# Elgato Control Center — user reviews > 291 indexed App Store user reviews of Elgato Control Center by Corsair Memory, Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 3,754 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elgato-control-center/id1446254313/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elgato-control-center/id1446254313.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,069 · 4★ 240 · 3★ 102 · 2★ 82 · 1★ 261 ## What do users think of Elgato Control Center? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Minimal and functional app - 👍 Effortless experience - 👍 Convenient controls - 👍 Decent interface when connected **Cons** - 🐛 Unreliable connection and frequent disconnects - 🐛 Inconsistent performance, requires frequent resets - 🐛 Fails to recognize or connect to lights - 🐛 Slow and unresponsive at times **Commonly reported bugs** - Lights disappearing from the app - Inability to control lights without the app - Firmware update issues **Most requested features** - HomeKit and Siri integration - Lighting presets and automation - Improved connectivity and stability - Physical controls on the lights ## Newest reviews (15 of 291) ### 4/5 — No HomeKit & Siri *2026-05-15* I would like homekit / Siri support Works well with dual band tp link router ### 4/5 — Ideales Stream Equipment oder sogar Bürozubehör? *2026-03-17* Ich nutze es am Schreibtisch: zum Arbeiten, Videocalls/Teammeetings oder sogar gegen Abend, wenn ich bei gedimmten Licht letzte Mails checke. Die Feineinstellung von kalt zu warm in einem dezenten Schein ist ein Bonus. Absolut empfehlenswert ### 4/5 — Terrible *2026-03-16, version 1.8.3* Can’t even find the devices - tried everything ### 3/5 — Keylight Mini kann nicht updaten *2026-02-01, version 1.8.3* Das Keylight Mini kann seit Monaten kein Firmware-Update machen. ### 1/5 — Firmware *2026-01-28, version 1.8.3* You updated the firmware. Now the lights will not connect anymore. Thanks for a useless purchase. ### 1/5 — Trop friable *2026-01-27* Malgré une connexion au top, l’application marche à l’envie ### 2/5 — Temperamental *2026-01-26, version 1.8.3* The app (iOS) still often can’t find the light - I often have to reload or quit the app multiple times to make it find the light (Key Light Air) sometimes switch on and off on the mechanical switch. Frustrating ### 1/5 — Terrible closed ecosystem *2026-01-13, version 1.8.3* This is a horrible, flakey app which disconnects every other day. And because the app is so embarrassingly buggy, it is incredibly frustrating there’s no option to connect to HomeKit, Google Home or Amazon. ### 3/5 — Warum braucht es diese App? *2026-01-09, version 1.8.3* Die App an sich ist ok, aber viel besser wäre eine Integration in HomeKit. Ich brauche die App nur für eine einzige Lampe und muss jedes Mal überlegen, wie die noch mal heißt. ### 1/5 — App Connection Is Brutal *2026-01-09* App often struggles to find devices. The app icon change itself is also terrible. I don’t know if I want to buy any more products from Elgato **Developer response:** Hello, we're sorry to hear that but we're working hard on our next bigger update 1.9.0. If you encounter any issue with your light or our app don't hestitate to contact our support. We're here to help and would be happy to do so. To reach out just open a ticket at help.elgato.com ### 1/5 — What a silly app display name and logo *2026-01-05, version 1.8.3* Literally couldn’t find this app after latest update. ### 1/5 — Doesnt connect *2026-01-05, version 1.8.3* Half the time I’m trying connect it to the wifi these are good but unreliable along with elgato wave link and actually more of a hassle than an ease of stress ### 1/5 — Lights always drop *2025-12-30* Using with key lights. App constantly drops the connection even though I can see clearly through Eero that the lights are findable on the network. **Developer response:** Hello, we're sorry to hear that but we're working hard on our next bigger update 1.9.0. If you encounter any issue with your light or our app don't hestitate to contact our support. We're here to help and would be happy to do so. To reach out just open a ticket at help.elgato.com ### 1/5 — App often not working *2025-12-26* See title **Developer response:** Hello, we're sorry to hear that but we're working hard on our next bigger update 1.9.0. If you encounter any issue with your light or our app don't hestitate to contact our support. We're here to help and would be happy to do so. To reach out just open a ticket at help.elgato.com ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-12-26* THIS FIRMWARE UPDATE IS THE WORST BY FAR AND NOW MY KEY LIGHT AIR’s WONT CONNECT TO YOUR STUPID APP. I Will No Longer Be Purchasing ANY Of Your Products In The Future And My Stream Will Be Hearing About Your Terrible Products **Developer response:** Hello, we're sorry to hear that but we're working hard on our next bigger update 1.9.0. If you encounter any issue with your light or our app don't hestitate to contact our support. We're here to help and would be happy to do so. To reach out just open a ticket at help.elgato.com ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Latest Update Broke Everything *2026-07-31, version 1.9.0* Prior to the last update I was able to use the quick action button on my phone to trigger a shortcut to turn on and off my lights. Since the update shortcuts report that the app quit unexpectedly. Prior to this it was an incredible experience using the app but now it’s useless. ### 1/5 — latest version broke shortcuts *2026-07-24, version 1.9.0* doing anything with apple shortcuts with this app's actions now results in: app quit unexpectedly ### 1/5 — Latest build is broken *2026-07-24, version 1.9.0* After a recent update, the widget feature just shows a blank white box instead of a quick-activation button. I tried support but the link in the App Store goes to a PAGE NOT FOUND. Not great on product support, guys. ### 1/5 — Widget removed *2026-07-23, version 1.9.0* Why would you remove the Home Screen widgets with the 1.9 release?? ### 1/5 — ORRIBILE *2026-06-06, version 1.8.3* Funziona male malissimo non trova le luci , poi de li trova , trova solo una sto a lotta ogni giorno con questa app. ### 1/5 — IoT vlan failure *2026-04-21, version 1.8.3* This app is unusable on a network segmented by vlans. I keep my IoT devices on a separate vlan away from my personal devices. This app requires them to all be on the same vlan to work. No option to add devices by IP. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-04-14, version 1.8.3* Sometimes imthe lights show up, sometimes they don't. When they do its because I'm turning on and turning off the wifi and opening and closing the app til it decides to show it. It's annoying. ### 1/5 — Only occasionally works *2026-04-03, version 1.8.3* The lights take forever to appear if they appear at all. Sometimes, only one of them does and if you switch to another app and back after enough time, it loses the lights even if they still appear. This means that the buttons don’t work. ### 1/5 — Pairing is so hard *2026-03-29, version 1.8.3* Rarely works to pair key lights breaks all the time ### 1/5 — Elgato *2026-02-01, version 1.8.3* I’ve got 2 Elgato lights and whenever I open the app, it always shows one, and I have to switch on and off a few times, before it even detects the other light, even though it’s under one network. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome Light *2026-07-27* I work from home and am constantly in and out of zoom meetings and this light has been an absolute game changer. It’s helped my video look a lot more professional, which is important because I’m usually in front of a lot of c-suite executives. I appreciate how easy it is to set up in the fact that everything can be done via Bluetooth on my phone or through my Stream Deck. I would highly recommend this to friends and family. ### 5/5 — Bello *2026-03-29, version 1.8.3* Bello ### 5/5 — Justo lo que andaba buscando *2026-03-15, version 1.8.3* Me encantan los sencillos que ajustar el brillo y la temperatura del color sin tener que levantarme la interfaz limpia y la conexión por Wi-Fi. Funciona de maravilla. Es el ingrediente secreto que le faltaba a mi directo para que la iluminación sea simple perfecta altamente recomendada ### 5/5 — Love My Key lights! *2025-12-24, version 1.8.3* These lights are perfect for flat lay photography and are great for crafting too! ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2025-12-24, version 1.8.3* The features are great and are dependable!! ### 5/5 — It’s so convenient to have the key light in my office. *2025-07-15, version 1.8.2* These are great lights in the app makes it super easy to manage these. I’m also using some smart plug-ins with these so that I can turn them on and control them from the app using smart technology. Very cool. ### 5/5 — Minimal and functional *2025-05-03, version 1.8.2* The app is minimal and out of your way. Has a clean interface and has quick response times to user input. I love that in my apps. ### 5/5 — Effortless *2025-04-07, version 1.8.2* It just works. No connectivity issues or frustrating problems ### 5/5 — Satisfecho *2025-02-20, version 1.8.2* Muy buena aplicación ### 5/5 — bien *2025-02-11, version 1.8.2* en general va muy bien pero últimamente no me va muy bien, entro a la app y me sale que abra ajustés y no se que mas pero por lo demás, funciona muy bien. --- *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 2026-08-27.*