Comparison

Hue for Watch vs cState

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

Head to head
About

Hue for Watch

Control your smart lights directly from your Apple Watch. Adjust individual lights or activate pre-set scenes with ease. This utility app offers convenient smart home management on your wrist.

Highlights
  • Control individual lights
  • Activate scenes
  • Wrist-based control
  • Smart home management
Features
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---------------------------------- Control your lights from your wrist ---------------------------------- With Hue for Watch you can control individual lights and activate scenes, directly from your Apple Watch.

About

cState

Features
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cState is the companion app for Channel 28 radio systems installed on board yachts. It connects to the yacht’s Channel 28 control processor over the on-board network and lists every crew radio handset by number and name. For each handset you can see and change its features at a glance – for example engineering (ENG), stewarding (STE), watch (WAT) and GPS tracking – exactly as configured for that yacht. Changes take effect immediately and are shared with every other device running cState, so the whole crew sees the same, up-to-date picture. Features: • Live view of every radio handset and its feature settings • One-tap switches to turn features on and off • Compact rows on phones; full rows on iPad and larger screens • GPS map showing the position of handsets that have GPS turned on • Primary and optional secondary server, with automatic switch-over • Repeater frequency and escalation settings, where the yacht supports them cState requires a Channel 28 system installed on board. Your Channel 28 engineer can supply the server address for your yacht.

Screenshots

Hue for Watch1 screens
cState3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: cState at Free against Hue for Watch's $2.99. Hue for Watch's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

cState is free to download; Hue for Watch costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hue for Watch ships an update every 3 months, cState every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hue for Watch versus cState: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHue for WatchcState
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPim NijmanFastMouse

In-app purchases

None

Hue for Watch

No in-app purchases

None

cState

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hue for Watch free?
Hue for Watch costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is cState free?
cState is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hue for Watch or cState have ads?
Neither Hue for Watch nor cState shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hue for Watch or cState?
Hue for Watch ships an update every 3 months, and cState every 5 months. Most recently, Hue for Watch was updated on November 11, 2026 and cState on November 11, 2026.

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