# ShowHome App — user reviews > 83 indexed App Store user reviews of ShowHome App by 江海 聂, rated 2.28/5 from 260 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/showhome-app/id1039727154/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/showhome-app/id1039727154.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 40 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 30 · 1★ 131 ## What do users think of ShowHome App? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎨 Wide variety of colors and lighting patterns - 💡 Intuitive color selection interface - 🌟 Bright and vibrant light output - ⏱️ Timer functionality for turning lights off - 🔧 Works well once properly connected - 🎭 Multiple holiday-themed settings available **Cons** - 🐛 Bluetooth connection issues and frequent disconnections - 📉 App updates break compatibility with older lights - 🔓 Security vulnerability - neighbors can control your lights - ⚠️ App crashes and becomes unresponsive - 🚫 Missing basic on/off scheduling functionality - 🔌 Lights randomly turn off or malfunction - 📱 UI not optimized for newer iPhone models - 🔄 Settings don't save after closing app - ❌ Removed features in updates (sequence control, direction settings) - 🎯 Inconsistent app behavior across devices - ⏰ Timer only works for limited duration (4 hours) - 🔗 Cannot group different light types together **Commonly reported bugs** - Bluetooth fails to connect or reconnects repeatedly - App doesn't execute commands - lights change randomly - Back/return button non-functional on iPhone XR - Custom settings buttons unresponsive - App freezes and requires reinstall to work - Lights controlled by neighbor's app - Settings lost when app is closed - Color accuracy issues (wrong colors displayed) - Lights turn on unexpectedly after being turned off - App incompatible with iOS 14 and newer - Partial functionality on some devices - Lights stay on despite app commands to turn off **Most requested features** - Scheduling feature to set daily on/off times - Custom color combinations (e.g., red and white) - Ability to create custom light shows - Music synchronization capability - Brightness/dimming control - Speed adjustment for light transitions - Separate control for multiple light sets - Password protection for Bluetooth connection - Legacy app version for older lights - Ability to change light sequence and direction - Flash setting option - Support for all light types in single group ## Newest reviews (16 of 83) ### 2/5 — App doesn’t work *2024-11-24, version 2.5.6* App stopped working can not get the lights to turn on. ### 2/5 — Time function needed *2021-12-16, version 2.5.6* The app works ok except that it has no ability to set a time for the lights to come on. It appears that the app is designed for you to turn on at the same time daily, at whatever time you turn it on but I have found the lights on hours earlier. The Show 1 etc. used to be able to set a mode and time but appear to have lost functionality. ### 2/5 — Love the lights, HATE the app *2021-11-28, version 2.5.6* Bought 6 strands in 2018, bought 2 candy cane strands and 2 more strands in 2019 and 2020. The updates on the app do not support the older lights. I don’t understand how there is not a fix for that. Very poor developing of the updates!!! ### 2/5 — Needs more predesigned modes *2021-01-01, version 2.5.5* Id like to see more variety in modes or a good tutorial on how to make custom ones. ### 3/5 — What happened to the small snowflakes and little Christmas trees on the app?? *2020-12-21, version 2.5.5* I’ve had these for two years now and really enjoy them. However, i opened the app and the small trees and snowflakes symbols have disappeared! How am I supposed to turn them on now Show Home?!?! Put them back on the app!!! ### 1/5 — Horrible App!! *2020-12-18, version 2.5.5* This app does not work! Every time it is opened it tries to reconnect to my Bluetooth and it almost never works! Sometimes if I delete the app from my iPhone and reinstall it it will work, but VERY hit and miss. ### 1/5 — Wish I never bought *2020-12-13, version 2.5.5* Lights worked good for about 2 weeks, then all of a sudden the Bluetooth will not connect. We are stuck with rolling Christmas colors. Which would be fine if that’s all they did. But it’s not what we bought them for. Very upset. ### 1/5 — Really Bad *2020-12-12, version 2.5.5* This is one of the worse apps I have ever had the displeasure of using. Doesn’t seem to do much most of the time. Why? I don’t think it is working, most of the time. Hope you have better luck with it than I did... ### 1/5 — Horrible App integration. *2020-12-07, version 2.5.5* Stupid lights take forever to connect and can control neighbors c9 lights from my app and vice versa. Luckily I can set a password on mine. The developers, who ever responded to me on google play store screw you. It a yr to responded with a stupid response ### 1/5 — No support for 2018 lights *2020-12-06, version 2.5.5* Bought the C6 strings in 2018. The app at the time worked great. Then I bought the 2019 icicle lights last year. The app wouldn’t group the two varieties of lights. Fine, no problem...I just created 2 groups. This year (2020)... the app still doesn’t support grouping 2018 & 2019 lights. It also dropped two features that I used previously: 1) the ability to change the order of the strings 2) the ability to change the direction if the chase pattern. I now have strings of lights that chase in complete opposite directions and out of order. ### 1/5 — Lights go bad after a year *2020-12-05, version 2.5.5* I bought these Christmas 2019 and they worked great. Put them up Christmas 2020 and they didn’t work. Poor quality. ### 2/5 — Good till the update *2020-12-05, version 2.5.5* Bought 10 sets of the C6 lights last year. At $40 per set which was a bit pricey but it was mostly for the kids and it was awesome. Had great compliments from passers by and neighbors. Now that you have updated the app......zero. Maybe two of the sets if you get close enough to the remote will link up. None of the lights will do the same thing. Thanks for screwing up a good thing. ### 1/5 — Worst lights ever, buggy app *2020-12-05, version 2.5.5* Don’t know if the app is the whole problem or part of the problem, but these are the worst holiday lights ever. We installed some for Halloween, problems all season with lights staying lit, syncing with app etc. Then, stupidly, we went all in for Christmas and bought enough for the whole house, and paid someone $$$$ to hang them. They are so pretty when they work, but random strings turn off at random times. They will relight if we unplug and replug, but what a hassle in the cold and dark. Our lights look bad more than half the time and I am tired of babysitting them. Now I have to pay more to have someone take them down so I can return them. Worst experience with Christmas lights I’ve ever had. Don’t dl the app, just return the lights immediately and save yourself!!!! ### 3/5 — Missing a major color option for Christmas *2020-12-04, version 2.5.5* Just hard to believe that the red and white “candy cane” option isn’t available. ### 1/5 — 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽 *2020-12-02, version 2.5.5* Lights that worked last year are now considered legacy and won’t work for chasing or custom settings. Now we’re stuck with hundreds of dollars in lights that are useless. ### 1/5 — New app doesn’t work with older lights *2020-12-02, version 2.5.4* Bought all these lights 2 years ago and they worked fine with the original app. I put them up this year and the new app is worthless. Have a ton of lights that I can’t control any longer. Can I get the old version back please? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Still supported *2025-11-15, version 2.5.6* Is this app still supported in 2025? I hung my lights today and the app no longer seems to be working. Can’t connect to my wifi. What to do? ### 1/5 — Not working *2025-11-02, version 2.5.6* I’ve had these lights for years and suddenly this year, the app no longer controls the lights. It seems to make them change but I can’t set up anything specific. It just seems to randomly change of I choose a setting or color. Doesn’t do what I have entered. ### 1/5 — They don’t sell these lights anymore *2024-12-20, version 2.5.6* Love the lights, app works fine but I can’t for the life of me find anywhere where they still sell the ShowHome lights which means I can’t expand my setup 👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — All stopped working *2023-12-12, version 2.5.6* App no longer functional with lights ### 1/5 — Extremely frustrated *2021-12-05, version 2.5.6* I am extremely frustrated with these lights. Like other reviewers, I feel the idea was great and if it worked properly I would be thrilled. However, you can only set the amount of time you want the lights to go on, not the time you want them to go on and off. But the most frustrating thing, is that I have icicles and C9 lights that have to be controlled as one. Why? They are two different types of lights. It totally ruins the affect. Fix it! We spent a lot of money on these lights for them to be useless. ### 1/5 — Older lights not supported *2021-12-01, version 2.5.6* My 2019 lights are no linger supported on the app. I updated it and now it no longer works. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2021-11-27, version 2.5.6* The lights will go back on after you shut them off and not worth the money timer only works for 4 hours ### 1/5 — Would Not Recommend *2021-06-15, version 2.5.5* Hard to navigate app. Not intuitive. No “help” feature to explain procedures or instructions. Worked briefly. Can’t get app to cooperate. Needs to be easier for user. ### 1/5 — Bluetooth not connecting to iPhone *2020-12-24, version 2.5.5* It worked one time and I was able to use the app. Since then, I have tried many times by reinstalling the app, power lights off and on but continues to not connect. ### 1/5 — Poor connectivity *2020-12-20, version 2.5.5* I have to close anything else using Bluetooth and open the app three-four times for it to actually connect. Once connected , it works well, but the connection is critical. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 增加一个纽约尼克橙蓝配色 *2026-06-05, version 2.5.6* 使用了很多年，今年能增加一个纽约尼克配色吗？ ### 5/5 — Great Product. Talk of the neighborhood. *2022-11-30, version 2.5.6* Plug the lights into a timer and the work great. I can change holiday settings with my phone. I’ve had mine for 3 years and they still work great. I like that they have multiple settings for patterns as well. ### 5/5 — Works Great *2020-12-04, version 2.5.5* Only complaint would be that there is no setting for red and white (candy cane). Very simple! ### 5/5 — It's awesome now *2020-12-04, version 2.5.5* I finally got it to work and I love it ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-12-25* App is great. Right now I have a total of 12 strings running off of it! Works great!! Will be adding more strings to next year. I wish you could add more control over the strings, like, letting us setup our own “show”. Even if it is choosing through a group of patterns. Great product and great lights! ### 5/5 — 1 star review shows your age *2018-11-03* Anyone giving this a one star review stating they can’t work the app must have been born before 1985. They probably still have a landline rotary phone and look for a pay phone when someone pages them while they’re out of the house. ### 4/5 — Flash setting *2020-04-09, version 2.4.7* The app is great and the lights and settings but the app doesn’t have a flash setting like all the other lights and i would rather have that so i’m considering giving it away to get the cheaper ones with the flash setting. ### 4/5 — nice light and app *2020-01-26* I have two strands of lights and this app works pretty good with them. I don’t do all that scheduling time and stuff, I just turn my lights on and that’s it. So for any basic person like me, this app works pretty fine. I like the tons of colors to choose from and settings for the lights to display like Roll and Sea Wave. The only issue with the app that the creators should find a way to fix is that anyone can connect to my lights if they have this app. They would have to be really close by since the app doesn’t connect from far away, but if anyone wanted too, they could change the lights. ### 4/5 — Good Product W/Room to grow *2019-02-11* We’ve got the string lights and spot lights setup for a long term installation. The lights work great and after a small learning curve we are really enjoying them. Our house really lights up in a nice way for the various holidays! The one feature we really wish for is to select our own colors. The default color themes are okay, but I find I set the strings to one color and the spot lights to another. This is the only way to get a display that fits my liking. Definitely enjoying them though!! ### 4/5 — Not bad *2019-01-06, version 2.3.9* Only 2 problems are you can’t turn them off every night they come back on even when turned off. And needs a schedule on off plan --- *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 2026-08-28.*