Beats scenes from the official Hue app
Order of magnitude better than the stock Hue app
User since 2018
Just a lot of fun
Longtime user - keeps getting better!
Très satisfait
Response from developer
Bonjour eric_73, Merci pour ton avis et pour ta fidélité à iConnectHue depuis de nombreuses années ! Nous sommes ravis d’apprendre que tu es très satisfait de l’application et que tu apprécies les mises à jour régulières, les nouvelles fonctionnalités ainsi que les options de réglage supplémentaires. Savoir que ces améliorations enrichissent réellement ton expérience au fil du temps est très motivant pour nous. Nous avons déjà transmis tes remerciements à nos développeurs, qui ont été très heureux de les recevoir. Les retours comme le tien nous encouragent beaucoup à continuer à améliorer l’application à l’avenir. Si tu as des questions ou des idées, n’hésite pas à nous contacter directement depuis l’application via : Aide et plus > Contact. Nous te souhaitons encore beaucoup de plaisir avec iConnectHue et espérons que tu continues à l’apprécier ! Ton équipe iConnectHue
Really impressed, reliable
A Truly Fantastic App
Still my go to after 10 years
Response from developer
Hello janiemac13, thank you for your support over more than ten years! We are happy to hear that iConnectHue has been part of your daily life since 2015! Long-term users like you are a huge reason why we continue investing so much work and passion into improving iConnectHue year after year. We especially appreciate your kind words about our continuous development, new features, and customer support. Support via Memberships like yours directly helps us continue building new functionality, adapting to new Hue products and iOS changes, and making sure iConnectHue stays reliable and actively developed instead of standing still. Thank you for your trust! We hope you continue to enjoy using iConnectHue for many years to come. If you ever feel like there's an open question - you know where to reach us! Your iConnectHue Team
Das ist wirklich die beste App für Philips Hue
Response from developer
Hallo DearMarc, vielen Dank für deine ausführliche Bewertung und den Support! Es freut uns wirklich sehr zu lesen, dass du iConnectHue schon seit vielen Jahren nutzt und sowohl mit der App als auch mit der Mitgliedschaft so zufrieden bist. Besonders freuen wir uns dein Feedback zur kontinuierlichen Weiterentwicklung der App - genau das ist unser Anspruch: neue Möglichkeiten rund um Philips Hue schnell zu integrieren und iConnectHue stetig zu verbessern. Natürlich nutzt nicht jeder jede Funktion oder jedes unterstützte Produkt, deshalb bedeutet es uns umso mehr, dass du die Arbeit und Liebe zum Detail hinter der App wahrnimmst und wertschätzt. Vielen Dank auch für deine langjährige Unterstützung und dein Vertrauen. Solches Feedback motiviert uns, weiterhin mit voller Leidenschaft an iConnectHue zu arbeiten. Wir wünschen dir weiterhin viel Freude mit iConnectHue! Dein iConnectHue-Team
Grateful
Rip off
Essential; get the most out of your hardware
Some favorite features:
- Hold for secondary action & long press exclusivity.
- Time alternations.
- Inactivity timers as low as 30 secs.
- Battery indicators & low warning.
- Toggle motion sensors & set lights color.
- Adjust motion sensor sensitivity.
Total Scam. Shame on iConnectHue
Paid app with Additional Membership
And yes, you’ll see these marked in the application as “try free”—but it’s not free, since you had to pay to download the app. I think this app has a lot of potential, but please be aware that your first purchase is paying for a demo.
EDIT: Adding following the developers response.
To say 2/3s of features are available is again misleading. Take Animations for instance- one of the listed features in the app description. I counted over 60 animations available in your app. Only six of them are included in the base price.
No one would reasonably expect that they would have less than 10% of a feature listed in the description when making an actual purchase.
If I had three apples and let you take a single bite out of two of them - I couldn’t conscionably say you paid for 2/3s of my apples.
I don’t think this is a poorly designed app, I just think you’re being opaque about what is available at what price.
You responded with a “magazine” analogy and described the options to buy one issue or a whole subscription. But you have always been able to flip through magazines before purchasing them.
And if I thumbed through a magazine and saw it only contained 10% of the cover story, then I certainly wouldn’t buy it.
Response from developer
For context: Our App Store description clearly explains which features are included in the base app, and which features are optional - and yes, it's a "paid app with additional Membership", so much is correct and available for everyone to read before purchase. In addition, all reviews and our responses are publicly available before purchase. All relevant information is available beforehand so everyone can make an informed decision before purchasing. To the facts: 1. Most features are in the base version - about 2/3rds. The basic app is a fully functional version that includes the majority of core features, such as light and group control, timers, configuration tools, an extensive switch and sensor editor, and comprehensive widgets, and you get everything that's written in our app store description. Saying this would be a "demo" would be misleading. 2. "Try free" is in the context of a purchased app - you don't see it in the app store description. This information is there to let users know that they can try it, but it's not bound to an additional purchase. Putting this in any other context would be misleading. 3. Ongoing development costs money. The Hue system - and iOS - evolve over time, rapidly. We are not able to cover our ongoing expenses via a single purchase. Having our work not paid would mean you wouldn't get any updates - as it happens with so many other Hue apps. 4. Regarding your update: Please note that the "Animation Upgrade" is a listed feature, while Animation packages - which we've described as being "optional" - are content, and the discussion has been about "features". Content can be created by yourself - though we offer ready-made packages to save you time in exchange for a payment - which in turn helps us to keep iConnectHue's development paid and active. Putting content, which you can create yourself, into the same category as features, which you cannot recreate, is not an accurate representation of the app's functionality and would be misleading. The model, as it is, is similar to a magazine: Purchase one, read it as much and as many times as you want. You want more? You can purchase them one at a time, or get it via subscription. This is an accepted model. We understand that different users prefer different pricing structures, this is why we offer options. The app, however, delivers exactly the functionality described in the App Store listing. Reviews are meant to help others - reviews with misleading information won't. We have addressed all factual inaccuracies as transparently as we can. The app delivers exactly what is described, and all relevant information was available before purchase. If you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out via the app: Go to "Help & More"->Contact. Your iConnectHue Team
This app is a scam
Paid app with Additional Membership
And yes, you’ll see these marked in the application as “try free”—but it’s not free, since you had to pay to download the app. I think this app has a lot of potential, but please be aware that your first purchase is paying for a demo.
Paid App Subscription
Pay to download, pay more to use basics, pay even more to use everything
Comparison:
Color change: Philips Hue app matches all versions of iConnectHue
Scenes: Philips hue app has more scenes than the base iConnectHue version of the app and the basic membership, but has a better ability to modify the scenes (even beats the pro membership)
Animations: Philips hue app has more animations than the base iConnectHue app and the base membership. The pro membership has more animations than the Philips Hue app.
