# Casper Glow — Casper Sleep

> Smart lamp control for personalized lighting and natural wake-ups. (iPhone/iPad app by Casper Sleep Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/casper-glow/id1398999798 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Casper Sleep Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1151410554)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.77/5 from 151 App Store ratings · 110 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 63 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2019-01-30
- Data updated: 2026-07-08
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/casper-glow/id1398999798/reviews.md

## What is Casper Glow?

With the Casper Glow app, customize your Glow to set the perfect light that gets you fully relaxed for bedtime: 

Set Your Light Just Right
- For bedtime reading to nighttime rituals, with 5 settings, you can tune the overall brightness of your Glow to enjoy a better bedtime

Schedule A Wake-Up
- Set a time for Glow to turn on in the morning, and wake up naturally to a warm, soothing light.

Control Your Glow
- Turn Glow on and off right from the app.

Sync Up For More Magic
- Sync multiple Glow lights together with the app for your own personal light show.

Give It A Name
- You know you want to.

And more!

## Key features

- Customize light brightness
- Schedule wake-up light
- Turn light on/off remotely
- Sync multiple lights
- Name your device

## What do users think of Casper Glow?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🌟 Great design and hardware
- 💤 Helps with sleep and waking up
- 🌞 Natural wake-up experience
- 🔋 Long-lasting battery

**Cons**

- 🐛 Connectivity and pairing issues
- 🔍 Lacking in-app controls and customization
- 🕰️ No separate weekday/weekend wake-up settings
- 📱 App needs more features and updates

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Lights stop responding and need to be reset
- Wake-up alarm not working as expected
- Charging base issues causing lights to stop charging

**Most requested features**

- Integrate with smart home platforms (e.g., HomeKit, Alexa)
- Add more brightness/dimming controls in the app
- Allow custom wake-up time settings for each day of the week
- Implement a snooze function for the wake-up alarm
- Show battery level and charging status in the app

## Recent user reviews (10 of 110)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/casper-glow/id1398999798/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Please update

*2026-05-07, version 1.1.0*

No updates in 6 years? There is so much potential. I would like to control the brightness of the light for the wake up mode, or be able to leave it at its lowest brightness level. If my partner and I have different wake up times, I don’t need my light reaching full intensity. It would also be nice to have longer durations of wake ups.

### 3/5 — charging feature

*2026-01-12, version 1.1.0*

this glow light is great, it does the job. however i wish the app told you whether the glow light was changing or not. its not easy to make sure that it is in fact charging so instead of flipping the device, most of the time i use the alp to turn it on.

### 2/5 — Light is great, app ignored

*2026-01-04, version 1.1.0*

I loved my Casper Glow light. Had it for several years before it stopped working. Thought of buying another but just noticed the app hasn’t been updated in 6 years! Not a good look for a hardware product you still sell.

### 3/5 — Don’t try grouping lights

*2025-12-11, version 1.1.0*

Ok app just be patient with device discovery. Don’t try to group lights or the app glitches. If you do, tap group then press and hold a light for the X to appear. I guess this won’t get updated now…

### 1/5 — Do Not Buy

*2025-06-11, version 1.1.0*

Hoping to save a consumer some money in this economy. 

Look up “Casper Glow charging base replacement” on Google. This is a known issue that Casper refuses to fix. 

Despite this issue, Casper continues to ship units out to customers with this faulty design. 

PS—check out the last update for this app (5 years and counting). That should have been a clear indication to me that Casper had given up on this product. 

Buyer beware.

### 1/5 — Fatal design flaw in the app

*2025-05-20, version 1.1.0*

Why is the “wake up” time programmed to be the time when the light hits maximum brightness? This suggests that when the light is 95% bright, I would not yet be awake. 
Why must I set my wake up time 25 minutes after I want to actually wake up. This makes errors so much likelier. 

Change the app so that the wake up time is the time when the light begins to glow. This is a one-star app until this easy fix is complete.

Also, allow a custom ramp up time or more variety in ramp up. 30 minutes is too lengthy. I’d like to see a 10 minute ramp or even 5.

### 3/5 — App detail view and battery control

*2025-03-24, version 1.1.0*

The lights are great but I cannot find the detail view in the app to see the battery life. When the light runs out of battery it is not turning back on and there is no indication if it is charging or not. Is there an app feature I am missing to run the battery information?

### 1/5 — No link to phone alarm setting

*2025-01-08, version 1.1.0*

Why can’t the awake time be tied to the phone alarm setting. Light is good but it’s annoying having to change alarm in two different places

### 2/5 — Lights don’t work

*2024-10-30, version 1.1.0*

I bought the double pack and neither lamp works out of the box. They don’t snap into place smoothly on the charging pad but with enough wiggling around you can be pretty sure they’re aligned with the charging points. However, they don’t light up when placed on the charger or respond to button presses, and after an hour of “charging” nothing has changed. The app can’t discover them and they are completely unresponsive to being charged, flipped or pressed. Do not buy.

### 1/5 — Bases become faulty

*2024-09-03, version 1.1.0*

Loved these lights in the beginning but the base slowly breaks down in the year so that the pins don’t touch the lights and thus cannot charge and after warranty Casper does nothing, even though the product is faulty. It doesn’t make sense to buy new ones when they will do the same.

## Frequently asked questions about Casper Glow

### What does the Casper Glow app do?

The Casper Glow app allows you to control your Casper Glow smart lamp. You can customize its brightness for bedtime reading or relaxation, schedule it to turn on in the morning for a natural wake-up, and turn it on or off remotely.

### What are the key features of the Casper Glow app?

Key features include the ability to set your light just right with 5 brightness settings, schedule a wake-up time with a warm, soothing light, control your Glow on and off from the app, and sync multiple Glow lights together for a synchronized light show.

### Is the Casper Glow app free to use?

Yes, the Casper Glow app is free to download and use. The app itself does not have any associated costs or in-app purchases.

### What is the Casper Glow app used for?

This app is primarily used to enhance your sleep and wake-up routines. It helps you create a relaxing atmosphere for bedtime and wake up more naturally with gentle light, improving your overall sleep hygiene.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2019-06-18

Updated wake-up functionality
• Ability to set different wake-up times for each day
• Ability to set multiple wake-up times for each Glow
• Updated 'set wake time' screen that shows when Glow will start waking up and when it will be at it's brightest
• Glow lights that are scheduled to wake up together will show up as a group in the wake-up list view instead of showing up individually.

Bug fixes
• Fixed a reliability issue that required a factory reset in the past. 
• Fixed synced wake up behavior interaction among grouped Glows waking up together. 
• We handle time zone changes as long as the app connects in the new time zone
• We handle STD/DST changes. We handle this based on the most recent time zone information from the app, but the app does not have to be connected during the cutover.

Firmware update: 1.7.0

### 1.0.4 — 2019-03-13

Minor bug fixes and improvements

### 1.0.2 — 2019-02-12

Minor bug fixes and improvements

### 1.0.1 — 2019-02-02

Minor bug fixes and improvements

### 1.0.0 — 2019-01-29

No release notes.

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