Hue Essentials vs Plant with Willow

Imagine unlimited possibilities in your smart home. Set scenes and fast effects to your mood. Experience Dance Sensation in your entertainment area with Philips Hue Entertainment. Feel more in control with schedules and automation from sunrise to sunset. Control multiple bridges simultaneously without switching between them. Supported devices • Philips Hue bridge • Philips Hue Bluetooth lights • deCONZ (ConBee) • diyHue • LIFX Scenes & effects Create the perfect ambiance from your photos or the included photo library. Experience special animations like lava, fireplace, fireworks, or lightning. Wake up at sunrise and go to sleep at sunset with fading lights. Get into the party on the beats of your music. Sync your lights for a night of disco with strobe effects (updates 25 times/sec). Quick access Create rooms and groups to organize your lights. You can even put a light in several groups. Smart lights & controls The unique ‘Touchlink’ search allows you to find new (3rd party, Zigbee) lights. Use included wizards for easy setup of your devices. You can set scenes, actions, or even multiple scenes on a button to make your switch a real investment. Experience the right ambiance during different times of your day with your motion sensor. All of your creations are stored on the bridge. Easy for you and your family. Advanced Automation allows you to have greater control of your smart home. Turn on your lights when the door opens. Adjust your ventilation when the humidity gets too high. Open or close blinds and curtains based on temperature or sunshine. Make it look like you are at home using 'Away from Home' (out of home control). Communicate directly with your Hue bridge using the API debugger. View technical details of your Hue bridge and update its resources like lights and sensors. You want it all? Fast performance with ad-free experience. Purchase the premium version to unlock full content.

Willow is here to help those without a green thumb, the serial-plant-killers, and the play-it safe cacti owners. We’re here to remove the guesswork and make plant care easy. Features: PERSONALISED CARE ACTIONS Willow gives you a simple, structured way to look after your plants, helping you understand how they’re doing, what they need, and what to do next. Regular Plant Check-ins help you spot changes and provide practical guidance based on what you observe. Willow will remind you when it’s time to check again. Our Watering Cycle guides you through checking soil moisture, deciding when to water and evaluating how well you’ve watered. Light Assessments help you understand whether your plants are getting enough or too much light in their current location. Tailored care tasks and reminders help you stay on top of each plant’s needs. Please note, we’re introducing this to new users first. Already using Willow? Your current plant care experience will stay the same for now. We’re working on a guided introduction to the new features and will release in a future update. PLANT IDENTIFICATION Plants can look alike and even share the same name. Simply take a photo and our smart engine will automatically identify your plant! PLANT CARE GUIDES Our plant library includes easy to digest care instructions for hundreds of houseplants and is growing all the time. You can discover new plants and identify which plants are best suited to your conditions. You can even request plants be added to our database. COLLECT URBAN JUNGLES Create personal profiles for your plants and organise them in a virtual urban jungle. Perfect if you have many to look after! Here you can add notes, photos, and track and record events to journal each plant’s journey. FERTILISER SCHEDULE A schedule is auto-populated for any plants added to your collection so you know when and how to best fertilise your plants all year-round. Choose between liquid or slow release fertiliser. BLOGS & TUTORIALS Enjoy the latest from our blog and fun tutorials that show you how to take better care of your plants, grow new plants and even propagate some of your faves! WILLOW SENSORS Our beautifully crafted plant sensors continuously monitor your plant’s soil moisture, ambient light, temperature and humidity and will alert you when an action is required to keep your plant happy. And of course a plant score to truly let you know how your plant is feeling. WILLOW GROW is an optional paid experience packed with features a-planty to level up your plant care: PLANT DATA Unbarred access to your Willow sensor. Take a deep dive and explore your data (light, soil moisture, temperature and humidity) and plant score over the past 30 days including daily analysis and comparisons to other Willow users. PLANT DOCTOR Consult our team of horticulturists for expert advice. Chat anything from general plant advice, treatment advice related to pests and diseases, propagation, plant pairings or plants just right for you etc. DISEASE ID Take a photo and our smart engine will identify what is ailing your plant. The symptoms, prevention and treatment advice can be saved to your plant. PLANT MATCHER Get matched with plants that suit you best in our quiz and/or have Best For You analyse your sensor data to recommend the plants best for your space Download Willow and get started today. JOIN THE WILLOW COMMUNITY https://www.facebook.com/plantwithwillowau https://www.instagram.com/plantwithwillowau/ https://www.tiktok.com/@plantwithwillowau REACH OUT Burning questions that need answers? Reach out, hello@plantwithwillow.com.au OUR TERMS https://plantwithwillow.com.au/policies/terms-of-service https://plantwithwillow.com.au/policies/privacy-policy