Comparison

iConnectHue for Philips Hue vs Prod.Timer

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

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About

iConnectHue for Philips Hue

Enhance your Philips Hue lighting system with advanced control over scenes, timers, and animations. Run features directly on your Hue Bridge for efficient operation. Offers extensive customization for ambiance, parties, and daily routines.

Highlights
  • Intelligent and instant timers
  • Customizable home widgets
  • Scene sharing and family geofencing
  • Bridge-based operation for efficiency
  • Magic Scenes and gradients
  • Enhanced switch and sensor functionality
  • Remote access and device management
Features
Currently charting
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The Swiss Army knife for Philips Hue: iConnectHue turns your lights into whatever the moment needs, whether party, dinner or a quiet evening. Timers, switches, animations and widgets run directly on your Hue Bridge, so your iPhone can stay in your pocket. Whether you yearn for a soothing ambiance or a lively party atmosphere with Discotainment (optional), iConnectHue has you covered! Immerse yourself in captivating gradients, and enchanting Magic Scenes, perfect for any mood. Dynamic Animations breathe life into your home with lively colors! For lightning-fast access to daily actions, customizable widgets are at your fingertips. In case you run into any trouble: contact us right from the app! Our support team will be happy to help you. 400,000+ installs · 5× Philips’ App of the Month · 14 years of Hue experience · made in Germany Why iConnectHue? • Full feature set: control almost every aspect of your Hues +constant updates • Intelligent timers: Start by time, day, sunrise/sunset, presence or condition. Use colors and scenes, with random offsets if you like • Instant timers: Darken lights when you go to bed, let your lights remind you, transition to scenes • Your own Home widget: Add scenes, switches, sleep timers, reminders, dimmers, motion sensor temperature & more • Made for families: Scene sharing, family geofencing (first one turns on the light, last one off - optional), group hiding • Runs on your Bridge: Timers, switches, sensors and animations work without your iPhone, so there’s no drained battery • Magic Scenes and gradients: Create scenes for any group or gradient light in seconds, with the calibrated ChromaSense color picker • Multiply the possibilities of your switches & Motion Sensors! More flexibility than any other app on market • Drag&drop colors between lights • Remote access: Control your lights and timers when you’re away from home • Find new lights & devices, add lights from other Bridges, update your firmware • Built-in help: Tutorials are in the app, extensive FAQ, and our team is one tap away • Supports all Hue Zigbee hardware & many 3rd party lights More about all fantastic possibilities: iconnecthue.com/features HUE BRIDGE V2/PRO REQUIRED! Latest or previous iOS/watchOS. Start free, support development when you’re ready: The basic app already covers lights, scenes, timers, switches and one small and one medium widget. To allow further development, additional modules are available via in-app purchase or Membership. That’s how you support the work we put into constant updates and new features for you. Optional purchases: • Animation Upgrade: unlimited animations, upload to switches, use them on your Apple Watch, widget & timers • Discotainment: sync lights to music with Hue Entertainment, make your home a Disco - works with every source thanks to microphone • Weekend mode: let your switches and sensors act differently on week/weekend • Watch Plus: control your groups, adjust their brightness and load their scenes • Home&Away turns off lights when first arrives & last left +individually by user • Additional Animation & Magic Scene packages • Yearly feature upgrades Memberships Basic • All in-app purchases, share your content, many&large Widgets, 2 Bridges @1 location, gradient light animations Pro: like Basic plus • Many bridges @ multiple locations • Dashboard on Home view • Sync Box support • Nanoleaf Panels & Lines support • Light wizards: easily replace old lights, set startup mode via batch & on light search • Daylight & Incandescent light mode • Widget on Apple Watch • Group picture&widget • Apple Family Sharing of membership • Advanced Shortcuts • +More: iconnecthue.com/pro Options&pricing: iconnecthue.com/app-options It's less than a single Hue light! We want the best app for you and invest time and money. More: iconnecthue.com/app-costs It's the most comprehensive Hue app available: iconnecthue.com/features Terms: iconnecthue.com/terms/eula_en.pdf

About

Prod.Timer

Manage presentations, events, and productions with a precise timing tool. Break down events into segments, receive notifications, and edit durations in real-time. Save templates for recurring events and ensure everything runs on schedule.

Highlights
  • Multi-segment event timing
  • Smart countdown display
  • Segment notifications
  • Easy segment controls
  • Save and reuse event templates
  • Real-time editing
  • Full event visibility
Features
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Production Timer – Master Your Event Timing Keep your presentations, events, and productions running exactly on schedule with Production Timer. Whether you're managing a conference, church service, presentation, meeting, podcast, or live event, this elegant timer app ensures every segment stays on track. Key Features: • Multi-Segment Events – Break your event into segments (intro, speakers, breaks, Q&A, etc.) and timer each one individually • Smart Countdown Display – Large, easy-to-read timer with segment end time and total event end time at a glance • Segment Notifications – Receive alerts when each segment ends, so you always stay on schedule • Easy Controls – Play, pause, skip backward/forward through segments with intuitive controls • Create & Reuse Events – Save event templates for recurring presentations and adapt them as needed • Edit in Real-Time – Rename segments, adjust durations, and reorganize on the fly • Full Event Visibility – See total event time remaining and keep your audience informed • Local Storage – All your events are saved locally and ready to go Perfect For: Presenters, event producers, podcasters, conference organizers, live streamers, church service, meeting facilitators, and anyone who needs precise timing control. Production Timer takes the stress out of time management so you can focus on delivering great content.

Screenshots

iConnectHue for Philips Hue4 screens
Prod.Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Prod.Timer at 5.0 against iConnectHue for Philips Hue's 4.2. Prod.Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). iConnectHue for Philips Hue's advantage is ratings volume (782 vs 1) and chart position (#67 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iConnectHue for Philips Hue costs $3.99 and Prod.Timer $0.99 up front. iConnectHue for Philips Hue sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year. Prod.Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prod.Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iConnectHue for Philips Hue has 782 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iConnectHue for Philips Hue ships an update fortnightly, Prod.Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
iConnectHue for Philips Hue versus Prod.Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriConnectHue for Philips HueProd.Timer
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.2 (782 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings782 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#67 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefan GohlerBenjamin Satorius

Customer experience

iConnectHue for Philips Hue

All ratings782 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews327 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral6.7%
Negative22.6%

Prod.Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iConnectHue for Philips Hue

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Does not support free placement of colors on the Festivia Christmas lights or other gradient lights
  • Remote access issues where it requires re-login frequently
  • Scenes and automations not working as expected, lights not responding correctly
  • Crashes and freezes, especially after updates
  • Incompatibility with some Hue devices and accessories

Requested features

11 requests
  • Support for Festivia and other gradient lights
  • Siri/Shortcuts integration
  • Standalone widget without subscription
  • Standby mode widget
  • Ability to set fade in/out timers for scenes and colors
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  • More direct control over hub rules and ability to edit/delete
  • Comprehensive backup and restore functionality
  • Automatically include some basic scenes when creating a new group
  • Dimmer circle/slider on group page to dim all lights in the group at once
  • Light cycles for Hue white ambiance lights
  • Ability to choose a specific color for Discotainment instead of just a gradient

Prod.Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

iConnectHue for Philips Hue

Subscriptions2
  • Basic membership 12 months1 Year trial$11.991 Year
  • Pro membership 12 months1 Year trial$17.991 Year
One-time8
  • Christmas animation package$1.99
  • Summer delights$1.99
  • Home & Away$1.99
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  • Classic Widget Editor$1.99
  • Watch Plus$3.99
  • Animation Upgrade$3.99
  • Discotainment$6.99
  • Multi Bridge$17.99
None

Prod.Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iConnectHue for Philips Hue free?
iConnectHue for Philips Hue costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Prod.Timer free?
Prod.Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iConnectHue for Philips Hue or Prod.Timer?
Prod.Timer is rated higher. iConnectHue for Philips Hue averages 4.2 out of 5 from 782 ratings, while Prod.Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iConnectHue for Philips Hue or Prod.Timer have ads?
Neither iConnectHue for Philips Hue nor Prod.Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iConnectHue for Philips Hue or Prod.Timer?
iConnectHue for Philips Hue ships an update fortnightly, and Prod.Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, iConnectHue for Philips Hue was updated on November 6, 2026 and Prod.Timer on November 5, 2026.

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