I want to love it
Many of the pre built effects are charming, others are awfully garish but we all have our own tastes.
I can’t tell if this is because I don’t have some of the information I need, or if they have intentionally disabled it, but I cannot figure out how to reliably open up presets to edit them. Especially those that were pre-built. For instance, I want to build a preset based off of one that they already built, and I cannot seem to find a way to open it to start making changes to a duplicate. Essentially, they have a lovely sea preset that I would like to shift colors in to see if I could create some thing like a forest, but so far I have not been successful.
I can’t tell if this is because I don’t have some of the information I need, or if they have intentionally disabled it, but I cannot figure out how to reliably open up presets to edit them. Especially those that were pre-built. For instance, I want to build a preset based off of one that they already built, and I cannot seem to find a way to open it to start making changes to a duplicate. Essentially, they have a lovely sea preset that I would like to shift colors in to see if I could create some thing like a forest, but so far I have not been successful.
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Outstanding!
Ive used many light apps. None of them make my lights dance and move like Lightbow. Excellent App to have for lighting.
Lightbow Light Show Host!
I love Lightbow. It is my perfect mood lighting and goes well with my aroma therapy (ScentAir & Aroma 360 Machines) to create the perfect sensual vibe.
I purchased the annual membership because I love to have a variety of light spectacles and it covers all moods , Holidays, and form of expression. It really relaxes me to see the color change and adds a little bit of theatrics to the night whether you listening to Music, watching a movie, talking on the phone, Djing, or reading a book, or just laying in bed, Light or adds the perfect touch.
The Preset of the Day feature is the coolest feature for you to test out a preset if haven’t already purchased an annual which is rather cheap only $24.00 well spent.
When I play my lights, I become the Host of the LightBow Night Show pairing sight, scent and sound to create the ultimate 3 Sensational Home experience.
Thanks Lightbow!
I purchased the annual membership because I love to have a variety of light spectacles and it covers all moods , Holidays, and form of expression. It really relaxes me to see the color change and adds a little bit of theatrics to the night whether you listening to Music, watching a movie, talking on the phone, Djing, or reading a book, or just laying in bed, Light or adds the perfect touch.
The Preset of the Day feature is the coolest feature for you to test out a preset if haven’t already purchased an annual which is rather cheap only $24.00 well spent.
When I play my lights, I become the Host of the LightBow Night Show pairing sight, scent and sound to create the ultimate 3 Sensational Home experience.
Thanks Lightbow!
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IMMEDIATE REGRET
I expected animations/video on the TV but this is actually worse than some of the ios apps where at least you can turn off the tv to enjoy the lights. Instead you get an ugly static image and mediocre lights show. There are free apps for your phone that are much better. This is a total rip off for 5 bucks
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Dead app
The developer gave up on this app 4 years ago, it’s not worth downloading.
Doesn’t say on.
Doesn’t stay on. Waste of money.
Does not work with Nanoleaf as advertised
App description says you can control Nanoleaf lights, and you can’t.
Presets keep getting deleted
The app crashes and the presets I creat get deleted every time I reload the app. Otherwise I have enjoyed this app
Lightbow for Hue Lights
This is a must have app for your Hue Lights. So many different scenes and colours for different occasions. A bit hard to navigate at first but once I got the hang of it, was fairly user friendly. I had no idea my Hue lights could do half of this stuff. Neighbours txt me from across the road every night as they love watching the changing lights as much as do. Kids stop on the side of the road to check them out. Really is a spectacular app and well worth $35 a year.
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Does not work...
They make you buy presets, and only then will you find out it doesn’t work.
One color at a time on my LIFX z light strip.
One color at a time on my LIFX z light strip. I have 3 strips connected and all three strips are always the same color. Wish I could assign the groups on the light. The Lifx app is the only one I have found so far that uses various colors at the same time.
App turns itself on and overrides Hue app
Downloaded it. Loved it and bought a year’s subscription. Then when it was time for bed, the lights would not turn off. Used the Hue app to turn lights off, and they turned right back on with Lightbow. Deleted Lightbow and canceled subscription, and the lights ARE STILL COMING BACK ON TO THE SCENE I SET. iOS user using current software. Fix your app.
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Abandoned app
This app has clearly been abandoned. No longer works and doesn't support any new iOS feature.
Don't pay for it!
Don't pay for it!
Still consistently crashes whenever opened
Paid for Lightbow years ago but now it crashes each time it’s opened. Cannot update either. No customer support. Huge waste of $$$ & Ripoff. Find an app that works.
Lightbow - don’t blow money
It lets you use like 10 light settings. The rest you need to pay money for!!! What a scam. Just blew 5 bucks on this dumb app. Really bummed.
Not really full version
I didn’t realize when I paid for this app that the light scenes are NOT included. They are an additional add on price per pack. Not worth the money I paid for it.
No response from Designer
One of the main reasons I got this app was because it was one of the few hue apps that work with Shortcuts.
However, the Shortcut commands do not work for me. When i select them, they simply open the Lightbow app and then they end their routine at that point without activating scene.
This is really frustrating for me since I would never have purchased the app in the first place had I realized this was going to be an issue.
I wasn’t too put out since the developer offers a contact page within the app. I reached out to the developer about 3 weeks ago and have not received a response. I received an auto-response at the time of the message saying “I’ll respond when i have time” (paraphrased)
I get that app designers are only a single person a lot of the time and often they have day jobs that prevent them from responding in a timely manner. But if you’re a developer who can’t actually address problems with your app due to time constraints, then in my honest opinion, your app is not finished.
I spent good money on this app with no hope of ever receiving a refund and most likely communication. It’s frustrating and I want people to know about it before they spend hard earned money here.
However, the Shortcut commands do not work for me. When i select them, they simply open the Lightbow app and then they end their routine at that point without activating scene.
This is really frustrating for me since I would never have purchased the app in the first place had I realized this was going to be an issue.
I wasn’t too put out since the developer offers a contact page within the app. I reached out to the developer about 3 weeks ago and have not received a response. I received an auto-response at the time of the message saying “I’ll respond when i have time” (paraphrased)
I get that app designers are only a single person a lot of the time and often they have day jobs that prevent them from responding in a timely manner. But if you’re a developer who can’t actually address problems with your app due to time constraints, then in my honest opinion, your app is not finished.
I spent good money on this app with no hope of ever receiving a refund and most likely communication. It’s frustrating and I want people to know about it before they spend hard earned money here.
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No longer worth it
I loved this app and have been a subscriber for a few years. My main complaint is the animations default to one specific group of lights in my living room. If I try to run it on one light or a different group, like my bedroom, it doesn't work. This was not the case up until a few months ago. Additionally, there hasn't been any content added in months. I shouldn't have to pay this much for a broken app.
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Very poor app
What a waste of money! Just goes to show that the star ratings are unreliable as a guide to the usefulness of an app. This app is unnecessarily convoluted and certainly not user friendly. What is most irritating is that I paid and downloaded this expecting the free app by LIFX ( which had a poor star rating) not to be good enough. It is, however, perfectly useable and does everything I’d expect, reliably and easily. This app does not!
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Great presets, but no way to limit presets to a subset of lights
First, the good. Lightbow has a lot of preset configuration and does a very good job animating the lights with music. The subscription is a little pricey, but it does come with a lot. The problem with Lightbow is it isn’t easy to run an animation on a single light, or even a single light group. When you start running any of the subscription presets, it runs them on all lights, or seems to pick lights at Random - not good if you have a lot of Hue lights.
The only way that I’ve been able to do this, and even this isn’t 100% reliable, is to shut off all of the lights, except those that I want to control. I then start the preset and then I can turn on any other lights that I want to. The functionality that should be there is to be able to pick a light group, which should take you to a place where you can pick the preset, thereby limiting the effects to only that group.
The only way that I’ve been able to do this, and even this isn’t 100% reliable, is to shut off all of the lights, except those that I want to control. I then start the preset and then I can turn on any other lights that I want to. The functionality that should be there is to be able to pick a light group, which should take you to a place where you can pick the preset, thereby limiting the effects to only that group.
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