Hue Lights vs Toldari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Toldari
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Life gets busy and somehow the people we care about most are the ones we forget to reach out to. Toldari was built for that feeling. When you realize it's been three months since you called your sister. When you "keep meaning to" check in on a friend who's been going through it. When you keep making plans that never happen. It's not that you don't care. You just need a little help staying present. Toldari is a place to hold the things that matter about the people that matter. Remember what makes them them. More than a contact list. Toldari holds their interests, the dates worth celebrating, and what you talked about the last time you caught up. So when you do reach out, the people you care about feel seen and valued. A gentle nudge at the right moment: A daily reminder highlights who needs your attention: a birthday coming up, a check-in that's overdue, a plan you've been meaning to make. Snooze it, change the time, or act on it now. Toldari lets you customize your connections to fit your life. Plans that actually happen: Create a plan, get a reminder, follow through. Log how it went, carry the good stuff forward, and never lose track of what you wanted to bring up next time. Completely private by design: The core app needs no account and keeps everything on your phone. Optional Premium backup and sharing are end to end encrypted, so even then, only you can read it. No ads. No data mining. Your people are your people, not ours. Nurture the relationships that matter. TOS/EULA: https://www.toldari.app/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Toldari at daily against Hue Lights's every 5 months. Hue Lights's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Hue Lights sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Toldari sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hue Lights ships an update every 5 months, Toldari daily. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Hue Lights | Toldari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (393 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 393 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LapApps, LLC | Sonnet Station Solutions, LLC |
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
Toldari
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hue Lights
- Unlock 100 ScenesFree
- Thunderstorm$1.99
- Fire$1.99
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- 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
Toldari
- Toldari Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Toldari Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Standard: Lifetime Access$4.99
Questions
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