Sync My Lights For Philips Hue User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience26.5% of reviews
Neutral10.8% of reviews
Negative experience62.7% of reviews

~ Based on 102 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Sync My Lights For Philips Hue Safe?

Sync My Lights For Philips Hue has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Sync My Lights For Philips Hue is 58/100.

This assessment is based on 128 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.8/5.

Safety Analysis

39.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
12.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
48.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 128 App Store ratings for Sync My Lights For Philips Hue.

Is Sync My Lights For Philips Hue Legit?

Sync My Lights For Philips Hue appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sync My Lights For Philips Hue is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Abandoned

Truly sad how you can throw away like it’s nothing the countless hours your users spent making this app what it was. This app was something special when it still worked.

Paid can’t connect

Paid and can’t connect. Found out x has banned the app

bring this app back!

my all-time favorite third party app! we miss it so much, i’d love to see it make its comeback!

Needs to be updated

The “lights” section to add the bridge or lights is not working and there is no way to contact through the app so this is the only way to reach out.

Core features don’t work

After the app found my hue bridge and i selected it, it instantly crashed the app and continued crashing.

Happy to change my review if the devs fix this but it seems like this app isn’t being maintained anymore. Any chance of open-sourcing this?

Used to be a Favorite

This used to be one of my favorite Hue apps. However, it’s been rendered useless to me because I can’t seem to log in. I even tried to re-purchase the app (for a third time) just so I could use it…but it won’t allow me to. So on one hand, it says I must subscribe…and on the other, it says I already have. No response from the developer and their Twitter (X) account is apparently suspended. What a bummer.
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Please update. I lost all my stuff 😞

Please please update this app. I know it’s been a long time but I can’t even log in anymore and access all my work. I’ve spent countless hours on it and love this app

Abandoned App

No update in over 4 years. No longer connects to Hue Bridge and doesn’t work at all.

What happened to this app?!

This was by far my absolute favorite third party app for my Philips Hue bulbs. The time people spent on creating these for movies must have been insane. However, after almost a year without being able to use my lights, I set them up & tried to play a movie but nothing works. The Twitter account for the app has been suspended also. Is there still support for this app / should it still function?? Please my kids loved this with Disney movies!
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Needs update

We need updates to the library. This app is fantastic except it hasn’t updated in at least a year. I paid my subscription fee and never got new movies or shows loaded. I’m frustrated with it for this reason.

Nice idea but timing is off

I tried to use this for Age of Ultron on Disney+ and unfortunately they don’t sync based on time and it’s very frustrating trying to pause them and sync.

Sketchy at best — feels more like a scam

1. App won’t sync with bridge.
2. Support directs you to their twitter account — which has been suspended for violating Twitters TOS. No other means to reach them is provided.
3. FAQ states movies in the global list are free without subscription, except if you select any of them, they require a subscription.
4. Very sketchy is the best review I can give — but that’s pretty generous. This outfit appears to be running a scam.
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Works but lack of selection

It actually works kinda well. But thee isn’t really a high selection and it rely’s on the community making light recipes and uploading them for a free year. So if people get bored and don’t upload there will be no new films to watch with light shows.

crash

it crashes when i open it

DOA

This app has not been updated in couple of years. I tried to open it and renewed my subscription. It wil not change lights along with the light script.

Bugs

Crashes every time I try to open.

Love this app

I absolutely love this app! I wish I would use it more often then I do, as I sometimes forget to check if there is an available recipe for the movie I watched! Great job dev!

Of side note, notifications for newly added recipes would be great!

App stopped working

One of new newer hue bulbs, or a hue firmware update has caused this app to stop working. It crashes upon connecting to my Hue bridge. If I disable WiFi, or re-instal the app it will launch fine, but as soon as it re-authenticates with the bridge, it crashes.

Good idea, flawed execution

This is a great idea, but the choice of films is slightly limited, and some work much better than others. You really need to plug your phone in to use it, otherwise it will go to sleep and everything gets out of sync. It’s a fiddle to get it started at the right moment too.
The final straw is that you can now use Hue Sync, with either a computer or the slightly expensive HDMI Sync box, which does a much better job than this, rendering it somewhat superfluous.
A good idea, just not slick enough, and now there are better solutions available.
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Good idea but that’s where it stops

Good idea but needs to sync with movies and songs better than just hitting play at the same time. I can’t make any myself as I don’t have Twitter so would like an email sign up. Not quick enough effects. Also how do you turn off auto renew?