OnSwitch for Philips Hue vs PlantLeafIdentifier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnSwitch for Philips Hue
Enhance your smart lighting with dynamic scenes and effects. Create immersive experiences for holidays, parties, and relaxation with a user-friendly interface. Features include sunrise alarms, sunset timers, and creative color controls.
- Animated light scenes for holidays and parties
- Live game-sync events for sports
- Sunrise alarm and sunset sleep timer
- Creative color control and discovery
- Manage and control light groups
- Hero lighting with cinematic flair
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LIGHTS! COLORS! ACTION! OnSwitch is the #1 rated companion app for Philips Hue smart lighting systems. Downloaded over 2.5 million times! OnSwitch for Philips Hue has a beautiful, simple user interface but it's also powerful. Your Hue lights come alive with a single click! • Holidays • Party/Disco Lighting • Sports, Including LIVE game-sync events • Sunrise alarm and sunset sleep timer • Fun kids content • Accent Lighting • Color flows • Candle light • Nature Scenes • Lightning • Fireworks Our Hue app connects to your Philips Hue Bridge, creating immersive animated experiences with your Hue lights! Get the best Hue App, get OnSwitch! UNLOCK EVERYTHING With OnSwitch Premium subscription you can unlock our entire content library and more! • Unlock ALL albums (300+ animated light scenes) • Unlimited SIRI Shortcuts • Access exclusive LIVE events. • Amazing NEW scenes added regularly. HERO LIGHTING Our Hue light scenes have cinematic flair. Music sound tracks set the mood while our an animation engine delivers bursts of light and sound where anything can happen. Santa lands on your house! Zombies attack! You are in a spaceship battle! Other light scenes transport you to a Lush Forest, Venice or even Deep Space to chill out in the Orion Nebula listening to superb ambient electronic music. CREATIVE LIGHTING OnSwitch gives you smarter, clearer ways to control your smart lights. Instead of guessing what Hue's "Light Recipes" mean, our Everyday Lighting album presents gorgeous photos of antique and halogen bulbs or a skylight so it's clear what kind of light you are going to get. Our fluorescent tube even flickers on like the real thing! Want Color? Other apps make you drag a pin around a color wheel. OnSwitch makes it easy with curated Pastels and Accent colors. Warm and Cool color flows. And "Color Splat!" our exclusive color discovery feature that's always fun and a surprise. SUNRISE ALARM & SUNSET SLEEP TIMER Wake up with a beautiful sunrise and your favorite music! Go to sleep with a sunset, optimized for better sleep. LIGHT GROUPS Easily create and manage groups of bulbs. Control each group independently. OnSwitch manages groups on your Philips Hue Bridge so it will play nicely with your other apps! IMPORTANT! • You will need LIFX smart bulbs or a Philips Hue bridge and light bulbs to use this app. • OnSwitch requires iOS10 or later to run. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS OnSwitch Premium subscription unlocks all of the app's lighting content. You can preview all of the content for 3 days FREE before your subscription starts. If you choose to subscribe, you will be charged a per month subscription fee according to your country. The subscription fee will be shown in the app before you complete the payment. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each subscription term, unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the term. Subscription renewals cost the same as the original subscription, and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time after purchase by going to your iTunes Account Settings. Refunds will not be given for any unused portion of the term. For additional information, please read: •Terms of Service (https://www.getonswitch.com/terms) • Privacy Policy (https://www.getonswitch.com/privacy)
PlantLeafIdentifier
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IDENTIFY PLANT LEAVES FROM ONE PHOTO Instantly identify plants from a single leaf photo. PlantLeafIdentifier turns your leaf picture into the plant's common name, scientific name, type, and a short, easy-to-understand explanation. Snap a photo of any leaf and discover exactly what plant it belongs to in seconds. Perfect for plant lovers, gardeners, hikers, and houseplant enthusiasts. FIND THE NAME BEHIND THE LEAF Every leaf tells a story through its shape, edges, lobes, veins, and texture. PlantLeafIdentifier analyzes these visible details to give you accurate plant identification results you can trust. Whether it's a mystery houseplant, garden tree, forest find, or backyard shrub, get the name and the visual clues that support it — all in one simple view. BUILT FOR LEAF PHOTOS Identify thousands of plants including houseplants, trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, ferns, succulents, flowering plants, and more using just their leaves. The app examines key leaf features such as: - Leaf shape, outline, and lobes - Smooth, serrated, toothed, or wavy edges - Vein patterns and texture - Leaf color and surface details - Attached stems or natural growth context when visible - Common name and scientific name SIMPLE RESULTS Each identification delivers: - Common plant name with scientific name in brackets - Clear plant type label (Tree, Houseplant, Succulent, etc.) - Short, natural explanation highlighting the visible leaf clues - Clean visual summary for easy sharing - Saved result in your personal identification history No confusing jargon. Just fast, rewarding, and accurate plant leaf identification every time. TRACK YOUR PLANT FINDS Build your own plant discovery collection. Save every identification and create a beautiful history of the leaves you've found on walks, in gardens, parks, and indoors. Revisit past discoveries, compare similar leaves, and watch your plant knowledge grow over time. FEATURES - Fast & accurate plant leaf identification from photo - Common and scientific plant names - Plant type labels (Houseplant, Tree, Succulent, etc.) - Short, natural explanations based on visible clues - Personal identification history and collection - Works with camera or gallery photos - Clean, simple dark interface - Great for houseplants, trees, garden plants & wild finds NAME THE PLANTS AROUND YOU Download PlantLeafIdentifier today and start identifying the plants and leaves around you with just one photo. Perfect for curious nature lovers, plant parents, and weekend explorers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlantLeafIdentifier at none against OnSwitch for Philips Hue's 10. OnSwitch for Philips Hue's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. OnSwitch for Philips Hue sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. PlantLeafIdentifier asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | OnSwitch for Philips Hue | PlantLeafIdentifier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buzzhaus, LLC | Carlos Simon Gohring |
Bugs and requests
OnSwitch for Philips Hue
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch after update
- Connectivity issues
- Lights not responding correctly
- Scenes not working as expected
Requested features
7 requests- Add support for LIFX bulbs
- Allow customization of light groups
- Add background mode/automation
- Add Siri/HomeKit integration
- Improve interface and organization
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- Add more scenes and effects
- Reduce pricing of individual scenes
PlantLeafIdentifier
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OnSwitch for Philips Hue
- OnSwitch Premium$12.991 Month
- OnSwitch Premium3 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Embers$0.99
- Fireplace$1.99
- Lightning$1.99
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- Aurora$1.99
- Nature Album$4.99
- Science Fiction Album$5.99
- Fireworks Album2 variants$7.99
PlantLeafIdentifier
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is OnSwitch for Philips Hue free?
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