Controller for HomeKit 4+

Amazing !👍

TLDR:
This app is worth it just for the backup and restore feature alone!

I’ve been having a lot of trouble lately with my iCloud not syncing and HomeKit configurations getting corrupted by one of my devices. Not sure if it’s my phone or AppleTV or HomePods...
The backup and restore feature is awesome and saved me MANY MANY hours of setup after completely wiping my Home and starting over. The restore feature is *almost* perfect. If the dev is reading this review... is there any way you could make the device assignments automatic like all the rest of the restoration process? Maybe using the MAC address or something? Having to reassign 30+ Hue light bulbs and motion sensors to the correct rooms one at a time is quite a pain.

Réponse du développeur ,

Thanks a lot!
To your question: As you are wiping your complete setup, you need to add all devices back by scanning them or insert their number code. Afterwards your same "physical" devices have completely different identifiers in HomeKit. Also their device and service names are again the factory defaults. So there is no real chance to match them automatically. It is part of the HomeKit security concept, that there is no MAC address or similar the app could use. Not all devices provide a serial number.
The suggestions are quite good, but even they cannot distinguish between 30+ Hue bulbs.
If you do not delete the home setup, but only parts of it, the mapping should be done almost automatically, because the internal device id's are still valid. In case you accidentally deleted automations, scenes or other parts, you can restore much easier.
I will investigate further about the options to improve the backup / restore mechanism! :)

Don’t just tell me. SHOW me.

This app supposedly does a lot of amazing things but good luck getting started. It seems you are entirely on your own when trying to figure it out.

I can’t find any documentation, not even any how to examples. I realize very few iOS apps have user guides, but this app desperately needs at least some examples to start with.

I don’t expect a guide to features that are native to Apple’s Home app. That sort of knowledge is an obvious prerequisite to an app like this.

But I do expect step-by-step “how to” examples for the enhanced functionality this app brags about.

Don’t just tell me. SHOW me.

Réponse du développeur ,

You are right,
The app has some professional features that could be explained better! These will be reworked step by step the next months and examples will be linked!
Thanks for your feedback!

Fixed my unreliable automations!

Way to go!