SwitchBot Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience32.0% of reviews
Neutral15.2% of reviews
Negative experience52.8% of reviews

~ Based on 494 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about SwitchBot

Is SwitchBot Safe?

SwitchBot has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for SwitchBot is 67/100.

This assessment is based on 841 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.3/5.

Safety Analysis

54.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
7.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
38.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 839 App Store ratings for SwitchBot.

Is SwitchBot Legit?

SwitchBot appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SwitchBot is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Easy to use!

Set up for my switchbot and switch hub mini was easy! Just followed the instructions in the manual.

Français

À quand une traduction en français ?

Response from developer

Merci pour votre message. Si vous parlez de l’interface de l’application, elle est disponible en français : vous pouvez la sélectionner dans Profil > Préférences > Langue. S’il s’agit d’un autre élément, n’hésitez pas à nous le préciser via Profil > Support > Retour d’information. Nous transmettons vos remarques à notre équipe produit.

IR remote

I have smart lights with an IR remote control. I was able to clone buttons from my smart lights IR remote through a SwitchBot Hub 2. Now I can replay these IR commands from Siri Shortcuts.

It took longer than necessary to do this as I needed to make a SwitchBot account, create a Home, Room, register the Hub, and then finally I could start adding the Device (IR smart lights). But once I jumped through all those hoops it didn’t take too long.
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Lots of info

App is good and provides a lot of info. I have a couple of SwitchBot products and they all use the same app. Lots of granular control over notifications and alarms and it is quite fast.

Used to be fine, now it's bloated…

The app keeps getting worse with every update. The UI is cluttered with tiny buttons that are hard to tap, and simple tasks require navigating workflow on top of workflow. Remote customization options are surprisingly limited for a "smart" home product.

Instead of fixing basics, SwitchBot keeps cramming in half-baked AI features nobody asked for. On top of that, you get promotional push notifications you never opted into and in-app ads pushing their other products. I just want to control my devices, not be marketed at.
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Français

À quand une traduction en français ?

Still no support for sunset/sunrise or daylight saving time?

It is a pain to have to change the schedules for the many curtain bots twice a year, and it is a major pain to follow the changing sunsets throughout the years. Why don’t you have support for adjusting automatically by when sunset is?

Amazing app love it it does everything well.

Love this product and love the app always reliable

Good HW, Bad UX

Love the Switchbot hardware. Hate this app. This app works like someone described iOS to the developers over a phone call and they’ve never actually used an iphone. Also it does not play well with Passwords.app

Disconnects from WiFi

Worked fine for a while, but now randomly disconnects from my wifi. I’ve tried everything, but I keep getting locked out.

Incessant 💅

The 'notifications' from this company are consistently annoying. Most people cannot afford the things they push. I just want device notifications from the devices I already own. People shouldn't have to choose between system notifications they want or ridding the noise of company employees trying to sell them more.

Stick to creating the best devices and they will sell themselves. Anyone who has worked enough retail understands this and will agree.
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Il semble que la dernière maj

La dernière mise à jour a résolu mon souci avec le kata toujours dans le coin droit mais à distance de l'endroit où l'on peut faire passer l'écran en mode paysage pour la caméra .

Au niveau de la page d'accueil, la mention "non abonné!" sur la dernière image vue avec la caméra est toujours présente . Comme si ne pas être abonné à un AI Guard plan était une honte.
Et pour l'instant il n'y a pas (plus?)de publicité.
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Response from developer

Bonjour, nous sommes désolés pour le désagrément que vous pourriez rencontrer ! Pourriez-vous envoyer les détails du problème rencontré à notre service client ? Dès que notre équipe d'assistance aura reçu votre message, elle vous apportera une aide professionnelle dans les plus brefs délais. (Veuillez vous connecter à l'application SwitchBot → Profil → Assistance → Commentaires)

App is a bit convoluted

The interface on the app isn’t the best.

Great App

The App has so many features. Great to work with one you get familiar with where everything is.

Application au top !

Je suis très satisfait des produits SwitchBot et de l’application. L’intégration des équipements se fait en toute simplicité.
Si vous ne savez pas comment faire, tous les modes d’emploi sont disponibles via l’application, très pratique !

Stop “adding AI”

I like the company and I like the concept behind it, but after a year using the app, it still feels like a work in progress.

Things are hard to find. There are too many layers, windows behind windows, and features hidden in places you wouldn’t expect. There’s no clear separation between concepts, so everything starts to blend together and simple things take more effort than they should. Customization is also still pretty limited, especially around remotes, icons, and layouts.

Instead of improving some of these basic UX problems, they’re adding an AI bot nobody asked for and that barely feels useful.

This app needs less AI and more design.
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Activaton buttons to small

I have a standard switchbot that requires use of the app to control it. I have a thirty percent success rate for hitting the microscopic activation button. If you dont hit the button just right you get taken to the switch preferences and then have to use an unfamiliar gesture(as opposed to a swipe back) to go back and try again. If they could dedicate that half of the unused tile to activate the switch im betting we could get those successful presses to 100%.
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AI CHATBOT ADDED TO RUIN IT

Hooray. Just like every other half-decent but not brilliant piece of software or app out there - they've added an annoying AI that you cannot undo that bloats the app and is useless.

Poor UX

So, turns out you can get controls exposed, but you can’t add the device with a category, but have to add it as “Other”, after which you can expose an on/off matter switch target allowing automation outside of SwitchBot’s unreliable cloud. This is not very intuitive, but since it works, only docking a star instead of original 3.
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Great when it works

When everything is set up right it’s nice to be able to open your door for an unexpected guest. But when anything goes wrong at all this door won’t open and will lock up pretending it doesn’t know anything you set up. A sad reality of this technology. You must stay on top of this every day because you never know when it will decide that all the settings you set up don’t work anymore. 👎
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