Comparison

Command for Philips Hue vs Prala

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Instant room control
  • Customizable scenes and effects
  • Circadian lighting
  • Entertainment and music sync
  • Switch and button programming
  • Geofencing automations
  • Remote access
Features
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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

About

Prala

Features
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Prala brings your whole account into one beautifully simple app. Sign in and everything lives in one place — your profile, your history, and your day-to-day — always in sync across your devices, wherever you are. With Prala you can: • Sign in once, securely, to your Prala account • Keep your profile and details ready whenever you need them • Access your history, kept private and up to date • Stay in sync seamlessly across all your devices Fast, clean, and built to stay out of your way — so the things you care about are always a tap away. Questions or feedback? Reach us any time at prala.com/contact.

Screenshots

Command for Philips Hue4 screens
Prala1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prala at none against Command for Philips Hue's 3. Prala also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Command for Philips Hue's advantage is device support (6 vs 3). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. Command for Philips Hue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Prala asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Command for Philips Hue versus Prala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommand for Philips HuePrala
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB66 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJoseph LeporatiPlondo Network

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Command for Philips Hue

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99
None

Prala

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Command for Philips Hue free?
Command for Philips Hue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prala free?
Prala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Command for Philips Hue or Prala have ads?
Neither Command for Philips Hue nor Prala shows ads.

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