UriUs vs Command for Philips Hue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UriUs
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Uri Us is a platform for people who dream. We live in an age where success is measured by popularity, money, and the approval of others. But we believe that small, humble dreams deserve just as much respect as big, dazzling ones. Uri Us is a space where people can record and share their thoughts, their process, their failures, their growth, and their results—like a diary. But it is not simply a service for keeping records. We hope that people with different dreams can connect naturally based on where they are, share their stories, inspire one another, and build better things together. The goal of Uri Us is not simply to help people record their daily lives. It is to make dreaming easier. To help those who feel they aren't ready to take their first step, to bring together people walking similar paths, and to help people choose a life they can be happy with—rather than a life that merely looks good to others. Every great creation begins with a very small dream. We hope Uri Us becomes a space where those dreams can be recorded, connected, and grow together. Key Features Uri Us is simple. Wherever you are, you can leave a record using photos, text, and sound. The record you create is saved to that location and remains there even as time passes. Uri Us has no likes and no comments. We believe records exist to be left behind, not to be judged. So all that remains is a mark showing that someone has seen your record—we don't offer features that encourage quick reactions or competition. If you want to connect, you can use other platforms, or have slower, deeper conversations through the Uri Us guestbook feature. Uri Us is a location-based service. The world is divided into a grid of 50m × 50m cells, and the records you create are saved to their grid. This lets people discover the thoughts and stories left behind in specific places. Uri Us also has a Check-in feature. When you physically visit the grid where a record is saved, you can unlock additional content the author has hidden there. It might be a private message, a photo, a voice note, a story about the place, or a hint about the next destination. We didn't want to build a service that's just about consuming content. Uri Us is designed to help people move, visit, discover, and record—reconnecting with the real world.
Command for Philips Hue
Instantly control your Philips Hue lights with a fast and reliable app. Manage rooms, create scenes, and enjoy dynamic effects. Features include circadian lighting, entertainment sync, and custom button programming.
- Instant room control
- Customizable scenes and effects
- Circadian lighting
- Entertainment and music sync
- Switch and button programming
- Geofencing automations
- Remote access
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Command is the fast, dependable way to control your lights. It opens straight to your rooms and responds instantly, and your rooms are one swipe away in Control Center and on the Lock Screen. At bedtime, Goodnight fades any room gently to off. NEW IN 1.2 • Instant: opens straight to your rooms, with lights and scenes that respond the moment you tap • All On and All Off for the whole house • Goodnight: fade any room to off over 1 to 60 minutes. It runs on your Bridge, even after you close the app • Room toggles in Control Center, on the Lock Screen and on the Action button (iOS 18 or later) • Always in sync: reconnects on its own, finds your Bridge if its address changes, shows live sensors and batteries, and tells you if a change fails • Made for iPad and iPhone Duo: more rooms at a glance, a side tab bar and a fold-aware layout • Demo mode: explore every feature before you connect a Bridge COMPLETE LIGHT CONTROL • Precise color picker with accurate XY color • Color harmony overlays: complementary, analogous, triadic, split complementary • Brightness, color temperature and on/off for every light SCENES • Create static or dynamic palette scenes and save them to your Bridge • Set per-light colors visually, then name and save • Activate scenes from room cards or the scene library EFFECTS THAT STAY ON • Candle, Fireplace and other animated effects • Effects that run on your Bridge keep glowing after you close the app ROOMS AT A GLANCE • Every room with its live light status • Quick toggle, brightness and scenes for each room • Sensor and accessory status: motion, temperature, battery CIRCADIAN LIGHTING • Color temperature that follows the day • Sunrise and sunset times based on your location • Presets for wake, focus, relax and sleep ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC SYNC • Real-time 25 Hz light streaming through the Entertainment API • Music sync with 5-band frequency analysis SWITCH & BUTTON PROGRAMMING • Assign custom actions to dimmer switches, Tap, Smart Button and other switches • Toggle rooms, start scenes or set brightness with any button press GEOFENCING • Start scenes automatically when you arrive or leave • Processed on your device, with a custom radius per location REMOTE ACCESS • Control your lights from anywhere, not just on your home network • Secure OAuth sign-in ENERGY • Estimated energy use per light and per room • Daily, weekly and monthly kWh trends MULTI-BRIDGE • Connect and manage several Bridges at once • Each Bridge keeps its own rooms and scenes ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES • Native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro • Apple Watch companion and Home Screen widgets • One Command Pro purchase works on all your Apple devices Requires Bridge v2 or Bridge Pro. Control Center, Lock Screen and Action button controls need iOS 18 or later. Light and room control, scenes, effects and circadian lighting are free. Command Pro adds remote access, multiple Bridges, automations, switch programming, energy insights and more, with a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Command is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Signify or Philips. Philips and Hue are trademarks of Signify Holding. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://huecommand.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UriUs at none against Command for Philips Hue's 3. UriUs also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Command for Philips Hue's advantage is device support (6 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Command for Philips Hue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. UriUs asks for nothing beyond the download.
UriUs ships an update every 4 days, Command for Philips Hue every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UriUs | Command for Philips Hue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HyunJin Roh | Joseph Leporati |
In-app purchases
UriUs
No in-app purchases
Command for Philips Hue
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99









