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24 alternatives to Brilliance

f.lux for Philips Hue bulbs

Brilliance automates Philips Hue smart bulbs to mimic natural lighting conditions based on location and time. Users select from preset lighting modes including sunlight, weather-based, urban, and northern lights, then… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Brilliance launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
f.lux▲1,353
Adjusts your computer's display to adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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Sweet Hue▲68
Manage Philips Hue in style
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
f.lux for iOS▲596
Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day
2015 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
4
Brilliant - Smart Home Control▲165
Control lights, climate, music and more from your wall
2018 · brilliant.tech · its alternatives →
5
Chroma for Hue 3.0▲168
The best way to control your Philips Hue lights on macOS.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Hue Sentiment▲65
Control lights with your mood
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Hue Log▲162
Philips Hue logging, monitoring and analytics for macOS
2023 · huelog.app · its alternatives →
8
Hue Widget▲93
Control Philips Hue lights from notification center (iOS)
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Chroma for Hue, Control Your Philips Hue Bulbs from OS X▲16
2015 · chromaforhue.com · its alternatives →
10
Hue Widgets▲73
Control your lights from your Home Screen
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hue Lights▲99
Program your lights to be any color
2014 · philips-hue.com · its alternatives →
12
Solace▲171
macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…
Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →
13
Luke Roberts Model F▲67
A smart lamp with paint your light technology
2019 · luke-roberts.com · its alternatives →
14
Volum▲71
Home lights and sounds at your fingertips
2022 · lowtechguys.com · its alternatives →
15
The Orb▲116
Intelligent lighting that adjusts to your needs + home
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
16
Hue Brain Games▲68
Play interactive games with your Philips Hue lights
2020 · its alternatives →
17
Noon Home▲80
A scene-based lighting system for different rooms
2018 · support.savant.com · its alternatives →
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Noon Smart Lighting System▲97
Transform any room with professional-quality lighting
2017 · support.savant.com · its alternatives →
19
LightItApp▲75
A yoga and meditation app for Philips Hue 💡
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Philips Hue White Ambiance Smart Bulbs▲5
Smart lightbulbs that let you choose the color temperature!
2016 · reviewed.com · its alternatives →
21
Orro▲101
Never think about your lights again
2019 · its alternatives →
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Aurora▲3
Conversational Philips Hue light control.
2023 · installaurora.com · its alternatives →
23
Philips Bridge 2.0▲127
Philips brings Siri & HomeKit to Hue
2015 · philips-hue.com · its alternatives →
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SwiftHue for iOS▲82
Easily control your Hue lights, widget included
2014 · swifthue.com · its alternatives →

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