# Thunderstorm for Hue — user reviews > 44 indexed App Store user reviews of Thunderstorm for Hue by Scott Dodson. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thunderstorm-for-hue/id1126491070/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thunderstorm-for-hue/id1126491070.md ## Newest reviews (15 of 44) ### 3/5 — Fast Perfekt *2025-11-03* Super App mit extrem vielen Möglichkeiten sich seinen eigenen Wohlfühldonner zu generieren. Ich würde sofort 5 Sterne geben, wenn die App auch bei geschlossenem Gerät weiterhin die Licht- und Donnereffekte ausführen würde, damit ich per Sleeptimer zu dem Ganzen einschlafen kann. Ich hoffe das wird noch per Update nachgereicht! **Developer response:** Vielen Dank für Ihre Bewertung. Die App sollte weiterhin im Hintergrund laufen, jedoch kann es vorkommen, dass Ihr Gerät den Hintergrundzugriff unterbricht, wenn die Audioausgabe deaktiviert ist. Falls Sie die Soundeffekte aktiviert haben, starten Sie Ihr Gerät bitte neu, um vorübergehende Störungen auszuschließen. Für weitere Hilfe wenden Sie sich bitte an support@thunderstorm.scottdodson.dev. Thank you for the review. The app should continue to run in the background but your device may stop background access if audio is disabled. If you do have the sound effects enabled, please try restarting your device to rule out temporary glitches. Contact support@thunderstorm.scottdodson.dev for more help. ### 2/5 — Not very realistic *2025-06-05, version 6.1.4* It’s a shame I had to spend money on this before realizing how slowly the lights flash for the lightning. Nothing like lightning at all. ### 4/5 — Could be great *2021-02-02, version 5.0.0* Very hard to make work with airplay. I have to toggle it on and off and faff about all over. It loses a lot of appeal when I have fabulous lighting effects and tiny tinny sounds from my itty bitty iPhone speaker. Disappointed. Edit: my complaints are probably Apple’s fault. Airplay is problematic in general with my numerous device setup. However if the developer can add AirPlay controls to the app itself it would fix it. ### 4/5 — Great app *2020-11-23, version 5.0.0* Needs to let me play the sounds to my homepods and not just my phone. It would be more intense of a storm ### 3/5 — Almost great *2020-09-02, version 5.0.0* The light flashing/strobing works great. He audio track is also good. I have an issue however that the audio cannot be redirected to my HomePod, and only plays on my phone speakers which aren’t good enough to and this breaks the immersion. This seems to be a regression as I could originally play the sound on my HomePod when I first got this app. ### 4/5 — Works great, but.. *2020-06-23, version 5.0.0* Literally every other time I open this app I have to reauthenticate it with my hub. Other than that, it’s an amazing app. Well worth the money. ### 3/5 — Fantastic effects! Wish I could connect it to Bluetooth speakers. *2020-06-10, version 5.0.0* Hi there! Absolutely love this app and effects you created. I wish I could connect the sound to bluetooth speakers. Is this possible or something you’ll add? ### 3/5 — Add airplay/Bluetooth sound *2020-04-23, version 5.0.0* Could you add AirPlay/Bluetooth option to send thunder sound on Bluetooth speaker please. ### 4/5 — Nice!!! *2020-04-09, version 5.0.0* I love the app. Works great but how do I get the sounds to play on one of my google home speakers instead of my phone? ### 3/5 — Click on bridge *2020-01-27, version 4.1.1* Every time I am back home I have to click the button on hue bridge. Can this not be permanent? Thanks ### 3/5 — Nice sounds but would love them on my echo *2019-09-01, version 4.0.0* I love the light show and the sounds are good but I’d love to be able to sync them to my echo. ### 4/5 — It's good but.... *2018-12-25, version 3.2.0* The app is decent but can you guys add the option to airplay the sound to homepod. That would be a 5 start for me. Thanks. ### 3/5 — Confused. *2018-04-08, version 3.2.0* How do I connect to a bluetooth speaker? ### 4/5 — Good but forgetful *2018-01-30, version 3.2.0* Really good thunderstorm effects, best out there. Seems though each day I have to reauthenticate it to my hub though and re set settings. ### 4/5 — Pretty awesome *2017-03-02, version 2.0.0* I would prefer better sound quality, especially as I can stream this over my real speakers via airplay. But it was delightful. I grew up with lots of thunderstorms but it's rare in SoCal, so being able to fall asleep to an artificial storm was really nice for a change. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-11-26, version 6.2.0* This app does not work. Will to see the bridge. Wasted money ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work . *2022-11-13, version 6.0.0* I paid this app , and it doesn’t work .can’t connect to my HUE bridge for no reason . The fire storm app work but not the thunderstorm . I hope u Will fix it quickly . ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2021-06-23, version 5.0.0* It doesn’t matter if you have the $60 hue bulb and an Alexa system you cannot run this app. In order to run this app you would have to own the hue “bridge” which is basically an Alexa that only operates lights. That is the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard who would buy a entire station for a light bulb that already costs $60. Very disappointed I wish the app made any mention of the necessity of a “bridge” before you spend your money. WASTE. ### 1/5 — Eh... *2020-01-11, version 4.1.1* Would be nice if the thunder and lightning were synced. They seem to happen without each other ### 1/5 — Drop down menu selections.... *2018-10-29, version 3.2.0* Can’t select and customize the settings with the drop down menus, menu remains open and can’t select ### 1/5 — Difficult to use, no Airplay support *2018-10-14, version 3.2.0* It took me a while to figure out how to use this app, especially when using the customisation options. Huge disappointment is that I can’t airplay the thunder storm audio from my phone ### 1/5 — Not worth the price of admission *2016-12-29, version 1.7.1* The app is insanely buggy, crashing at least once every 3 times i open it, if you try to adjust anything then the menu screen goes blank, if you remove a bulb from the ones you want to affect, it still affects that one, and many other small issues. The app is almost unusable. ### 1/5 — Sad *2016-11-13, version 1.4.7* Lightning effects are terrible, which is the whole purpose to buying this. Ambient lighting isn't good either. If only I could get a refund or rate this negative stars. ### 1/5 — Super lame *2016-08-23, version 1.3.0* Waste of$3... Doesn't even sync with the sound. ### 1/5 — Not worth $2.99 *2016-06-30, version 0.1.3* Great realistic sound effects, but all the lights do is blink. This app had so much potential. Don't waste your $$ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Well worth the money *2024-06-14, version 6.1.4* Very good effect if you have a room with a bunch of Hue lights. Very easy to use and works exactly as advertised. I’ve been using it for about a year now with no issues at all. ### 5/5 — Excellent Thunderstorm simulation! *2023-10-23, version 6.1.4* Best thunderstorms of any app I’ve tried so far! Getting my Halloween window display ready and running this has really made it come to life! One thing I would like to be able to choose more than a singular color for the lightning. But otherwise perfect! ### 5/5 — Brilliant App! *2023-10-08, version 6.1.4* Works exactly as described. Was incredibly simple to set up with our Hue bridge: just tap in the app to select your bridge, then tap the link button on your bridge and it’s done. You can select all lights or use your light groups/zones to create storms throughout your home. You can also select the intensity of the storm and have the ability to tap to create lightning on command. It’s perfect! ### 5/5 — Help *2022-07-24, version 5.3.1* I do not have cable or internet and this keeps searching for addresses . I uninstalled and reinstalled no luck. How can I get a refund please? ### 5/5 — I have only one critique... *2021-05-23, version 5.0.0* This is a truly excellent application and I absolutely love the storms. It really helps me feel grounded and eases my naturally high anxiety. I currently live somewhere that doesn’t experience many electrical storms; I grew up living in a place where these storms were in abundance and I often find myself longing for a good storm. This app combined with the lighting hardware, completely satisfies this longing. Now for my only critique... Please keep the thunder rolling for longer. The sudden drop off of the distant thunder rolls is significantly telling of the falseness of the sounds. It, ever so slightly, takes away from the experience. The environment you have created here is incredible. The sounds and light show sweeps me away in soothing mind numbing bliss; Which I so desperately desire. You are so close with this marriage of light displays and sound. The amount of healing this brings to me is so valuable to me, and I am so grateful to have found this. Thank you 🙏🏻 ### 5/5 — Excellent Thunderstorm with support for Audio via AirPlay *2020-02-16* Tech Tip: If your iPhone doesn’t play the audio via AirPlay from control center, try restarting the iPhone. **Developer response:** The app does support AirPlay via Control Center: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202809#ios. The Delay Lightning setting lets you choose how much time to delay the lightning to compensate for the wireless audio delay. Please contact support@thunderstorm.scottdodson.dev for help. ### 5/5 — Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening *2020-01-14* Really impressed with this app. It synced easily with hue and is so customisable you can tweak everything to just how you want your storm. Extremely relaxing to fall asleep to once setup correctly. ### 5/5 — Great App *2019-11-06, version 4.1.1* This is a great app, especially for Halloween. The developer, Scott Dixon, is very responsive. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Fantastic! *2019-07-16* Great app that does everything I could ask for! It has AirPlay support, it can multitask, and the thunder comes _after_ the lightning! The storm and thunder audio sound completely perfect on my speakers! Works with my old 1st gen hue base station too! Thanks for your awesome work on this! ### 5/5 — Freaking Amazing!! *2017-01-25, version 1.9.0* Awesome app!!! I don't normally write reviews but this one is worth it! Lots of customization possible, yet overall it's a super simple, easy to use app that's worth every penny! --- *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 2026-09-04.*