# Hue Fireworks for Philips Hue — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Hue Fireworks for Philips Hue by iMakeStuff, rated 2.00/5 from 22 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hue-fireworks-for-philips-hue/id767440066/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hue-fireworks-for-philips-hue/id767440066.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 14 ## Newest reviews (11 of 42) ### 2/5 — Ripped off *2021-02-08* I don't often review but this is a con. You have to buy the effects within the app. Complete rip off. The effects that are in here are in the xmas app. Why make the affects locked when I have bought. Im not being a cheap skate, I feel genuinely ripped off here. Disappointed. ### 2/5 — Not worth buying *2018-12-31* You only get to use half of the app. Must pay more to get all the effects. ### 3/5 — Ball Drop Song *2018-12-27* This would have 5 stars, but the “Good News” by Ocean Park Stand-off is gone :( **Developer response:** Sorry. We had to. We only had a license agreement for 1 year. ### 1/5 — Do Not Buy *2017-01-12* This app is horrible does not sync with the ball drop at all it only let me preview the ball drop ### 1/5 — Doesn't work, waste of money *2017-01-01* Didn't work last night, waste of $2. ### 1/5 — It's already next year, but I have an hour to go! *2017-01-01* I bought this to celebrate New Years but it's already 2017 on the app and I still have 30 mins to go!! So much for the ball drop! ### 1/5 — Out of sync over 40 seconds *2017-01-01* Worthless if way out of sync for New Years ball drop. ### 1/5 — Won't open *2016-12-31* App won't stay open ### 3/5 — Great but... *2016-10-29, version 2.016* I don't understand why a few user songs will play but most get a "can't play" message. Sync to the bridge flawless. Sync to a few songs flawless. Effects flawless. Wish this was a 5 star review, but I can't. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2016-02-18, version 1.4* Don't buy...I want my money back ### 2/5 — Used to be good *2016-01-28, version 2.016* Was awesome when I first got it. Even used the Halloween app to have one of the neatest houses on the trick or treat route. Now everytime I open it I have to go reconnect to the bridge. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Mr Grummitt *2023-12-27* Not working link bridge box ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with bulbs w/o bridges *2021-01-15* My bulbs are Bluetooth / WiFi enabled. Bought this for my daughter. It won’t detect the bulb and I guess requires a bridge? Should have said that in the descriptions. **Developer response:** Unfortunately we cannot support the app without a bridge. You could easily add a bridge to your setup if you want. Your existing lights can be added to a bridge. A bridge offers al lot of advantages. All third party apps require a hue bridge opening up a lot of possibilities. Hope that helps. ### 1/5 — Major Fail *2020-01-01* App does not work as described. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money *2019-06-08* I bought all of their Hue apps and spent over $100 I have sent multiple emails and the will not respond There are no instructions either in the app or on their website Can not schedule the lights, get it to work without the app open and music playing or with several lights **Developer response:** Hi. We haven’t received your messages unfortunately. Please use the feedback option in the app to contact us. We will get back to you for sure! ### 1/5 — Sehr schlecht *2019-01-06* Ein Feuerwerk zu programmieren ist bestimmt einfach. Lampe zum Geräusch an und wieder aus. Aber nicht mal das kann diese App. Lampe geht an und bleibt an. Was soll das ? Bleiben die Raketen am Himmel stehen ? ### 1/5 — Zu teuer *2018-12-25* Die App ist das Geld nicht wert ### 1/5 — 骗子app，要求退款 *2018-11-22* 骗子app，要求退款 ### 1/5 — Terrible *2018-07-30* Save you're money, very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Where did all my lights go? *2018-02-03* After using the first time, no bulbs show up in the list - so no more fireworks. Lame. Waste of $$$&! ### 1/5 — The App did not work *2017-01-16* The countdown on New Years Eve ended before it was New Years Eve with without anything happening. Other 3rd party App's work much better. waist of money ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great effects *2019-07-01* Too many bad reviews that are bogus. Great effects for something that is a lightbulb. Those that didn’t like app didn’t know what they were doing. Developer keep up the good work. ### 5/5 — Incredible app for hue! *2019-02-21* I was scanning the App Store and saw this app had a low rating and was appalled! This is one of my favorite apps for my hue lights! This app does exactly what it says it does and it’s really cool when you do the 1000 crackers! Give this a try before you judge based on reviews. I have no idea why this has received only 2 stars!! ### 5/5 — Volle 5 Sterne *2017-12-04* Es sieht sehr realistisch aus. Allerdings braucht man dafür mehrere Lampen im Zimmer. Bei mir sind es 3 und dann sind die Lichteffekte wirklich sehr beeindruckend. Auch die Abstimmung auf die Geräusche ist gut gelungen. Das einzige was wirklich sehr nervt ist die fehlende Möglichkeit moods zu favorisieren. (Bug) denn so kommt es beim autoplay immer wieder dazu dass irgendeine kack Musik anstatt von Knall Geräuschen angespielt wird. Auch wenn mich das sehr nervt ist die App zu gut um ihr weniger als 5 Sterne zu geben. ### 5/5 — Super. Macht Spaß *2017-01-07* Funktioniert einwandfrei. Erkennt die Lampen alle sofort. Klar ist das eher Spielerei, aber es ist super gemacht und beeindruckt die Gäste, die Hue nicht kennen, schon sehr. Dazu läuft die App wirklich rund. Würde mich sehr über weitere App des Herstellers freuen 😜 ### 5/5 — These Hue fireworks are great! *2016-12-31* The app is super easy to install. It asks to connect to the Hue bridge (simple push of the bridge button), then it ready. It automatically sees all lights. Then, choose a group and start playing. Love the idea of a mood (continuous light show) or effects (5-30 seconds light show). Can't wait for New Years and syncing with Times Square! ### 4/5 — The ball drop works if you do it right *2019-12-30* With the upcoming new year I wanted to make sure this app worked since so many people on here have reviewed it saying it didn't. Well I can confirm they just didn't know what they were doing. I tested this several times, first by using the preview button to make sure the app worked and then by actually changing my phones internal clock manually to 11:55pm dec 31 to test in “real time” the functionality. First of all... YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO APP OPEN AND ON THE BALL DROP SCREEN. I mean i figure this is obvious but a lot of people are morons... if the app isn't open and on the balldrop screen it will not work. Clearly.... But of course unless you literally live on the east coast of the USA you will need to select “local time zone”. Unless you're a weirdo and want to celebrate the wrong time zone. But lastly you MUST make sure to open the app at least 5 minutes before midnight... the animation begins at 2 minutes before midnight and if you open the app at 11:59pm on new years eve the animation will play a whole 1 minute off the countdown. In other words, it wont sync correctly. You opened it too late. If I were you, I would make sure to test this by changing your device’s internal clock to make sure everything is functioning correctly before the big countdown... if your network is off or something else isn't quite right, it will be a major let down. Test it first... then make absolutely sure you open the app 5 or 10 minutes before the countdown and make sure your phone is charged and make sure your screen wont go to sleep... it must be on and actively open. It will work, its just not idiot proof. For that i dock a star for this app not properly giving instructions... its clear people need it. ### 4/5 — Excellent app! Only one issue *2018-01-05* Great app. Installs easy, and easy to select effects. Only issue I have is that I cannot de-select any of the moods for auto play. Otherwise, it’s perfect! ### 4/5 — Love it, please update! *2016-12-16, version 2.016* This is yet again another example of a great app to show off what Phillips hue can do. Please update it to give it more effects. ### 4/5 — 4th of July Fireworks in My Family Room *2016-07-05* This app did exactly what I wanted it to do... give my wife and I a 4th of July fireworks display with our color hue bulbs in our family room (since we have a newborn and couldn't go out). Bravo to the Dev who made this app. Nicely done. Simple and fun. I'll introduce this to my 2 year old son in the next couple of days and I think he'll love it. I haven't come across any bugs and the app seems stable for the 10 solid minutes that I used it. ### 4/5 — Good effects but bulbs need to go darker *2014-08-11, version 1.4* Really fun app. However it would be better if the bulb when darker better effect. So of the bulbs stay on white which brightens the room too much. If the bulbs when dark after each effect, I think it would look a lot better. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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