Comparison

XKalpha vs HueTrek

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

Head to head
About

XKalpha

This app controls advanced automotive RGBW LED lighting systems, allowing for custom chasing effects and animations. It offers extensive color customization, music synchronization, and safety features like brake light integration.

Highlights
  • Custom chasing lighting effects
  • 16 million colors + pure white
  • Music and speed synchronization
  • Color capture via camera
  • Brake light and turn signal sync
  • 10 independent zones per controller
Features
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The XKalpha automotive RGBW lighting system is the most advanced addressable LED lighting system on the market. With its unique system, XKalpha allows you to create custom chasing lighting effects and animations that are impossible with other systems. Control Features: - Up to 10 independent zones per controller. - 16 million colors + dedicated pure white color at your finger tip. - Customize light animation with more than 25 chasing patterns, adjustable speed, brightness and more. - Sync light to music or speed with equalizer style patterns. - Capture a color with camera and paint your vehicle with it. - Customizable startup theme. - 3 configurable sensor wires. Safety Feature: - Turn the entire lighting kit into RED color when you brake. - Sync underglow with turn signal. System Features - Compatible with both native XKalpha RGBW lights and XKchrome RGB lights. - Add power injector to expand the controller limit - XKalpha controller or light system is required for using this app.

About

HueTrek

Control your Philips Hue lights with a visually striking, sci-fi inspired interface. Adjust brightness and color for individual lights or entire rooms. Ideal for creating immersive atmospheres in your home.

Highlights
  • Individual light control
  • Room lighting control
  • Brightness adjustment
  • Color adjustment
  • Sci-fi visual design
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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An engaging new take on the Philips Hue lighting controller, inspired by a new generation of visual and audio design. Control brightness and color of individual lights or rooms of lights together. A great addition to your flight deck, bridge, gaming control center to impress your friends with this sci-fi touchscreen lighting controller reminiscent of mid-century (2350's) design for Sovereign class of Federation Starships. Works on iPhones in vertical orientation. Works on iPads in vertical and horizontal orientation making a beautiful wall or coffee table controller for your sophisticated home.

Screenshots

XKalpha4 screens
HueTrek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: XKalpha at Free against HueTrek's $1.99. XKalpha also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

XKalpha is free to download; HueTrek costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for XKalpha against 5.0 for HueTrek. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
XKalpha versus HueTrek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXKalphaHueTrek
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXKGLOW LLCLouis Roehrs

Customer experience

XKalpha

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HueTrek

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

XKalpha

No in-app purchases

None

HueTrek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XKalpha free?
XKalpha is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HueTrek free?
HueTrek costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, XKalpha or HueTrek?
XKalpha and HueTrek are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do XKalpha or HueTrek have ads?
Neither XKalpha nor HueTrek shows ads.

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