OnSwitch for Philips Hue
Dynamic scenes app for Hue! Dazzling Fireworks, Disco, Chill, Sports, Holidays
Total ratings
4.26
(Rating count:
2,766)Review summary
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great effects and routines available, including seasonal ones.
- Responsive developers who address complaints.
- User-friendly once it works properly.
- Integrates well with both Philips Hue and Lifx lights.
Cons
- App frequently freezes or crashes, especially on startup.
- In-app purchases are seen as too expensive.
- Connection issues with Philips Hue lights; users often have to reconnect.
- Limited functionality regarding the use of personal scenes and specific bulb control.
Most mentioned
- Frequent app freezing and crashing.
- Issues with connecting to smart bulbs.
- In-app purchase pricing and value concerns.
- Positive feedback about app effects once it works.
- Responsive support from developers.
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All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-27 |  | | I have no idea why this app is rated so high. All it does is turn the hue lights on and off. It does nothing to sync the with your TV or connected entertainment devices. |
| 2024-11-19 |  | | I have my own groups and scenes, but this app wont let me use them. I can only by their scenes. I hate this app. |
| 2023-08-01 |  | | Awesome app. Great effects and constantly adding nemembership. I changed my five star review to 2 stars. I'm suddenly unable to see anything on the app it just says downloading effects then fail. It gives me the opportunity to retry but with the same result. This was my favorite of all of the hue recommended apps, and I had a paid memberahip. |
| 2022-04-12 |  | | Garage. First it took four days to load the scenes. Then second it auto connected to the light without the use of my login information. Third I use the off button then I could turn the light back on so I had to go to the original lifx app to turn the light back on. |
| 2021-11-08 |  | | It crashes all the time when I open the app! Doesn't anybody care? We paid for the scenes! UPDATE 08/11/2021: Indeed the update fixes the crashes and adds a lot of interesting scenes. A very important issue is that it asks to push the button to connect to my bridge, every time I open the app! Thank you for the update. |
| 2021-11-06 |  | | It's not app. It's an app store. You get a few free sample themes but you could easily spend a small fortune on light themes. Most are a $1.99. The only positive thing I can say is I didn't experience any technical problems with it. If you paid $2.00 to unlock a whole group of themes I would have spent money with this store but it's way to expensive for what you get. update: I'm updating my review because the developers took the time to address my complaints from years ago. |
| 2021-11-04 |  | | If you're going to have in-app purchases, you might want to think about letting those purchases go through. At least offer the scenes for free until you figure it out. Was my favorite app on ios. Now I'm going back to the stock hue app. Update:. Can now purchase different scenes on the Android app. I just wish all the scenes I purchased in IOs transferred. |
| 2021-11-03 |  | | My only app that gets hung up for some time before being able to interact with it upon opening. Seems badly managed as no longer connects to Philips Hue and app doesn't provide me a way to reconnect, else that feature is also not working on the app. Would recommend you stay away else get stuck with a useless app. Edit: The app is alive, seriously good job by the developers. Interface is smooth, no minutes worth of lag anymore. |
| 2021-10-16 |  | | Happy to see this back for Android, developers are very responsive and communicate well, hoping now that it's back that effects will be maintained on the bulbs selected until user changes the state of bulb rather than timing out to a static effect An incredible app with amazing scenes, but.......after a short while bulb won't change color/maintain effect and soynd effect goes to static |
| 2021-03-21 |  | | I have only experienced the initial lockup during launch, minor issue. Everything else has worked. Only hangup I have is Alexa and Google home will not turn off the lights with this app active. Lights will flash off and reactivate scene. 5 stars if this feature can be debugged.when phone goes to lock screen lights stop reaching to the theme. |
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