Comparison

HueTrek vs Home.io

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

Head to head
About

HueTrek

Control your Philips Hue lights with a visually striking, sci-fi inspired interface. Adjust brightness and color for individual lights or entire rooms. Ideal for creating immersive atmospheres in your home.

Highlights
  • Individual light control
  • Room lighting control
  • Brightness adjustment
  • Color adjustment
  • Sci-fi visual design
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
Currently charting
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An engaging new take on the Philips Hue lighting controller, inspired by a new generation of visual and audio design. Control brightness and color of individual lights or rooms of lights together. A great addition to your flight deck, bridge, gaming control center to impress your friends with this sci-fi touchscreen lighting controller reminiscent of mid-century (2350's) design for Sovereign class of Federation Starships. Works on iPhones in vertical orientation. Works on iPads in vertical and horizontal orientation making a beautiful wall or coffee table controller for your sophisticated home.

About

Home.io

Features
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Home.io puts your smart home on a 3D model of your own house. See at a glance which lights are on, which doors are open and how warm every room is, then tap anything to control it. YOUR HOUSE, IN 3D • Draw your floor plan room by room, scan it with LiDAR, use a photo of your plans, or import a 3D model (USDZ, OBJ). • Walls cut away so you can see into every room; choose how high the walls and furniture stand. • Switch floors, turn the house, pan and zoom, and save your favourite views. • A real-time sky with the actual sun position and live weather, from day to night. EVERY ACCESSORY WHERE IT REALLY IS • Works with Apple Home (HomeKit) and Home Assistant, side by side, without duplicates. • Lights glow in their rooms with their brightness; locks, doors, sensors, thermostats, speakers and cameras show their state on the model. • Rooms named differently in Apple Home or Home Assistant are easy to match to your plan. • A clean 2D plan view, the Accessories list, scenes, music and Siri-style voice control. AWAY FROM HOME • Leave an iPad at home as your hub and control Home Assistant from your iPhone anywhere, through your own iCloud, with no network setup. WORKFLOWS AND TILES • Workflows run step by step on your home hub, even with your phone asleep: wait, do one thing or another, send a notification. • Tiles that show up only when you need them, charts, and dashboards you arrange yourself. • Describe It: type what you want in a sentence and check the draft, on devices that can run it. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV, with widgets. Your plans and settings sync through iCloud. HOME.IO PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) Unlock the model editor (paint any surface, add trees, shrubs and furniture, make doors move), your own house models and more floor plans, replay of the last day on the model, automations and workflows, and live camera windows on the model. One purchase, no subscription, shared with your family. Home.io collects no personal data.

Screenshots

HueTrek4 screens
Home.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Home.io at Free against HueTrek's $1.99. Home.io also leads on device support (5 vs 2). HueTrek's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On ads 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

Home.io is free to download; HueTrek costs $1.99 up front. Home.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HueTrek asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
HueTrek versus Home.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHueTrekHome.io
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLouis RoehrsSteven Koch

In-app purchases

None

HueTrek

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Home.io

One-time1
  • Home.io Pro$7.99

Questions

Is HueTrek free?
HueTrek costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Home.io free?
Home.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HueTrek or Home.io have ads?
Neither HueTrek nor Home.io shows ads.

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