Quick Gauge vs LightLayout for Philips Hue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Gauge
This app provides a clear, private GPS speedometer with a large, easy-to-read display. It offers CarPlay integration, Live Activity support for your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and an Apple Watch app for quick glances. Enjoy music controls and customizable colors without any ads or tracking.
- Large, clear speed display
- Portrait and landscape modes
- MPH/KM/H switching
- Customizable colors
- CarPlay integration
- Live Activity on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
- Apple Watch app
- Music controls
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Quick Gauge is a simple, accurate GPS speedometer that respects your privacy. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking. BIG, CLEAR SPEED A huge, easy-to-read display that works in portrait or landscape. Switch between mph and km/h with one tap, and make it yours with a custom color. CARPLAY See your current speed right on your car's display. LIVE ACTIVITY Keep your speed on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you use other apps, and on the CarPlay Dashboard with iOS 26. APPLE WATCH Glance at your speed from your wrist with the dedicated watchOS app. MUSIC CONTROLS Play, pause and skip Apple Music tracks without leaving the speedometer. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location is used only on your device to calculate your speed. Nothing is collected, stored or shared. Always drive safely and obey local laws. Quick Gauge is for informational use only.
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: Quick Gauge at none against LightLayout for Philips Hue's 1. Quick Gauge also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). LightLayout for Philips Hue's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. LightLayout for Philips Hue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quick Gauge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Gauge ships an update every 4 months, LightLayout for Philips Hue every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Gauge | LightLayout for Philips Hue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josiah Oslund | Appsolute oy |
In-app purchases
Quick Gauge
No in-app purchases
LightLayout for Philips Hue
- LightLayout App Unlock$7.99
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