Great app
Perfect App for Managing HomeBridge while away from the computer or home!
I don’t like the update
I paid the additional one time lifetime license fee, but I’m not sure why I did and what I got for it. The app is riddled with “coming soon” screens (just hide them!) and workflows that take longer than before, like updating a plugin now makes me click skip on creating a backup which is a “coming soon” feature… what kind of user experience is that. And for the life of me I can’t find my pairing code anywhere. Why did you make it so much harder to find? And now after updating a plugin it doesn’t offer to restart just that child bridge it restarts the whole thing? Why so many steps backward. Strange
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might as well use web app
new UI is borderline unusable. i tried to get used to it, but just can't. i'll just use the web app going forward.
What happened
Used to be a good app now it has a worst UI which list 97% off my devices as unknown and in order to use this worst interface they want me to buy a new pro license because the one I bought for the version of the app I liked won’t count for this update I did not ask for. That’s fine I’ll just make my own or find another, way to disgruntle long-term loyal users. Should have made it a separate "updated v5" app or at least left the pro licenses alone.
They responded saying I could restore the license but that’s what I have done they call it legacy and expect another $3 for an upgrade to use a worst app I didn’t ask to change which I already paid for a lifetime one-time license to. The wording they use doesn’t even make sense. In order to continue providing “one-time” licenses they need all existing “one-time” licenses to pay an upgrade fee lol. You’re not offering a one-time license in either of those cases.
Responded again with the same none-sense saying the cost is for maintaining support when none of the complaints about changes I have involve work to maintain the basic homebridge plugin management and dashboard functionality. I have made several plugins and my local instance is deployed from a self hosted gitea instance that forks and rebases updates from the official with my own changes applied on top so trust me when I say that’s a load of manure to justify it, but all my complaints pertain to app features and changes; not requested by, but forced upon customers who didn’t ask for them with a fresh price while killing the existing lifetime app we actually paid for. Review stands, so does my opinion and nothing will change that aside from retaining the original app as a legacy app and making this a new separate version like proper developers would.
Once more people update their apps I’m sure you’ll see more reviews like this popping up. If I could leave 0 or less stars I would.
They responded saying I could restore the license but that’s what I have done they call it legacy and expect another $3 for an upgrade to use a worst app I didn’t ask to change which I already paid for a lifetime one-time license to. The wording they use doesn’t even make sense. In order to continue providing “one-time” licenses they need all existing “one-time” licenses to pay an upgrade fee lol. You’re not offering a one-time license in either of those cases.
Responded again with the same none-sense saying the cost is for maintaining support when none of the complaints about changes I have involve work to maintain the basic homebridge plugin management and dashboard functionality. I have made several plugins and my local instance is deployed from a self hosted gitea instance that forks and rebases updates from the official with my own changes applied on top so trust me when I say that’s a load of manure to justify it, but all my complaints pertain to app features and changes; not requested by, but forced upon customers who didn’t ask for them with a fresh price while killing the existing lifetime app we actually paid for. Review stands, so does my opinion and nothing will change that aside from retaining the original app as a legacy app and making this a new separate version like proper developers would.
Once more people update their apps I’m sure you’ll see more reviews like this popping up. If I could leave 0 or less stars I would.
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One of the best solutions!
Easily one of the best Homebridge solutions available. While it’s excellent, adding support for macOS, watchOS and iPadOS would be a huge step forward. I’d also love to see a dedicated accessories control page and the ability to create groups, similar to the functionality in the Home Assistant app!
