Comparison

Smart Hue Remote vs LED

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

Head to head
About

Smart Hue Remote

Control your Philips Hue lights with dynamic and animated colors. Choose from over 50 pre-set lighting scenes or create your own. Requires a Philips Hue bridge and lights, and your phone and bridge must be on the same network.

Highlights
  • Dynamic and animated colors
  • Over 50 lighting scenes
  • Scene categories: Fruits, Lamps, Sky, Baby Night Lights, Northern Lights, Fire, Club, Paris, New York
  • Philips Hue bridge and lights integration
  • iOS 9.0+ compatibility
Features
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Make your room look AMAZING!! Smart Hue Remote lets you easily control Lights with dynamic and animated colors. [Scenes] There're more than 50 amazing lighting scenes. Fruits / Lamps / Sky / Baby Night Lights / Northern Lights / Fire Club / Paris / New York (Coming Soon) / Las Vegas (Coming Soon) Seoul (Coming Soon) / Tokyo (Coming Soon) * You should have Philips HUE bridge and lights to use this application. * Make sure your phone and Hue bridge are connected to the same network. * Smart Hue Remote works with all iOS running version 9.0 software or later Disclaimer: *Smart Hue Remote application is not an official product of Philips.

About

LED

Easily connect to and control your LED lights via Bluetooth. Customize brightness, intensity, and choose from a wide spectrum of colors. Explore automatic light effects and enjoy real-time synchronization for an enhanced lighting experience.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth LED light control
  • Adjustable brightness and intensity
  • Wide color selection
  • Automatic light effects
  • Real-time synchronization
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Connect in few steps and control LED light. Adjust the light effects, color, a wide of colors is available. Features: • Philips Hue multi-bridges support. • Real-time lights synchronization. • Control the brightness and intensity of the light. • Control the colors or select the colors of your choice. • Automatic Light effects. • Wide range of colors. • User friendly interface. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/light-controller-policy/ Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/light-controller-terms/

Screenshots

Smart Hue Remote4 screens
LED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LED at 43% against Smart Hue Remote's 0%. LED also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Smart Hue Remote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price 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. Smart Hue Remote sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. LED asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LED holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LED has 149 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Smart Hue Remote's written reviews are positive against 43% of LED's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Smart Hue Remote versus LED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Hue RemoteLED
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)4.4 (149 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4149 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTINAC Inc.Free AI Utility Apps LLC

Customer experience

Smart Hue Remote

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

LED

All ratings149 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Smart Hue Remote

One-time6
  • Unlimit Light Selection$0.99
  • Northern Lights Scene$0.99
  • Fire Scene$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Club Scene$0.99
  • Weather Scene$0.99
  • Paris Scene$1.99
None

LED

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Hue Remote free?
Smart Hue Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LED free?
LED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Hue Remote or LED?
LED is rated higher. Smart Hue Remote averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while LED averages 4.4 from 149 ratings.
Do Smart Hue Remote or LED have ads?
LED shows ads; Smart Hue Remote does not.

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