Comparison

nLights 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

nLights

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Use this app with the nLights software from GitHub to control your Raspberry Pi Led Strip lights. To download the software for the Raspberry Pi, please visit: https://github.com/snul/nlights

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

nLights3 screens
HUE Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nLights at none against HUE Sync's 10. nLights also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nLights ships an update monthly, HUE Sync every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
nLights versus HUE Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternLightsHUE Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (530 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—4.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—530 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.314.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB93 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLukas LinsFiision Studio Company Limited

In-app purchases

None

nLights

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 nLights free?
nLights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HUE Sync free?
HUE Sync is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do nLights or HUE Sync have ads?
HUE Sync shows ads; nLights does not.
Which is updated more often, nLights or HUE Sync?
nLights ships an update monthly, and HUE Sync every 5 weeks. Most recently, nLights was updated on November 2, 2026 and HUE Sync on November 3, 2026.

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