JellyFish Designer User Reviews

Big Fish Automation, LLC

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Terrible!

Doesn’t work half the time, can not connect to the box in garage, over 2 years I’ve had to do the WiFi reset 3 times, 30+ minutes to make it reconnect. Pretty disappointed with my overall experience. Was lied to about the lights being able to dance to music with a later update.

at32174

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing your input with us! We recommend switching over to our JF cloud app. With our Designer Cloud app, you can control your lights from anywhere. You will also be able to get the latest updates as they are released! You can download the app here: https://www.jellyfishlighting.com/download

Amazing

I just had 450’ of these lights installed on my house and I am blown away by the brightness and customization. I was a little afraid after reading some of the reviews of this app, but I have not ran into a single problem with the app, it does everything I can think to throw at it! If you are on the fence about getting permanent Christmas lights, DO IT!

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Kenneth W37

a year ago

Response from developer

App Is Amateur Hour

You should fit your entire app team. Yo be 2023 and to have an app this wonky is an embarrassment. Fire and spend some money on real app developers.

Paused Not Shakened

2 years ago

App doesn’t provide level of desired control

As others have said, the lights are great, but the app is the weak point. It does not provide the level of control needed. A few weak points for me.

1- The brightness slider needs to be moved to the Adjust tab to the Pattern tab. The reason being that you cannot control the brightness of individual lights. I want 1 bright, followed by 3 dim with a custom warm white color. This isn’t possible.

The lighter/darker slider also is not the solution to this problem for custom colors.

2- The speed setting for the chase needs more slower options. For example, the vast majority of the time my lights will be in accent mode. I would like the ability to set a very slow chase (like every minute or 30 seconds) to ensure the LEDs get used/worn evenly.

3- Enhance the app so that it supports a cloud connection.

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RYANKELLOGG

2 years ago

Response from developer

Terrible app

I have not been able to log into the app for over a week despite being on the same wi fi. Makes the lights absolutely useless since I am not able to control them.

frustrated3637

2 years ago

Frustrated initially

This works if you have a dedicated Wi-Fi signal. It does not work with mesh systems as the controller and your phone may not connect to the same device: something that the programmers need to address. To resolve, we had our provider turn back on the 2.4 ghz modem Wi-Fi and then we loaded the App onto a rarely used old iPad that we directly linked only to the 2.4 ghz Wi-Fi, bypassing our mesh network. It works great now.

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Mad&Frustrated

2 years ago

Response from developer

lights great but app communication to unit not so good

lights are great but app communication to unit is a huge problem. We had the motherboard replaced almost a year ago with same problem and now it’s happening again. The unit will show the lights on but lights are off, or app will not communicate to unit & says not on same wifi or lost contact with controller:( We used to recommend and refer now we don’t.

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Tophat2013

2 years ago

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Lights are wonderful. App is meh

I love the lights. The app is good. However the scheduler part doesn’t work. I’ve tried multiple times and it never works. Also, I wish there was a way to control the lights remotely from anywhere. The only way for it to work is if I’m at home connected to the same WiFi.

Rnmom1218

2 years ago

Response from developer

5-Star Lights, 1-Star App

Using the app is like playing the lotto. You might win and get a connection, but you probably won’t. If you’re lucky enough to get in, don’t waste time looking around. Have a plan ready. Use strategery and execute quickly before you get the boot.

Wild Aero