XKalpha vs HueTrek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Individual light control
- Room lighting control
- Brightness adjustment
- Color adjustment
- Sci-fi visual design
- iPhone and iPad support
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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.
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Verdict
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
XKalpha is free to download; HueTrek costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | XKalpha | HueTrek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XKGLOW LLC | Louis Roehrs |
Customer experience
XKalpha
HueTrek
In-app purchases
XKalpha
No in-app purchases
HueTrek
No in-app purchases









