# Friendship Lamps — user reviews > 170 indexed App Store user reviews of Friendship Lamps by Filimin Friendship Lamps, rated 4.20/5 from 1,136 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/friendship-lamps/id1569100391/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/friendship-lamps/id1569100391.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 816 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 38 · 2★ 42 · 1★ 161 ## What do users think of Friendship Lamps? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to set up - 👍 Great way to stay connected - 💡 Unique way to communicate - 🤩 Fun and enjoyable product **Cons** - 🐛 Connectivity issues - 🤔 Confusing subscription model - 😕 Buggy app experience - 🤯 Complicated setup process **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and freezes - Unreliable remote touch functionality - Frequent disconnections from WiFi - Inconsistent lamp behavior **Most requested features** - More customization options - Improved notification system - Ability to manage lamps from app - Simpler setup and troubleshooting ## Newest reviews (13 of 170) ### 3/5 — App keeps crashing *2026-07-09, version 5.5.0* App open to white screen and crashes and I have to re open it a couple times before it works. The light is great! My family is having a great time ### 2/5 — Needs update *2026-06-08, version 5.5.0* I moved and when I plugged lamp back in I had a difficult time connecting. I have one of the first lamps from 2016. Once connected it would not remain connected. I ended up having to remove myself from group I am in. Now I cannot connect back to the group. I will try again today and if no success I will call customer service. ### 3/5 — App upgrade disappointment *2026-04-25, version 5.5.0* Disappointed that the Touch notification does not appear to work any longer on IPhone 13. Now when traveling I do not receive notifications of my family touching their light to say hello. After upgrade I had to redownload the app as well. Didn’t seem right. ### 4/5 — Light lamp *2026-04-10, version 5.5.0* Love the lamp, easy to set up and I think the app is easy for use! ### 2/5 — Could be so much better *2026-03-06, version 5.5.0* I don’t see that it does anything but change colors. No sound to alert you that a loved one elsewhere has touched it. Just have to have it where you can see it and check it often. I’m not sure what the subscription does but hopefully a lot more than without. This wasn’t cheap to be so unexciting. ### 4/5 — Awesome lamps! *2026-01-09, version 5.5.0* Great for keeping connected! The app definitely needs some bug fixes/improvements though. Overall really cool product. ### 1/5 — Unuseable *2026-01-06, version 5.5.0* The app is horrid and won’t let you use the lamps with out a subscription. It can’t even be routed on 5ghz ### 3/5 — Lamp *2026-01-05, version 5.5.0* Sucks you have to pay a fee and it stays on for 30 mins minimum after touching it. Otherwise, fun. ### 1/5 — New to lamps *2026-01-04, version 5.5.0* So far I’m thinking of returning these. What a gimmic. The app crashes the set up was awful and other than me being able to click on the app to send my friend a touch when I’m away from my lamp he can’t send me anything back when I’m away from home (I thought I’d get the app for that reason but unless I’m by my lamp I see nothing.) seems silly if it doesn’t work somehow while I’m away … ### 2/5 — The idea is good but its to complicated *2026-01-04, version 5.5.0* This product is really fun but there needs to be a simpler way to set it up. It took me to long to set it up. ### 4/5 — Fairly good *2026-01-02, version 5.5.0* It kept connecting to the wrong WiFi for me and dumb how you need a subscription. ### 1/5 — Poor quality *2026-01-01, version 5.5.0* Notifications don’t work properly. Customer service was great in the beginning but have since stopped communicating. ### 2/5 — Good product. Bad app. *2025-12-29, version 5.5.0* Not intuitive whatsoever. Need to be more user friendly. The functionality seems to be there. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sad Gift *2026-08-17, version 5.5.0* Nothing is working. Lamp won’t start up and app is blank ### 1/5 — Frustrated customer with so called improved app *2026-06-15, version 5.5.0* Notification are not working! I have tried to fix it but nothing has worked. I talked to someone and they took me through how to fix things but it didn’t work. Please address this issue. ### 1/5 — Cannot connect to my granddaughter *2026-05-22, version 5.5.0* Don’t bother ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-05-11, version 5.5.0* I bought a set of lamps from you and one of them has ID that won’t register your help chat back-and-forth with me several times and it still doesn’t work ### 1/5 — why so difficult to set up *2026-04-29, version 5.5.0* been trying to set up this lamp since january and it’s almost may??!! the app just keeps circling to inactive lamp then i activate it then then it’s inactive. i have a subscription! ### 1/5 — Not so great *2026-03-30, version 5.5.0* Always seems to pulsate ### 1/5 — Never worked at all. *2026-03-16, version 5.5.0* Waste of over $200. Never worked ### 1/5 — Wow subscription *2026-03-06, version 5.5.0* We should not have to pay a subscription or at least state that before someone buys it ### 1/5 — not good *2026-02-12, version 5.5.0* super complicated and hard to figure out don’t get it ### 1/5 — Buggy interface, lamp won’t even connect *2026-01-26* So I was excited to give these a try, but when trying to set up my lamp using the app, you can’t even add or connect your lamp until you buy the subscription, and then after I purchased it, my lamp won’t even connect. I go through the setup process and when I get to the stage where you’re supposed to tap the top of your lamp to finalize it, my lamp goes dark with no lights and won’t respond to any touch controls. On top of that I think the mobile app is in desperate need of bug fixes and UI improvements. For example, when I click on the heart tab on the bottom, sometimes it glitches and the screen goes white and the only way to get back is to force quit out of the app and restart it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Hoops coup *2026-04-13, version 5.5.0* Hoops coup ### 5/5 — Best gift ever *2026-02-21, version 5.5.0* My husband gave our daughter and I these lamps. We use them every morning to say have a good day, after work to say welcome home and before bedtime to say goodnight. We love them!!! ### 5/5 — Friendship lamps *2026-02-21, version 5.5.0* Love it too keep in touch with my daughter ### 5/5 — Bdub *2026-02-05, version 5.5.0* Awesome so far!! ### 5/5 — I have two!! *2026-01-16, version 5.5.0* I love these lamps! I have one with my family and one with my girl pals! Great gift idea! ### 5/5 — My new friendship life *2026-01-12* This friendship light is one of the most amazing things. I’ve seen it a great way for families and friends to keep in touch with just a simple touch of the lamp. It lets your loved ones. Know that you’re thinking about them. I would recommend this for anyone who has family members and loved ones in different states countries it’s a simple little thing with the touch touching your finger. You can let all your loved ones to know you’re thinking about them. ### 5/5 — Such a wonderful thing *2025-12-30, version 5.5.0* It helps to keep our loved ones even closer. We are spread out, but with just a touch of the lamp it lets them know we are thinking of them! ### 5/5 — For my best friend *2025-12-14, version 5.5.0* This is so cool our whole family loves this. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-12-02, version 5.5.0* The sending of colorful love messages is a unique and thought way of saying I am thinking of you right at this moment… ### 5/5 — The most awesome product! *2025-11-15, version 5.5.0* Such a great way to stay in touch and it works so well! --- *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 2026-09-10.*