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| Function | Basic App | With In App Purchases (IAP) | Basic Membership | Pro MembershipPrice List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create groups, rooms and zones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color, color temperature and favorites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create Magic Scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play included Magic Scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use animations in app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Widget | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Versatile switch and sensor editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Define power on state of lights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color & Light state drag & drop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Intelligent timers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sleep timer, reminder and fade over | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple normal, sunset and sunrise timers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Family sharing of app itself | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add scene or Magic Scene to Siri | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use iPhone search for most used scenes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hide specific groups, rooms and zones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Many 3rd party lights supported | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full support of all compatible switches and sensors (at initial purchase) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Smart Button- & Dimmer V2 support | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change group brightness with group center slider | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit room/zone type | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit Siri shortcuts from within the app | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exclusive HOLD for Dimmer, Smart Button & Lutron Aurora | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean up scenes function | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shake scenes and tap magic scenes for randomization | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Widget entry naming and headlines | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sunrise-/Sunset timers & conditional timers for single lights | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| (De-)activate motion sensor by switch | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.0 or later) |
with 2020-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use Magic Scenes for gradient lights | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use Magic Scenes for gradient lights | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use gradients for Scenes & Magic Scenes | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gradient functions via remote access | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue Wall Switch Module support | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Combine group on alternation with day/night, timeslot, or push alternation (for Hue Wall Switch Modules, Hue Dimmer, Hue Smart Button, Lutron Aurora) |
✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Better setup wizards for Smart Button & Lutron Aurora | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Additional button press extends sleep timer | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quicker reaction to bridge status updates | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Candle and fire effects | ✓ (if purchased with version 4.6 or later) |
with 2021-Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ |
| Number of bridges | 1 | unlimited (with IAP Multibridge) | 2 | unlimited |
| Number of user created animations | 1 | unlimited (with IAP Animation Upgrade) | unlimited | unlimited |
| Discotainment | limited to 60 seconds per usage | unlimited (with IAP Discotainment) | unlimited | unlimited |
| Additional thematic/seasonal Magic Scenes | Try 3x | In multiple packages of 6 via IAP | All | All |
| Add Animation to Siri | with IAP Animation Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Use animations for timers, switches & in widget | with IAP Animation Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Create more Animations | with IAP Animation Upgrade | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Automation | with IAP Automation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Weekend Mode | with IAP Weekend Mode | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Presence dependent timers | with IAP Automation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Watch Plus | with IAP Watch Plus | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multiple locations | with IAP Multibridge | ✓ | ||
| Share Magic Scenes and Animations | Try 3x | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Duplicate own Magic Scenes and Animations | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Widget on Apple Watch | ✓ | |||
| Group widget | ✓ | |||
| Group picture | ✓ | |||
| Membership family sharing | ✓ | |||
| Incandescent mode | ✓ | |||
| Daylight functionality | ✓ | |||
| Add sleep timer, reminder to Siri | ✓ | |||
| Light migration wizard | ✓ | |||
| Relative change of color temperature via switch | ✓ |