Comparison

hueDynamic for Philips Hue vs Command for Philips Hue

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

Head to head
About

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

Enhance your Philips Hue lighting system with dynamic scenes, sound synchronization, and advanced control. Create custom ambiences from photos, program smart buttons, and enjoy immersive experiences for movies and parties. Features include power outage detection and compatibility with various Hue light types.

Highlights
  • Dynamic lighting scenes with sound
  • Advanced smart button programming
  • Real-time camera-to-light synchronization
  • Custom photo ambiences
  • Multiple bridge support
  • Power outage detection and recovery
  • Sound-to-light disco modes
Features
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Your lights. Your music. Your moment — hueDynamic brings your Philips Hue lights to life with AI-powered Auto DJ, immersive experiences that combine light and sound, advanced Disco, a full Party light sequencer, live DJ pads, Camera Sync and Siri Shortcuts. From a quiet night in to one more song with friends, make the whole room part of the moment. NEW: AUTO DJ — LIGHTS THAT FEEL YOUR MUSIC Press play and let hueDynamic take the decks. Auto DJ listens to your music, recognizes the genre right on your device and switches Disco to the matching light show as your playlist moves from house to rock to reggae. 19 genre presets, live detection with genre artwork and a Chill knob to soften the lights whenever you like. Try it free for 10 minutes of music. FEEL EVERY BEAT WITH ADVANCED DISCO Prefer to take the controls? Explore Peak, Spectrum and Neural modes or shape your own sound-to-light response. Tune bass, midrange and treble bands, assign lights to each, and adjust color, sensitivity, smoothing and strobe. Save your own version of any genre and your favorite setups. YOUR LIGHTS. YOUR SHOW. Create something only you could make with the Party light sequencer. Arrange color washes, chases, waves, pulses and twinkles on a visual timeline with individual light tracks, then loop your creation. Shape brightness and color with custom ADSR curves, including independent red, green and blue channels. Set the BPM, tap a tempo or detect it through your microphone, and save shows, patterns and effect presets for your next big night. PLAY THE ROOM WITH DJ PADS Put the light show at your fingertips with 16 performance pads across two banks. Tap for an accent, hold an effect or launch a loop, right on the beat. Record your performance as editable timeline clips and save pad layouts for every set. ESCAPE INTO LIGHT AND SOUND Unwind beside a glowing fireplace, lose yourself in a rainforest or fill the room with fireworks. Explore over 100 mixable ambiences and dynamic experiences with music and stereo sound effects, build playlists and browse themed Experience Packs. HALLOWEEN LIGHTING & SPOOKY SURPRISES With hueDynamic running, your Hue Motion Sensor or the MotionAware areas on a Hue Bridge Pro can trigger random light and sound effects from your selection. Perfect for haunted-house displays. MAKE YOUR HOME YOUR OWN ● Use Siri Shortcuts to start experiences, Disco or Auto DJ, adjust your lights and set the mood with your voice. ● Point your camera at the TV and Camera Sync brings on-screen colors into your room. ● Create photo ambiences from your favorite pictures and refine them with Tweaks! OmniScene lets you reuse them in different rooms. ● Control lights across multiple Hue bridges without switching between bridges. ● Give Hue Dimmer, Tap, Tap Dial, Smart Button, Lutron Aurora, Niko and RunLessWire Click more possibilities with advanced programming. ● Set multiple button actions, cycle ambiences and brightness levels, and customize motion sensor behavior. ● Use Child Lock to restrict rooms and bridge programming. ● Check Hue Motion Sensor temperatures, set timers and control compatible third-party bulbs connected to your Hue bridge. ● Back up favorites, Disco presets, Party creations and saved device-programming profiles. Ready to make your lights come alive? A Philips Hue bridge is required. Party and Neural Disco require a Hue Entertainment area with compatible lights. Free access includes limited feature previews; most dynamic effects have a 2-minute limit. Pro 2.0 unlocks Auto DJ and the new advanced features through a one-time purchase or subscription. Existing Pro owners keep their original Pro features. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Command for Philips Hue

Instantly control your Philips Hue lights with this app. Manage rooms, create scenes, and set custom effects. Features include circadian lighting, entertainment sync, and remote access for seamless home automation.

Highlights
  • Instant room and light control
  • Customizable scenes and effects
  • Circadian lighting
  • Entertainment and music sync
  • Switch and button programming
  • Remote access
  • Energy usage insights
Features
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Command is the fast, dependable way to control your lights. It opens straight to your rooms and responds instantly, and your rooms are one swipe away in Control Center and on the Lock Screen. At bedtime, Goodnight fades any room gently to off. NEW IN 1.2 • Instant: opens straight to your rooms, with lights and scenes that respond the moment you tap • All On and All Off for the whole house • Goodnight: fade any room to off over 1 to 60 minutes. It runs on your Bridge, even after you close the app • Room toggles in Control Center, on the Lock Screen and on the Action button (iOS 18 or later) • Always in sync: reconnects on its own, finds your Bridge if its address changes, shows live sensors and batteries, and tells you if a change fails • Made for iPad and iPhone Duo: more rooms at a glance, a side tab bar and a fold-aware layout • Demo mode: explore every feature before you connect a Bridge COMPLETE LIGHT CONTROL • Precise color picker with accurate XY color • Color harmony overlays: complementary, analogous, triadic, split complementary • Brightness, color temperature and on/off for every light SCENES • Create static or dynamic palette scenes and save them to your Bridge • Set per-light colors visually, then name and save • Activate scenes from room cards or the scene library EFFECTS THAT STAY ON • Candle, Fireplace and other animated effects • Effects that run on your Bridge keep glowing after you close the app ROOMS AT A GLANCE • Every room with its live light status • Quick toggle, brightness and scenes for each room • Sensor and accessory status: motion, temperature, battery CIRCADIAN LIGHTING • Color temperature that follows the day • Sunrise and sunset times based on your location • Presets for wake, focus, relax and sleep ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC SYNC • Real-time 25 Hz light streaming through the Entertainment API • Music sync with 5-band frequency analysis SWITCH & BUTTON PROGRAMMING • Assign custom actions to dimmer switches, Tap, Smart Button and other switches • Toggle rooms, start scenes or set brightness with any button press GEOFENCING • Start scenes automatically when you arrive or leave • Processed on your device, with a custom radius per location REMOTE ACCESS • Control your lights from anywhere, not just on your home network • Secure OAuth sign-in ENERGY • Estimated energy use per light and per room • Daily, weekly and monthly kWh trends MULTI-BRIDGE • Connect and manage several Bridges at once • Each Bridge keeps its own rooms and scenes ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES • Native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro • Apple Watch companion and Home Screen widgets • One Command Pro purchase works on all your Apple devices Requires Bridge v2 or Bridge Pro. Control Center, Lock Screen and Action button controls need iOS 18 or later. Light and room control, scenes, effects and circadian lighting are free. Command Pro adds remote access, multiple Bridges, automations, switch programming, energy insights and more, with a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Command is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Signify or Philips. Philips and Hue are trademarks of Signify Holding. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://huecommand.com/privacy

Screenshots

hueDynamic for Philips Hue4 screens
Command for Philips Hue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Command for Philips Hue at 5.0 against hueDynamic for Philips Hue's 4.6. Command for Philips Hue also leads on device support (6 vs 2). hueDynamic for Philips Hue's advantage is ratings volume (846 vs 1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. hueDynamic for Philips Hue sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Command for Philips Hue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Command for Philips Hue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hueDynamic for Philips Hue has 846 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of hueDynamic for Philips Hue's written reviews are positive against 50% of Command for Philips Hue's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hueDynamic for Philips Hue ships an update every 8 days, Command for Philips Hue every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
hueDynamic for Philips Hue versus Command for Philips Hue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhueDynamic for Philips HueCommand for Philips Hue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (846 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings846 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size248 MB46 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperDarrell RoseJoseph Leporati

Customer experience

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

All ratings847 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative37.1%

Command for Philips Hue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lights remain unresponsive after using app
  • Disco mode stops working during use
  • Unable to find or connect to Hue bridge
  • Continued charging despite cancellation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to control ambient sounds
  • Integration with Siri Shortcuts
  • Sync lighting with music from other apps
  • More sleep/relaxation lighting options
  • Landscape mode for camera feature

Command for Philips Hue

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annually$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • hueDynamic Pro 2.x Loyalty Upgrade$9.99
  • hueDynamic Pro Upgrade$24.99
3 purchases

Command for Philips Hue

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is hueDynamic for Philips Hue free?
hueDynamic for Philips Hue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Command for Philips Hue free?
Command for Philips Hue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, hueDynamic for Philips Hue or Command for Philips Hue?
Command for Philips Hue is rated higher. hueDynamic for Philips Hue averages 4.6 out of 5 from 846 ratings, while Command for Philips Hue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do hueDynamic for Philips Hue or Command for Philips Hue have ads?
Neither hueDynamic for Philips Hue nor Command for Philips Hue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, hueDynamic for Philips Hue or Command for Philips Hue?
hueDynamic for Philips Hue ships an update every 8 days, and Command for Philips Hue every 4 weeks. Most recently, hueDynamic for Philips Hue was updated on November 2, 2026 and Command for Philips Hue on October 31, 2026.

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