Comparison

Hue Disco vs DJI Virtual Flight

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

DJI Virtual Flight

Practice FPV drone flying techniques from home with this simulator. Learn freestyle tricks and navigate realistic environments using your goggles and controller. Designed for aspiring FPV pilots to hone their skills safely and conveniently.

Highlights
  • FPV flying practice
  • Realistic flight controls
  • FPV freestyle trick learning
  • Designed flight tutorials
  • Multiple lifelike locations
  • Goggle immersion
Features
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Take off and feel the blood pumping through your veins. Introducing DJI Virtual Flight, a mobile app designed by the DJI flight simulator team for practising FPV flying techniques. With DJI Virtual Flight, you can double the fun by learning through practice. Put on the goggles, grab your remote controller, and launch DJI Virtual Flight to learn flashy FPV freestyle tricks. Experience flying in the comfort of your own home. Product Highlights - Put on the goggles and immerse yourself in DJI Virtual Flight - Try out the realistic feel of the flight controls - Become an expert FPV drone pilot through well-designed tutorials - Practice flying along carefully designed flight tracks - Multiple lifelike locations with vivid details Compatible DJI Devices: DJI FPV Goggles V2, DJI FPV Remote Controller 2, DJI FPV Motion Controller Recommended Systems: iOS 12.0 or later versions Recommanded Devices: iPhone: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone SE 2, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max iPad: iPad 7th Generation, iPad 8th Generation, iPad Air 3, iPad Air 4, iPad pro 2ed, iPad pro 3rd, iPad pro 4th, iPad pro 1st 10.5'', iPad pro 1st 11'', iPad Pro 2ed 11''

Screenshots

Hue Disco4 screens
DJI Virtual Flight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DJI Virtual Flight at Free against Hue Disco's $4.99. DJI Virtual Flight also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 91). Hue Disco's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DJI Virtual Flight 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

DJI Virtual Flight holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJI Virtual Flight has 1.8K ratings behind it against 91, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Hue Disco's written reviews are positive against 34% of DJI Virtual Flight's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hue Disco ships an update every 2 weeks, DJI Virtual Flight every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hue Disco versus DJI Virtual Flight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHue DiscoDJI Virtual Flight
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (91 ratings)3.9 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews — better33.8% of reviews
Number of ratings911.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#165 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB3.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiMakeStuffDJI

Customer experience

Hue Disco

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

DJI Virtual Flight

All ratings1,743 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative24.2%
Written reviews1,221 reviews
Positive33.8%
Neutral12.0%
Negative54.2%

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

DJI Virtual Flight

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great flight simulator
  • 🚀 Excellent for practicing manual mode
  • 💡 Helpful for learning FPV before flying real drone
  • 🚀 Useful for building muscle memory

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer DJI hardware (Goggles 2, Motion Controller 2)
  • 🐛 Glitchy and unstable performance, especially after iOS updates
  • 🐛 Laggy and pixelated video feed in goggles
  • 🐛 Inability to change control stick modes
  • 🐛 Unrealistic flight dynamics compared to real drone

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

DJI Virtual Flight

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Progression system issues (unable to unlock new levels)
  • Controller input not registering properly
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more drone models and maps
  • Implement customizable control settings
  • Add PID tuning and track building features
  • Support for using controller without goggles

In-app purchases

None

Hue Disco

No in-app purchases

None

DJI Virtual Flight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hue Disco free?
Hue Disco costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DJI Virtual Flight free?
DJI Virtual Flight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hue Disco or DJI Virtual Flight?
DJI Virtual Flight is rated higher. Hue Disco averages 2.7 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while DJI Virtual Flight averages 3.9 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Hue Disco or DJI Virtual Flight have ads?
Neither Hue Disco nor DJI Virtual Flight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hue Disco or DJI Virtual Flight?
Hue Disco ships an update every 2 weeks, and DJI Virtual Flight every 2 months. Most recently, Hue Disco was updated on October 26, 2026 and DJI Virtual Flight on October 26, 2026.

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