Comparison

Hue Lights vs LED

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

LED

Easily connect to and control your LED lights via Bluetooth. Customize brightness, intensity, and choose from a wide spectrum of colors. Explore automatic light effects and enjoy real-time synchronization for an enhanced lighting experience.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth LED light control
  • Adjustable brightness and intensity
  • Wide color selection
  • Automatic light effects
  • Real-time synchronization
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Connect in few steps and control LED light. Adjust the light effects, color, a wide of colors is available. Features: • Philips Hue multi-bridges support. • Real-time lights synchronization. • Control the brightness and intensity of the light. • Control the colors or select the colors of your choice. • Automatic Light effects. • Wide range of colors. • User friendly interface. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/light-controller-policy/ Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/light-controller-terms/

Screenshots

Hue Lights4 screens
LED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LED at none against Hue Lights's 9. LED also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Hue Lights's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hue Lights sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. LED asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LED holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 393 and 153 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Hue Lights's written reviews are positive against 43% of LED's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hue Lights versus LED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHue LightsLED
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (393 ratings)4.4 (153 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.2% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings393 — better153
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLapApps, LLCFree AI Utility Apps LLC

Customer experience

Hue Lights

All ratings132 ratings
Positive47.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative46.1%

LED

All ratings153 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

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

LED

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

LED

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hue Lights free?
Hue Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LED free?
LED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hue Lights or LED?
LED is rated higher. Hue Lights averages 4.1 out of 5 from 393 ratings, while LED averages 4.4 from 153 ratings.
Do Hue Lights or LED have ads?
LED shows ads; Hue Lights does not.

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