Ata's Eye vs LightLayout for Philips Hue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ata's Eye
Control a personal robot to remotely explore your home, interact with pets and family, and capture moments. Features include HD video streaming, remote photo/video recording, and intelligent security modes for constant monitoring.
- HD video streaming and exploration
- Remote photo and video capture
- Sentry Mode for motion detection
- Scheduled patrol routes
- Shareable access with permission controls
- Intuitive game-like controls
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Be there, even when you're not. Check on your pets from the office, protect your home from across the globe, or surprise your family with a virtual visit. With Ata's Eye, you're never truly away. Ata's Eye is the command center for your AIONIOS ata-05, the personal robot that acts as your eyes, ears, and presence at home. It’s more than a robot—it’s your telepresence avatar. Instantly beam into your living room and bridge any distance. BE PRESENT, FROM ANYWHERE - DRIVE & EXPLORE IN HD Experience your home in stunning HD video. Open the app and you’re instantly connected. Drive your avatar with intuitive, game-like controls. Roam freely, explore every room, and interact with your family and pets in real-time. - CAPTURE MOMENTS REMOTELY Never miss a precious moment. See something adorable or memorable? Instantly snap a photo or record a video. All footage is saved securely to the robot's onboard storage, ready for you to view, download, and share. - ALWAYS ON GUARD Activate Sentry Mode to turn your avatar into a 24/7 intelligent guardian. It automatically records any detected motion, giving you complete peace of mind. Set Scheduled Patrols to have it automatically tour your home at designated times. SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE Let your loved ones join in! Grant temporary or full access to family and friends so they can see what you see. With granular permission controls, you decide who sees what. It's all about shared experiences and total privacy. EFFORTLESS CONTROL Manage everything from one simple dashboard. Set up Wi-Fi, manage devices, check battery status, and customize your settings with ease. We made it powerful, you make it personal. Download Ata's Eye today. Awaken your avatar and redefine what it means to be close.
LightLayout for Philips Hue
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Your home isn't a list. LightLayout turns your Philips Hue rooms into an interactive floor plan, so controlling your lights is as easy as tapping the room you see on the screen. See your whole home at a glance, spot which rooms are lit, and control them straight from the plan, at home or away. Tap a room for brightness, colour, white temperature, and the Hue scenes you already use. Long-press to toggle the whole room. Lift the plan into a 3D dollhouse view for a different perspective. More than one place? Add multiple homes, like your house, a summer cabin, or a family member's flat. Each has its own floor plan, and you can switch between them in a tap. Creating your layout is quick and guided. LightLayout imports rooms and lights from your Hue Bridge and helps you place them on a simple grid. No drawing skills required. Add floors, cut doorways, drop windows, and place each lamp roughly where it sits so the plan glows like your home does. Furnish rooms with beds, tables, sofas, and chairs so each one is recognisable at a glance, and add Outdoor Areas (grass, decking, or asphalt) to give patio and garden lights a place on the plan too. You can even trace over a scan, photo, or PDF of an existing plan. No Hue Bridge yet? Try the built-in demo home first. Control - Interactive floor plan for rooms and individual fixtures - Brightness, colour, and white temperature for compatible Hue lights - Recall the Hue scenes you've already created - 2D plan or a rotatable 3D dollhouse view - Optional remote access over mobile data or another Wi-Fi network - Home Screen and Mac desktop widgets, plus Siri and Shortcuts support Design your plan - Guided editor: multiple floors, doorways, windows, room merge, split, and lock - Indoor and Outdoor Areas: grass, decking, asphalt - Furnish rooms with beds, tables, sofas, and chairs, in natural tones or your theme's colour - Trace an existing plan from a scan, photo, or PDF Everywhere you are - Multiple homes: keep a separate plan for each Hue Bridge and switch between them anytime - Sync your floor plan across your Apple devices with iCloud - Share one plan with your household, across Apple Accounts - Keep working locally when iCloud is unavailable - Reconnect automatically after network changes, sleep, or Bridge restarts - Now available in English, Finnish, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese Simple by design - Try the demo home without a Hue Bridge - Free to try with a demo home. One-time unlock to connect your Hue Bridge, for all your iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac devices. - No LightLayout account. No subscription. No ads or tracking. At home, LightLayout talks directly to your Hue Bridge over your local network. Optional Remote access uses a secure LightLayout gateway and the Philips Hue cloud when your Bridge cannot be reached locally. It is off by default and requires you to authorize your Philips Hue account. Each device pairs with the Bridge and authorizes Remote access separately. Local Bridge credentials stay in secure storage on that device; remote Hue authorization is stored encrypted by the gateway. A shared floor plan never grants anyone access to your Bridge or Hue account. Requirements: a Philips Hue Bridge and compatible lights. Initial setup requires the device and Bridge to be on the same local network. Remote access requires a separate Philips Hue authorization and an internet connection. LightLayout uses Hue Rooms (not Zones). Automations, entertainment areas, Sync Box, and gradient effects stay in the official Hue app. LightLayout is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Signify. Philips Hue is a trademark of Signify Holding. Privacy Policy: https://www.lightlayout.app/privacy/ Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ata's Eye at none against LightLayout for Philips Hue's 1. Ata's Eye also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.6). LightLayout for Philips Hue's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. LightLayout for Philips Hue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ata's Eye asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ata's Eye ships an update monthly, LightLayout for Philips Hue every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ata's Eye | LightLayout for Philips Hue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 凸凹设计咨询(上海)有限公司 | Appsolute oy |
In-app purchases
Ata's Eye
No in-app purchases
LightLayout for Philips Hue
- LightLayout App Unlock$7.99
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