Comparison

Hue Lights vs hueDynamic for Philips Hue

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

Head to head
About

Hue Lights

Unlock advanced control for your smart lights. Create custom scenes, schedules, and dynamic lighting effects. Enhance your home ambiance with unique features like simulated weather and fire.

Highlights
  • Precise lighting control
  • Multi-room scenes
  • Customizable schedules
  • Dynamic lighting effects
  • Hue sensor and switch configuration
  • Apple Watch integration
  • In-app purchase for special effects
Features
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Hue Lights offers full feature support for all of your smart lighting needs: Precise control, multi-room scenes, schedules, sequences, dynamic lighting, and special effects. Create advanced configurations for your Hue motion sensor, Hue dimmer switch or Hue Tap. Check out our sample videos and FAQ at https://huelights.com. Teach your lights new tricks with Hue Lights! Completely customize each button on your Hue dimmer switch or Hue Tap. Control 8 scenes from a single Hue dimmer switch, change brightness speeds, or select groups based on duration of button press. Hue Lights leverages the latest firmware to store scene details directly on the bridge. You can view and edit shared scenes from any device on your network. The UI offers improved visual feedback and easier on/off/brightness controls directly from the home screen. Try the sequences feature to see amazing possibilities at your fingertips. Use your Apple Watch to activate scenes, adjust group brightness and trigger alerts. Escape to the beach with soothing ocean, lake, or creek sounds while your lights gently change and dim (Water In-App purchase). Experience amazing thunderstorms (In-App purchase) with customized controls for lightning strikes, rain density, bird songs, wind speed, sleep timer, brightness and sky color! Simulate realistic fires (In-App purchase) with dedicated controls for fire type, fire size, flare-ups and brightness. If you have any problems with previous In-App purchases, tap "Restore." Please see the comprehensive FAQ and documentation at https://huelights.com for App help. The free version allows control of lights 1 and 2. In-App purchases can unlock all lights and special effects. Hue Lights brings you shared scenes and groups, comprehensive scheduling, sequences and powerful light controls. Create multiple "On" and "Off" schedules per scene. Tap a row to select a light, group, or scene. Use quick controls at the bottom of the screen. Long press a row for quick actions (on, choose color, edit, off). Save scenes from any third-party app and use Hue Lights to activate these on your Apple Watch. Dynamically animate or schedule any scene from third-party apps. All screens are optimized for your favorite iOS devices in portrait and landscape mode. Hue Lights works well with any third-party app that saves scenes or schedules on the bridge. Do you have a favorite scene from another app that you use frequently? With Hue Lights you can turn this scene on or off with one tap! Hue Lights will show every schedule saved on your bridge from any app and give you the option to disable or remove unwanted schedules. Features: • Interactive widgets • Fire and candle effects • Light and group timers • Remote control • Hue motion sensor support • Hue dimmer switch/Hue Tap support • Sunrise/sunset actions • View/edit scenes and schedules on bridge • View/delete rules and sensors • See exact watts used on supported lights • 3D Touch on app icon • TouchLink for finding lost bulbs • Sequences • Apple Watch support • Dynamic animations • Scene themes • Supports multiple third-party ZigBee lights • Light, group and scene schedules • Tap bulb image to apply a favorite color • Localized VoiceOver support • Heuristics for working around common errors • Create transition times up to 90 minutes • Designed to work well with 50+ light deployments Experience multi-track, synchronized and visually appealing light animations and sequences. Requires "Hue Personal Wireless Lighting Starter Set" to operate. "Hue Personal Wireless Lighting" is a trademark owned by Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., see www.meethue.com for more information. LapApps, LLC is in no way affiliated with the Philips organization. Follow @HueLights on X and like our Facebook page for the latest news and updates. See https://huelights.com for more documentation and supported hardware.

About

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

Enhance your Philips Hue lighting system with dynamic scenes, sound synchronization, and advanced control. Create custom ambiences from photos, program smart buttons, and enjoy immersive experiences for movies and parties. Features include power outage detection and compatibility with various Hue light types.

Highlights
  • Dynamic lighting scenes with sound
  • Advanced smart button programming
  • Real-time camera-to-light synchronization
  • Custom photo ambiences
  • Multiple bridge support
  • Power outage detection and recovery
  • Sound-to-light disco modes
Features
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hueDynamic brings your Philips Hue system to life. NEW scenes regularly! Feel energized or relaxed with professionally designed experiences combining light and sound. Over 100 mixable and dynamic scenes with simple room and lighting group control, such as mountain chill, fireplace, jungle night, fire and ice, rainforest, fireworks and many more! Have the ultimate party with multiple advanced sound to light disco modes. Adjust strobe, intensity, hue and more! Camera support means you can point your device at your TV and sync your lights to your viewing for a truly immersive experience! Movie night has never been so good. Enjoy an advanced sampling mode - predominant multicolored with adjustable smoothing. Speed and brightness control is also supported. Transparent multiple bridge support (included) allows you to control all your lights across multiple bridges without having to switch between them. Child lock allows restricted access to your Hue system for kids. Create your own custom photo ambiences and enhance the colors with our "Tweaks!". Photo ambiences are stored on the Hue bridge with our OmniScene technology, meaning you don't have to recreate the ambience for different rooms. Not only that, they are accessible from all your devices running hueDynamic. Make your Hue Dimmer, Tap, Lutron, RunLessWire and Niko devices more useful with our advanced programming interface, with more functionality that the official Philips Hue app. Unlock features such as multiple actions per button, toggle power with one button, cycle through ambiences, enable & disable color loop, cycle through brightness levels and much more! We also love different types of hue lights, such as White Ambience and Tint, Osram and Dresden. We convert colors to appropriate color temperatures for lights that don't support color. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Professional dynamic lighting scenes for your Philips Hue system, with stereo sound effects and music! - Advanced Device programming for Hue Tap, Hue Tap Dial, Lutron Aurora, Smart Button, Hue Dimmer, RunLessWire Click & Niko Friends of Hue switches - Natural sunrise & sleep routines - Camera support - Have your lights match your TV in real-time! Multiple color modes are supported - Photo Ambience - Create awesome custom ambiences from your favourite photos with "Tweaks!" and apply them to any room! - Advanced sound to light DISCO modes (peak & spectrum) - Adjust response hue, strobe and much more! - Temperature dashboard. View the room temperature for anywhere that you have a Hue Motion Sensor - Siri shortcuts support - Run effects on a timer - perfect reminder for those long showers! - Real transparent multiple-bridge support. Add all your bridges and don't switch! - OmniScene technology - Create ambiences and mix and use them on any lights without having to recreate them! - The app runs in the background to provide you with light and sound experiences on your Philips Hue lights and speakers, while allowing you the freedom of using your device for other tasks at the same time - When you activate the disco mode, the app listens to your music using your iPhone or iPad microphone - Full compatibility with our desktop app Effects limited to 2 minutes in lite version. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hue Lights4 screens
hueDynamic for Philips Hue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: hueDynamic for Philips Hue at 4.6 against Hue Lights's 4.1. hueDynamic for Philips Hue also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (55% vs 46%). Hue Lights's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hue Lights sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and hueDynamic for Philips Hue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

hueDynamic for Philips Hue holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 393 and 846 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Hue Lights's written reviews are positive against 55% of hueDynamic for Philips Hue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hue Lights ships an update every 5 months, hueDynamic for Philips Hue every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hue Lights versus hueDynamic for Philips Hue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHue LightshueDynamic for Philips Hue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (393 ratings)4.6 (846 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.7% of reviews54.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings393846 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB348 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLapApps, LLCDarrell Rose

Customer experience

Hue Lights

All ratings132 ratings
Positive47.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative45.7%

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

All ratings846 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative37.1%

User reviews

Hue Lights

From 393 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app for controlling Hue lights
  • 👍 Excellent functionality and customization
  • 💡 Helpful for connecting older Hue bulbs
  • 🚀 Touchlink feature works well
  • 👍 Responsive and helpful developer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable after updates
  • 👎 Complicated and unintuitive user interface
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases required
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer Hue bridges
  • 👎 Scenes and schedules not working as expected

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

From 846 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app for Hue lights
  • 👍 Lots of free ambiences
  • 💡 One-time purchase model
  • 👍 Covers wide range of features
  • 👍 Good interface and user experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and disconnections
  • 🔒 Unclear free vs. paid features
  • 👎 Unintuitive user interface
  • 👎 Doesn't work well outside UK
  • 👎 Slow and unresponsive at times

Bugs and requests

Hue Lights

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lights not responding to commands
  • Scenes not loading or activating properly
  • Frequent crashes and connection issues
  • Unexpected changes to light groups and settings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Alexa/Siri integration and voice control
  • Ability to run effects/animations in the background
  • More customization options for sunrise/sunset scenes
  • Better widget and Apple Watch support

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lights remain unresponsive after using app
  • Disco mode stops working during use
  • Unable to find or connect to Hue bridge
  • Continued charging despite cancellation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to control ambient sounds
  • Integration with Siri Shortcuts
  • Sync lighting with music from other apps
  • More sleep/relaxation lighting options
  • Landscape mode for camera feature

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hue Lights

One-time9
  • Unlock 100 ScenesFree
  • Thunderstorm$1.99
  • Fire$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Water$1.99
  • Perfect Sunrise$1.99
  • Richer Colors and Scenes$1.99
  • Premium Actions$1.99
  • Premium Sequences$1.99
  • Unlock 48 Lights$4.99
3 purchases

hueDynamic for Philips Hue

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Annually$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • hueDynamic Pro Upgrade$19.99

Questions

Is Hue Lights free?
Hue Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hueDynamic for Philips Hue free?
hueDynamic for Philips Hue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hue Lights or hueDynamic for Philips Hue?
hueDynamic for Philips Hue is rated higher. Hue Lights averages 4.1 out of 5 from 393 ratings, while hueDynamic for Philips Hue averages 4.6 from 846 ratings.
Do Hue Lights or hueDynamic for Philips Hue have ads?
Neither Hue Lights nor hueDynamic for Philips Hue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hue Lights or hueDynamic for Philips Hue?
Hue Lights ships an update every 5 months, and hueDynamic for Philips Hue every 5 weeks. Most recently, Hue Lights was updated on September 20, 2026 and hueDynamic for Philips Hue on September 4, 2026.

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