Hue Widgets vs Curatio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hue Widgets
Control your smart lights directly from your Home Screen with custom widgets. Quickly access favorite scenes, turn lights on/off by room or home, and manage all your lighting with ease. Offers a free trial with limited rooms, with an option to unlock unlimited access via a one-time purchase.
- Home Screen widgets
- Quick access to Hue scenes
- Turn lights on/off by room
- Control entire home lighting
- Configurable widgets
- VoiceOver accessibility
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Control your lights from your Home Screen. With Hue Widgets, you can add widgets to your Home Screen that give you super quick access to your favorite Hue scenes. You can add actions to turn on or off all lights in a room or in your entire home. Controlling your Hue lights has never been easier! Widgets can be configured with ease from within the app. You can add as many widgets to your Home Screen as you like. Hue Widgets is free to try. You can create widgets for a single room or group, giving you a taste of the full Hue Widgets experience without any cost. Unlock the full, unlimited version with a one-time in-app purchase to access all rooms and groups. From the beginning this app was developed with accessibility in mind. All features can be accessed using VoiceOver. Hue Widgets works on your local network. A Hue Bridge (v2) is required to connect with your lights.
Curatio
This app intelligently filters your SMS messages using AI, categorizing them into transactional, promotional, or spam. It can optionally deliver only two-factor authentication codes and send promotional messages directly to a junk folder.
- AI-powered message categorization
- Filter transactional messages
- Filter promotional messages
- Filter spam messages
- Optional 2FA code delivery
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Filter your SMS messages using the latest innovations on AI: - Get only two-factor authentication codes (optional) - Send all promotional messages to Junk (optional) - Curatio categorize every new SMS message without any previous instructions. - Curatio filter every SMS message you receive as Transactional, Promotional or Spam. - Transactional messages are categorized by Carrier, Orders, Health & Public Services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Curatio at 100% against Hue Widgets's 44%. Curatio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Hue Widgets's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). On ads, 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
Hue Widgets is free to download; Curatio costs $9.99 up front. Hue Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Curatio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Curatio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hue Widgets has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Hue Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Curatio's.
Hue Widgets ships an update every 3 months, Curatio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hue Widgets | Curatio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pim Nijman | Andres J Ochoa S |
Customer experience
Hue Widgets
Curatio
In-app purchases
Hue Widgets
- Full Version$1.99
Curatio
No in-app purchases
