# Cree Lighting — user reviews > 135 indexed App Store user reviews of Cree Lighting by IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 13,928 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cree-lighting/id1511968459/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cree-lighting/id1511968459.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,537 · 4★ 1,599 · 3★ 461 · 2★ 72 · 1★ 259 ## What do users think of Cree Lighting? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 💡 Ability to control lights remotely - 🎨 Wide range of color options - ⏱️ Scheduling and automation features - 👍 Easy setup and connectivity - 🔌 Works with Alexa and other smart home integrations - 💡 Affordable and good value **Cons** - 🐛 Connectivity issues and bulbs going offline - 🔀 Difficulty managing groups and scenes - 🤔 Unintuitive and confusing user interface - 🔄 Inconsistent performance with app updates - 📱 Lack of dark mode or customizable interface - 🔌 Compatibility issues with certain routers and networks **Commonly reported bugs** - Bulbs randomly turning on/off or changing color on their own - Scheduled automations not working as expected - Slow or unresponsive app performance - Difficulty pairing and reconnecting bulbs - Inconsistent behavior when switching between color and white modes **Most requested features** - Add support for Siri and Apple HomeKit - Improve group management and scene editing - Implement a dark mode and customizable interface - Enhance scheduling and automation capabilities - Provide better feedback and troubleshooting for connectivity issues ## Newest reviews (16 of 135) ### 4/5 — Would Love an Iphone Widget!!! *2026-03-13, version 1.3.2* It is a great app and lightbulb company! I truly recommend it is fairly priced, has many features, is bright, has many different colors, and can even connect to an Alexa for voice control! But I would appreciate a widget for easier access for the iPhone controls! Would make it a five star!!! ### 2/5 — Wt f *2025-11-06, version 1.3.2* I had this for the past four years and all of a sudden it stops working. Like it asks me to connect blue tooth even tho my BT is already on!! Worked fine yesterday now it’s not? Fix this please ### 3/5 — Disappointing *2025-10-02, version 1.3.2* I REALLY wanted to like this setup. There are some really cool features and the light quality is great. If you want to control one or two lights while you’re right there with them, go for it! However, I primarily wanted these for grouping and scheduling functionality. Both of these fail pretty miserably. I set up schedules for entryway and hallway lights to come on low in the evening and turn off in the morning. They turn on at the scheduled time, but then turn off at 11:30pm for no discernible reason. On nights I work late, I come home to a pitch black house. Thank goodness I still had another brand in my porch light! In the morning, instead of turning off, they turn back on to 100%. So much for simplifying using less electricity. I also used them in some fixtures that have multiple bulbs. Sometimes I can turn groups on together and control them as a group, but more often than not, I have to go select some stragglers individually and control them one at a time. The app will even occasionally tell me an individual light is on when it’s not or vice versa. If you want these for a one-off party to set a mood or just to adjust the color on one or two lamps, they’d be fine. But for full-time, reliable functionality this app is a bust. ### 2/5 — Never connects *2025-09-28, version 1.3.2* This app used to work but the past 6 months it constantly says my devices are “offline” and there’s a “device connection failure” when they ARE online and eventually connect. But the app is never accurate and so frustrating! I wish i never bought these ### 2/5 — Used to Be Good *2025-08-29, version 1.3.2* Recently the app was updated, now to run “tap to run” you have to now confirm you want the action to occur…. It’s NOT tap to run it’s almost faster to make the changes manually than use the tap to run feature. PLEASE FIX ### 1/5 — Disgrw *2025-03-15, version 1.3.0* Terrible code ### 1/5 — Stupid stupid software *2024-10-31, version 1.3.0* I cannot hate the software for these bulbs more. Grouping bulbs is not available despite lies otherwise. Follow the sun is such a great concept but it could not be worse if you tried. The idea of having bulbs go from day light by day to warm light at night its great. The problem is the bulbs keep forgetting their software and you have to manually set up each bulb, frequently. Their default setting in this mode is only for certain days and dark at night hours. Yes, lets turn on a bulb at night and have its default be 0% brightness. If a switch gets flicked, due to hitting the wrong switch, kids, or some other error. They just blink and need to be reset all over again. I have 8 of these in my kitchen and 3 of them stop doing follow the sun and just turn purple every 3 days. And each must be fixed separately because grouping is not a real feature. ### 1/5 — Buggy and dismal support *2024-10-29, version 1.3.0* Over the last two years we’ve used a few Cree lights for outdoor lighting. Bulb color and intensity varies between lights, and wifi connectivity is super spotty. In my efforts to fix the many issues I’ve sent multiple emails to support, but none of my messages have ever been returned. Switched to Govee and having a MUCH better experience. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2024-10-13, version 1.3.0* there isnt even an option to change all the lights at once there was at one point but they updated the app and you have to change each light individually like if you want them to sync w music u can only do 1 lightbulb FIX THIS ITS BEEN A YEAR ### 1/5 — Poor app *2024-09-23, version 1.3.0* Bulbs never went into connecting mode and the app doesn’t help what so ever they clearly don’t care about customers stay away at all cost??????SHYTTY PRODUCT.. ### 2/5 — J eff *2024-09-02, version 1.3.0* The bulb lights I purchased will not stay on at late light hours. The company sales a product that doesn’t work Stay away ### 1/5 — Never worked once *2024-08-27, version 1.2.0* Never worked once. ignores all taps ### 1/5 — No groups!! *2024-08-20, version 1.2.0* I’ve had these bulbs for two years now and all of a sudden I can’t make new groups. Please fix this ASAP! ### 2/5 — What happened to.. *2024-08-05, version 1.2.0* Grouping bulbs? Color scenario?? Did the update get rid of convenience ? ### 1/5 — No group tab *2024-07-27, version 1.2.0* New update made it impossible to make new groups. Now all lights have to be controlled individually ### 2/5 — Obtuse and Full of Bugs *2024-07-09, version 1.2.0* They make it needlessly complicated to do basic tasks, and don’t offer many ways to customize the experience. Also why was it so hard to find how to make a group? They hid one of the most important features of the app! Combine groups and rooms: what is the point of a room if you need everything to be in a group to do anything anyway. Lastly the app is full of bugs 90% of the time you use this app you’ll experience a bug. If I didn’t already install a bunch of the lights I’d probably go elsewhere. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Need an account for a light bulb *2026-07-18, version 1.3.2* When I bought this bulb this app was like all the other. I don’t need to create an account for a light bulb so they can farm my data. I’ll get a new bulb ### 1/5 — Pairing Nightmare *2026-07-04, version 1.3.2* I love the lights once they are paired and I can select the exact shade of whitish yellow, as well as the intensity. Pairing to the bulbs that randomly unpair and remembering the password to an app I use once every year or two? Not so much. Takes me 45 mins to get back into the app and pair the bulbs every time. As I write this review I’m on my third round of trying to add the lights to my app so I can change their color back from scalding-my-eyeballs-white. Please make a better app or fix the bluetooth hell that is this system. ### 1/5 — Cree lighting *2026-03-27, version 1.3.2* Pure garbage. Both the lights and the app. The only thing worse than the lights and the app, is Cree customer service. I’ll be donating these lights to the nearest landfill. ### 1/5 — No group option *2025-12-03, version 1.3.2* It would be helpful if the group option was available after updating and or reinstalling. ### 1/5 — Not connected *2025-11-07, version 1.3.2* Idk what’s going on with this latest update but I have to toggle off and back on my Bluetooth otherwise the app tells me my bulb is not connected. Schedule is also wonky. ### 1/5 — Pésimo *2025-10-20, version 1.3.2* Para programar es una ciencia y lo obligan a tomar un plan 🤬🤬🤬 ### 1/5 — Non-functional app, flashing bulbs *2025-10-12, version 1.3.2* This app recently went from obtuse and borderline useless to completely non-functional. The Cree system barely worked the moment we implemented it in multiple rooms, failing in a host of ways - individual bulbs forgetting which room/group they were assigned to and failing to operate (on, off, programming) with their group; whole rooms forgetting and going through the strobe-effect initiation process every few days or weeks (room depending); no room maintaining “advanced” programming such as timers, Cree programs like “follow the sun,” etc. for longer than a week or so. But now, the app doesn’t work…at all. Neither my husband or I can log in to the app, with the “log in” button permanently greyed out. Rooms are on the fritz big time, strobing every time we turn the lights on. Our house is a constant disco, and we only had to pay roughly $1,200 for the luxury. There’s a clear reason Cree’s no longer in the residential lighting market. ### 1/5 — Dumb bulb *2025-09-30, version 1.3.2* So tired of these apps needing an account and password just to turn on a light bulb. It constantly disconnects and I have to reconnect it. I’m going back to regular bulbs and ditching these apps. ### 1/5 — Used to work *2025-08-19, version 1.3.0* I’ve had these bulbs for about a year. Had no issues with the app in the beginning. Now it glitches out all the time saying the bulbs are offline. Can’t change the lights. ### 1/5 — Removing functionality *2025-08-08, version 1.3.0* Why would you remove the group function? Randomly the groups I had for my lights is gone and you even got rid of the button so we can’t even create them anymore. Now we have to manually set each bulb to the color and brightness we want which is a waste of time when I could do it with 1 button before, I will be switching my lights with a different brand soon. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Widgets!!! *2026-07-29, version 1.3.2* Please add a widget! It would make turning on and off so easy. ### 5/5 — Widgets!!! *2025-06-02, version 1.3.0* Please add a widget! It would make turning on and off so easy. ### 5/5 — Multi colored light bulb *2024-12-17, version 1.3.0* Perfect. ### 5/5 — Modo oscuro *2024-11-30, version 1.3.0* La app increíble 💯 muy funcional para no tener que ir a apagar el 💡.. PERO DEBERÍAN PONER EL MODO OSCURO… Está muy brillante la app.. ### 5/5 — Great set of smart lights *2023-12-15, version 1.2.0* I’ve been using these bulbs for over a year, and I must say I am pleased. The setup is easy, the options or great, and using the app to control everything makes it all seamless. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Bad update *2023-11-28, version 1.2.0* The new update is trash. Now you can’t make groups and control many bulbs at the same time 👎👎 ### 5/5 — 100% satisfied *2023-08-04, version 1.1.8* I bought them to try them out but after a year I added another one because I saw that it's a quality product. I will order two more external ones so I will complete the whole area and I will have the certainty of being able to control everything perfectly ### 5/5 — The ‘cheap’ Bulb is GREAT! *2023-06-09, version 1.1.8* I wanted a low price option for an LED light bulb that would work with my Alexa. I have the Philips hue system in my house but I just wanted something simple. This low price light bulb is great. The cheap light works. it’s nice and bright in white mode, and provides a good amount of light in the color modes. I would recommend this product to friends and family. ### 5/5 — This light is a MUST HAVE!!!! *2023-02-26, version 1.1.8* I absolutely love Cree lighting. I have a total of 20 bulbs throughout my house. During the holidays I change out the outdoor lights and use these. They are 90% of my lighting all year long. I’ve tried others but this one by far is my favorite❤️the options and color are thee best. ### 5/5 — Love these lights. *2023-01-10, version 1.1.8* I love that I can turn my lights on or off when I’m not home. I also love that I can change the color of my lights. From warm to cool lighting. From just about every color in the rainbow depending on my mood. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-06.*