HUE Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HUE Sync has 529 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Mi's written reviews are positive against 4% of HUE Sync's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mi ships an update every 6 weeks, HUE Sync every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mi versus HUE Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiHUE Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (27 ratings)4.3 (529 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.8% of reviews — better4.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27529 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB93 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShenzhen Xincaiyi Technology Co., Ltd.Fiision Studio Company Limited

Customer experience

Mi

All ratings27 ratings
Positive25.9%
Neutral22.2%
Negative51.9%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive22.8%
Neutral33.7%
Negative43.5%

HUE Sync

All ratings524 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive4.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mi

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

HUE Sync

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Premium3 variants$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium$7.991 Month
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  • Yearly Premium$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
  • Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Mi free?
Mi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HUE Sync free?
HUE Sync is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mi or HUE Sync?
HUE Sync is rated higher. Mi averages 2.4 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while HUE Sync averages 4.3 from 529 ratings.
Do Mi or HUE Sync have ads?
HUE Sync shows ads; Mi does not.
Which is updated more often, Mi or HUE Sync?
Mi ships an update every 6 weeks, and HUE Sync every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mi was updated on November 6, 2026 and HUE Sync on November 7, 2026.

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