# LIFX Ambience — user reviews > 37 indexed App Store user reviews of LIFX Ambience by Farqed Al Nuaimy, rated 2.80/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifx-ambience/id1012474625/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifx-ambience/id1012474625.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (13 of 37) ### 4/5 — YouTube visualizer *2020-03-29, version 1.58* Really cool app! However the YouTube visualiser doesn’t work?? Have any tips? ### 4/5 — Fun app *2019-05-05, version 1.58* Quirky app that’s fun to experiment with. It’s not perfect but could be great, worth the down load for sure. Potential + ### 3/5 — Email Sent *2019-04-01* I can’t get the app to work with my LIFX light at all. None of the features are working. I really want to use this app because I love the concept and it seems like no one else has this issue so I’m not sure what more to do. I’ve done as much troubleshooting as I can think to do and am at a loss. Please help!! Thanks! ### 3/5 — Great but music does not work *2019-01-25* Great app but wished the music would work. It does not follow the beat and only rotates through colors. ### 3/5 — Has potential *2018-12-28, version 1.56* This is a good app, however it doesn’t appear to work with Apple Music, or Spotify, even when the music is downloaded to the phone as described in the app notes. YouTube player isn’t working either. ### 4/5 — Fix *2018-12-11* Easy 5 stars if my music played. Only the programmed Demo song works. ### 3/5 — Meh *2018-11-29* Cool but only demo song works. Doesn’t work with YouTube music or Spotify ### 4/5 — Cool, but cooler if it worked! *2018-11-21* Fix the music player functionality and this app is a full 5 star experience! None of my songs will work, only the demo song already in the app. ### 4/5 — Great but *2018-10-12, version 1.55* It works great but it won’t weird with long YouTube videos and I don’t mean super long but it won’t play anything that’s longer than a minute ### 3/5 — LIFX? *2018-06-07* Your app seems great, but how do I add my LIFX bulbs? It seems like it is only detecting my philips hue bulb but none of the lifx ones. Do they need to be compatible with HomeKit? The ones I have are not. **Developer response:** The app uses the local LAN to see the bulbs. You just have to be on the same WiFi that your bulbs are on. They don't have to be compatible with HomeKit. ### 3/5 — Kinda broken *2018-05-26* Interface looks good but I can’t get it actually do what it supposed to do. Won’t play music. ### 2/5 — Good app but music not working *2017-10-10* Please fix the music part of it and will buy you a beer! 😀 **Developer response:** Thank you for bringing this to my attention. For the record, LIFX broke the music player functionality with their firmware update that disabled addressing bulbs through tags. I have since changed the way the bulbs are addressed as a workaround. It should be fixed as of version 1.49 I look forward to that beer now! 🍺 Cheers! ### 2/5 — Won't play songs from my library *2017-02-13* Would be awesome if it would work. The demo was sweet, but doesn't work with anything else... **Developer response:** I looked into this and it has to do with permissions-restrictions that Apple introduced in iOS 10/11. I have fixed this as of version 1.50 and as long as you allow access to your Media Library, then this should work with your songs as long as it resides on your phone (and not on the cloud) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unfinished *2021-01-22, version 1.58* This app is not even in an alpha state, nothing is really working, design is awful and the person behind this really didn't put any effort into usability or feature completeness ### 1/5 — Horrible *2021-01-22* App doesn’t work horrible ### 1/5 — So bad... *2020-12-22, version 1.58* Did the guy who made this pay people to leave good reviews? Absolute garbage app, wouldn’t even play any songs. ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK *2019-12-28* Will not play music from your playlist, only the demo. Judging from other reviews it’s been like this for months if not longer. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2019-07-18* It would be cool if it worked ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work for iOS 12.1.3 *2019-01-27, version 1.57* LIFX Ambience doesn’t connect to external audio sources like iTunes or YouTube, it only plays the demo songs and videos that comes with the app. It also can’t listen to music, similar to a Shazam function, and then match the lights. I don’t see the point of using this app at all. ### 1/5 — 12 update? *2018-10-14* Please fix YouTube~ **Developer response:** Thank you for bringing this up. YouTube changed its API which broke the functionality in my app. It is fixed in the latest version. Please try it now. ### 1/5 — Crappy *2018-01-08, version 1.45* Don’t bother, no help guides and quite confusing, also doesn’t work with my LIFX bulb. ### 1/5 — Annoying screamer effect *2017-06-16, version 1.45* Was startled by an annoying screaming alarm sound, not a fan ### 2/5 — Overall functionality *2019-12-08* Light selections doesn’t work at all as well as using the camera feature colors are not accurate mostly show up blue even though the scene is red/orange. Cool concept but a long way to go before this is a market ready application. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App works great *2019-07-27* I love the youtube feature really changes all your lights depending on what your viewing ### 5/5 — very good app *2019-01-16, version 1.57* Perfect app for syncing lifx bulbs with youtube screen content. support also superb. ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-01-08, version 1.56* Works great easy to use can use with multiple sources ### 5/5 — Fun and Functional *2018-01-26* Great immersive media experience. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2017-07-29, version 1.45* Thanks for creating this app, includes some really great features which I have often thought would be good if LIFX included in their own app. The features actually work really well too, especially the YouTube one, as the bulbs update really quickly. I also like using the camera to match my bulbs to the colour of the sky as the sun sets. Very well executed! I will probably also make a video for my YouTube channel about this app, check 'Stan's Tech Videos' on YouTube to see when I upload the video :) ### 5/5 — Best app! Really great support!! *2017-06-15, version 1.44* Wow this app is amazing!! The developer is really helpful and responds instantly! ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2017-01-18, version 1.44* It's the only app that lets me control my lights through music without any delay. No microphone used! Great app! It was great - now it's superb!!! ### 5/5 — Does everything *2016-07-20* Best app for what I need! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2016-04-07* Extremely useful and functional app. Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — Excellent start *2016-04-01* Better than most apps that cost money. --- *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 2026-06-10.*