Best Elgato Avea alternatives: apps like Elgato Avea

Room to ImproveCommon complaints summarized from real App Store user reviews

• 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
• 🐛 Freezes and becomes unresponsive
• 🐛 Settings revert unexpectedly
• 🐛 Does not do what it advertises
• 🐛 Limited free version
• 🐛 Inconsistent execution of changes
• 🐛 Tedious to set brightness/color
• 🐛 Startling strobe effects
• 🐛 Does not create scenes in Home app
• 🐛 Does not automate via iPhone
• 🐛 Mac version requires extra purchase
• 🐛 No support for HomeKit automations
• 🐛 Free version is too limited
• 🐛 Paid app with no support
• 🐛 Lifx lights not viewable
• 🐛 Not clear about Mac compatibility
• 🐛 Does not work with MacBook Pro
• 🐛 Random color changes during signals
• 🐛 Lights don't always turn off as intended
• 🐛 Unable to restore original light state
• 🐛 Clunky UI
• 🐛 No documentation or help
• 🐛 Tries to upsell immediately
• 🐛 Free version can't be tested
• 🐛 No family sharing for in-app purchase
• 🐛 Shortcuts integration can get bogged down
• 🐛 Sound recognition features requested
• 🐛 Does not work consistently
• 🐛 App launch stalls
• 🐛 Long delay times
• 🐛 No response from bulbs
• 🐛 Flashing between colors/groups requested
• 🐛 Pulse setting too fast
• 🐛 Flash duration doesn't update
• 🐛 Basic functionality missing (light groups)
• 🐛 No extensible features
• 🐛 Can't recommend purchasing at this time
• 🐛 Does not work with HomeKit automations, only shortcuts
• 🐛 App garbage
• 🐛 Not ready for prime time
• 🐛 Occasionally pulls off its only trick
• 🐛 Asked to review with every change
• 🐛 Not intuitive
• 🐛 Does not work
• 🐛 Ineligible for refund
• 🐛 No use case worth the panic/stress
• 🐛 Cannot link signal into home or personal automation
• 🐛 Does not recognize all HomeKit lights
• 🐛 Only Siri commands
• 🐛 Cannot create signal based on text message
• 🐛 Paid for full version, cannot link to HomeKit
• 🐛 Gimmicky
• 🐛 No refund
• 🐛 Gave developer free money
• 🐛 No point of free version
• 🐛 Needs lots of improvements
• 🐛 Shortcut list won't refresh
• 🐛 Not cheap for what it offers
• 🐛 Can't get a refund
• 🐛 No idea how it's supposed to work
• 🐛 Blank screen on launch
• 🐛 Remains on when it should turn off
• 🐛 Doesn't work well
• 🐛 Very long delay time
• 🐛 Would love ability to use signal as part of automation
• 🐛 Poor execution
• 🐛 Sometimes works, most times no
• 🐛 Super limited
• 🐛 Can't trigger from HomePod or via automations
• 🐛 If there is a way to integrate with automations, please let me know
• 🐛 Can we get support for shortcut home automations?
• 🐛 Lights may or may not return to current state
• 🐛 Sometimes they stay bright
• 🐛 Sometimes they don't come on at all
• 🐛 Gets a no response every time
• 🐛 Flashes lights as expected, no complaints
• 🐛 Simple way to perform actions
• 🐛 Flashes lights for dinner and lunch
• 🐛 Flashes lights to let SO know when on break
• 🐛 Excited to incorporate into other shortcuts
• 🐛 Wonder if planning sound recognition for HomeKit
• 🐛 Great concept, implemented well
• 🐛 Creating new signal and selecting lights is easy
• 🐛 Not terribly intuitive when it comes to signal commands
• 🐛 Selecting color doesn't work consistently
• 🐛 Other little issues
• 🐛 Hope they continue to refine
• 🐛 Latest update is superb
• 🐛 Enjoying using it
• 🐛 App support is excellent
• 🐛 Please add ability to add to HomeKit scene
• 🐛 Gives message of 'Looking for lights'
• 🐛 Have to close out app completely
• 🐛 Latest update for Leviton switches improves effectiveness
• 🐛 Lights flash to remind children it's time for bed
• 🐛 Great for getting attention of anyone in the house
• 🐛 Flash lights when dinner's ready