Hue for Watch vs cState
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Control individual lights
- Activate scenes
- Wrist-based control
- Smart home management
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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.
cState
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Hue for Watch ships an update every 3 months, cState every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Hue for Watch | cState |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pim Nijman | FastMouse |
In-app purchases
Hue for Watch
No in-app purchases
cState
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hue for Watch free?
Is cState free?
Do Hue for Watch or cState have ads?
Which is updated more often, Hue for Watch or cState?
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