Hue TV Downloads & RevenueHue TV · App Store
Hue TV is #135 in Lifestyle Paid in United Kingdom and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 12 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Hue TV entered the top 10Top Paid · Lifestyle · TR
- 📈Hue TV charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈Hue TV entered the top 100Top Paid · Lifestyle · CA
- 📈Hue TV entered the top 100Top Paid · Lifestyle · AR
- 📈Hue TV charting in a new country in 3 chartsArgentina · Colombia · Philippines
- 📈Hue TV entered the top 100Top Paid · Lifestyle · US
- 📈Hue TV charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Hue TV entered the top 10Top Paid · Lifestyle · AE
- 📈Hue TV charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📈Hue TV charting in a new country in 3 chartsCanada · Indonesia · Taiwan
- 🆕Hue TV first spotted by AppInsider#45 in Top Paid · Lifestyle · United Kingdom
- 🆕Hue TV released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Hue TV at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-28. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Hue TV is a paid lifestyle utility that uses device cameras to sync ambient lighting from Philips Hue, LIFX, Nanoleaf, and Avea bulbs with on-screen content for immersive home entertainment. The app holds niche positions in the Lifestyle Paid charts across several international markets, including #4 in the UAE and #70 in Turkey, indicating steady but limited regional demand.
Similar apps: Philips Hue Sync, LIFX Sync, Ambilight
Hue TV on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Hue TV declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| LifestylePaid | #135 | |
| LifestylePaid | #132 | |
| LifestylePaid | #112 | |
| LifestylePaid | #112 | |
| LifestylePaid | #77 | |
| LifestylePaid | #144 | |
| LifestylePaid | #71 | |
| LifestylePaid | #80 | |
| LifestylePaid | #182 | |
| LifestylePaid | #150 | |
| LifestylePaid | #122 | |
| LifestylePaid | #195 |
Apps near Hue TV on the chart
Lifestyle Paid, around #135.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Hue TV
From the 36 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report frequent crashes and connectivity issues with both Hue and LIFX lights, alongside unresponsive support. While some praise the immersive effect when working, many criticize significant lag and the app's obsolescence compared to hardware solutions.
Mixed but leaning positive (61% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for syncing, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Connection & sync: “Best option for tv sync without “Hue Sync””
- Features & content: “This has the most features”
- Speed & performance: “I do not find much lag at all with this app”
- Updates: “Love it but needs updates for ios10”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Hue tv is not working anymore!”
- Price & subscription: “do NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!”
- Connection & sync: “I paid for the app it won’t sync to my LIFX bulbs”
- Speed & performance: “My biggest gripes with the app was the lag time”
About Hue TV
Using your device’s camera, the app chooses the most important colors in the picture – up to three – and puts you in the show. Even add extra, harmonized colors for a sophisticated effect.
Too bright? The global brightness control lets you dial it down for a quieter mood.
- Change the speed and vividness to your taste
- Selection tool lets you focus on just one part of the screen
- Quick on/ quick off switch
- Use up to fifty bulbs
- Remembers your settings between uses
- Use Hue, LIFX, Nanoleaf, and Avea together at the same time
To use Hue TV you need at least one of...
- a Philips Hue bridge with at least one controlled bulb
- LIFX bulbs
- Nanoleaf panels and controller
- an Elgato Avea bulb and an iOS device with Bluetooth 4.0
LIFX bulbs should have the latest firmware update from http://www.lifx.com/pages/updates .
See meethue.com, lifx.co, nanoleaf.me, or elgato.com for more information.