Comparison

Hue Disco vs Monster Zone control

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

Head to head
About

Hue Disco

Transform your home or business into a dynamic light show. This app syncs Philips Hue lights with music, creating custom color themes and moods. Features include audio reactivity, strobes, and background operation.

Highlights
  • Music-reactive light shows
  • Customizable color themes
  • Multiple strobe effects
  • Mood lighting with timed transitions
  • Background audio support
  • Microphone sensitivity control
Features
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Often imitated, never surpassed: Hue Disco ! An amazing controller for your Philips Hue connected house or business. Turn your ordinary livingroom into a dancefloor. Use your Hue Connected restaurant as a party location without the need for an expensive lightplan. ***Hue Disco requires a Philips Hue Bridge*** Hue Disco does it all with your Philips Hue setup. The Mood function changes your Hue Lights within a themed colorset at your chosen time interval over and over again. Perfect for warming up your party or any other occasion. Just perfect. Hue Disco is the best in recognizing your favorite music through the microphone. Even at low volume levels changes are accurately detected and transformed into a lightshow. It's the only Hue App with a real fast Stroboscope! (Strobe) Checkout the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjXzdmjPMhU&feature=youtu.be Some detailed features: ****Audio options**** - Microphone sensitivity sliders let you control how often music is turned into light (change) and control silence detection. (dB) - Brightness control sliders manage the maximum and minimum brightness of your disco setup - Indicators to show when your thresholds are being 'hit' by the music. - LED indicator for TEMPO tap button indicating current BPM. -> Auto Disco (strobe, transition style) ****Color Control and Custom Color Themes**** - User configurable color themes. - Color control slider helps you set the saturation of bulbs. - Color range control - Transform any image from your library or Camera in a color theme. ****Strobe**** - New Color Strobe. - Rainbow Strobe. - Classic White Strobe - Custom Color Strobe - Strobe your own Custom Color theme -> Smooth, Snap or Mix Transition. For selecting soft or crazy wild fast transition. Warning for the epileptic! - Mood Tab. Control any mood with these new great features: -> Select transition/cycle time between selected lights from 1 second to 10 minutes! -> Choose a theme or select a color range -> Create your own color theme -> Choose to change all bulbs to the same color -> Or never change to the same color -> Or sometimes -> Or Frequent -> Shake for random setting within current theme (option) -> Overall Mood Brightness Control -> Overall Mood Color Intensity Control -> Sleeptimer for Mood mode Hue Disco listens to an external sound source. It supports running in the background! - It’s possible to use hue disco while playing audio with any other app through: - Bluetooth - Airplay - the internal speaker - a connected dock with audio features - a device connected through the headphone jack Warning: Hue Disco requires a Philips Hue Bridge with at least one controlled bulb. Don't buy this App if you do not know what Philips Hue is. See http://www.meethue.com for more information.

About

Monster Zone control

Manage your Monster outdoor and PA speakers from your smart device. Adjust volume, lighting, and EQ settings, switch audio sources, and sync multiple speakers for an enhanced listening experience. Tune into radio stations and save your favorites.

Highlights
  • Control volume, LED lights, and equalizer
  • Switch input sources
  • Sync EZ-Play and TWS speakers
  • Surf and save radio stations
  • Compatible with MNGI30, MNRRX, and X6 speakers
Features
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Control your Monster Outdoor Speakers with the all-in-one Monster Zone Control mobile app. Adjust settings, switch input sources, sync EZ-Play and TWS speakers, and change things up on the fly, all from your compatible smart device. Monster Rockin App Features + Compatible with MNGI30 and MNRRX speaker + Connect two speakers with Monster TWS + Control volume, LED lights, input sources, and equalizer settings, including the Bass boost + Surf radio frequencies and save your favorite stations Monster all-in-one PA speaker App Features + Compatible with X6 PA speaker + Connect two X6 with Monster TWS + Control volume, LED lights, input sources, equalizer settings + Surf radio frequencies and save your favorite stations

Screenshots

Hue Disco4 screens
Monster Zone control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Monster Zone control at Free against Hue Disco's $4.99. Hue Disco's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (43% vs 21%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Monster Zone control is free to download; Hue Disco costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hue Disco holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Hue Disco's written reviews are positive against 21% of Monster Zone control's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hue Disco ships an update every 2 weeks, Monster Zone control every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hue Disco versus Monster Zone control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHue DiscoMonster Zone control
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (91 ratings) — better2.5 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews — better21.1% of reviews
Number of ratings91 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#51 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiMakeStuff丽丽 巴

Customer experience

Hue Disco

All ratings91 ratings
Positive37.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative53.8%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral11.2%
Negative45.5%

Monster Zone control

All ratings20 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative68.4%

User reviews

Hue Disco

From 91 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Great for parties
  • 👍 Customizable lighting effects
  • 🚀 Works well with Hue lights
  • 💡 Demonstrates potential of Hue lights

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer Hue bridges
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Drains device battery
  • 👎 Unreliable performance

Monster Zone control

From 33 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 App works for some users
  • 💡 Can sync multiple speakers for some
  • 💡 Controls lights and radio stations
  • 💡 Shows battery life percentage
  • 💡 Allows fine control of colors and volume

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App doesn't work for many
  • 🐛 Takes forever to load/find speaker
  • 🐛 Disconnects often, times out quickly
  • 🐛 Minimal functionality, clunky
  • 🐛 Volume buttons are MAX or OFF

Bugs and requests

Hue Disco

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Resets Hue light names and room settings
  • Fails to connect to Hue bridge
  • Lights get stuck on certain colors
  • Incompatible with latest iOS and Hue hardware

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to control music and lighting from same device
  • Support for more smart bulb brands
  • Improved synchronization with music
  • Option to select specific light colors

Monster Zone control

Reported bugs

52 issues
  • Takes forever to load and find speaker
  • Disconnects often, times out quickly
  • Volume buttons are either MAX or OFF
  • App is unusable
  • App doesn't work for EQ, lighting, and volume
Show 47 more
  • Preset buttons stopped working
  • App is totally useless
  • App doesn't work
  • App refuses to recognize speaker
  • Unable to pair speakers
  • Unable to select speaker buttons
  • Can't connect to app
  • Doesn't seem to know speaker is there
  • Features do not work as advertised
  • Won't connect
  • Volume slider is terrible
  • App is unresponsive as of iOS 17.4 update
  • App won't work when selecting modes
  • App needs to be updated
  • App is less than basic, insult to users
  • App serves no purpose
  • No compatibility with RR270 other than volume/lights
  • User interface is poor, not intuitive
  • Speaker is slow to set FM presets
  • App will not work, syncs speakers and disconnects randomly
  • Outdated and dysfunctional, boxes won't click
  • Alarm feature is finicky and constantly resets
  • Sliders for volume don't change as you slide
  • Radio preset setting doesn't seem intuitive
  • App used to work with Glo 2, now says 'no monster products found'
  • App and speakers are a joke
  • Won't play Amazon music through app
  • App stopped working, won't connect
  • Can't adjust volume via phone buttons when on Bluetooth
  • App is a dissatisfaction in most applications
  • Alarms not saved, wake up volume too loud
  • Unit is not recognized sometimes
  • Tower of Music 1 & 2 not listed
  • App randomly quits or can't find speaker
  • App will not stay connected
  • App stopped working, uninstalled/reinstalled, no response to help email
  • App connects to iPad but won't play sound
  • App connected fine but cannot play music from phone via Bluetooth
  • App won't open, keeps closing on iPad
  • App does not support Rockin Roller 2
  • Overly complicated, buggy, non-intuitive
  • Alarm option is terrible, alarms don't go off if app is closed
  • No option for Tower speaker
  • Big restriction for iOS 11 and above with Monster Glo 2
  • App stopped working, won't connect
  • Tower of Music isn't compatible with app
  • App is kind of accessible with voice over but needs work

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add microphone controls
  • Add volume controls similar to bass/treble
  • Add multi-speaker pairing
  • Add updates for the app
  • Improve EQ, lighting, and volume controls
Show 6 more
  • Make preset buttons work consistently
  • Add more preset color combos for lights
  • Disable standby mode or change time
  • Include Monster Roam Radio in the app
  • Add standby switch to radio display
  • Add option to disable weather tone for blind users

In-app purchases

None

Hue Disco

No in-app purchases

None

Monster Zone control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hue Disco free?
Hue Disco costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monster Zone control free?
Monster Zone control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hue Disco or Monster Zone control?
Hue Disco is rated higher. Hue Disco averages 2.7 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while Monster Zone control averages 2.5 from 33 ratings.
Do Hue Disco or Monster Zone control have ads?
Neither Hue Disco nor Monster Zone control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hue Disco or Monster Zone control?
Hue Disco ships an update every 2 weeks, and Monster Zone control every 4 months. Most recently, Hue Disco was updated on October 24, 2026 and Monster Zone control on October 24, 2026.

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