ClimateHue vs Xarra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClimateHue
This app displays real-time temperature readings from your Philips Hue sensors in an intuitive home view. It features a dynamic color gradient that changes with temperature and offers both dark and light mode widgets for convenience.
- Real-time temperature readings
- Integration with Philips Hue sensors
- Intuitive home view
- Dynamic color gradient
- Dark and light mode widgets
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Welcome to ClimateHue! Experience the seamless integration with your Philips Hue setup, effortlessly providing you with real-time temperature readings from all sensors displayed in an intuitive home view. Delight in a vibrant color gradient that dynamically responds to temperature fluctuations with a simple tap on any sensor. Plus, enjoy the convenience of both dark and light mode widgets for added versatility!
Xarra
Listen to articles, documents, and web content with natural-sounding text-to-speech. Customize playback speed, voices, and reading fonts, with optional synced highlighting. This app prioritizes privacy, working offline without accounts or tracking.
- On-device text-to-speech
- Supports PDF, EPUB, Markdown, and more
- Web article sharing
- Adjustable playback speed and voices
- Customizable reading fonts
- Synced line and word highlighting
- Offline functionality
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Xarra uses on-device text-to-speech with natural voices, so you can listen to pretty much any text, or read along with synced line and optional word highlighting, and stay focused. Featured in Create with Swift, Weekly Newsletter #101 (Indie App of the Week): "The app developed by Daniel is well integrated into the system. (...) Accessibility runs through the whole experience rather than sitting on top of it." Bring your content in: • Import PDF, EPUB, Markdown, DAISY, plain text, RTF, and more, or browse Project Gutenberg in the app. • Share web articles, blog posts, and documents from Safari and other apps. • Paste text or add a URL. Listen your way: • Optional word highlighting in background or underline styles. • Adjust playback speed and pick a voice for each language. • Choose reading fonts including OpenDyslexic, Atkinson Hyperlegible, and Lexend. Accessibility front and center: • VoiceOver-friendly navigation, Dynamic Type as a design principle, Bold Text, and Increase Contrast support, and more. • Respects your device assistive technology voice and speed settings. Private, lightweight, and offline-friendly: no account, no analytics, no tracking. Your documents stay on your device and sync through your private iCloud when enabled. Terms & Conditions for Xarra: https://accessibilityupto11.com/apps/xarra/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://accessibilityupto11.com/apps/xarra/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ClimateHue at free against Xarra's freemium. ClimateHue also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. ClimateHue sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Xarra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ClimateHue ships an update every 5 weeks, Xarra every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClimateHue | Xarra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Myrwold | Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats |
Customer experience
ClimateHue
Xarra
In-app purchases
ClimateHue
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
Xarra
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$29.99









