iConnectHue for Philips Hue 4+
Get the best out of your light
Stefan Gohler
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- $3.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
HALLOWEEN - we have a set of 8 spooky Animations, available until mid Nov! LIMITED TIME OFFER: 25% off the app!
Discover a whole new world of lighting with iConnectHue, the ultimate Philips Hue app. Transform your lighting experience with our smart timers, customizable switches, and intuitive sleep timers, allowing you to adapt your Hue lights effortlessly for every occasion.
Whether you yearn for a soothing ambiance or a lively party atmosphere with our optional Discotainment, iConnectHue has you covered. Immerse yourself in striking calibrated colors, captivating gradients, and enchanting Magic Scenes, perfect for any mood.
Our dynamic Animations breathe life into your home with lively color displays. For lightning-fast access to daily actions, our customizable widgets are at your fingertips.
Join us and elevate your lighting control to new heights with iConnectHue! Celebrated 5x as Philips' App of the month, we've created a potent, yet user-friendly interface that simplifies complex tasks. Step into the future of Hue light control today!
More about all the fantastic possibilities: iconnecthue.com/features
PLEASE NOTE: In case of any issues, please contact us! Our team will try hard to solve any problem that you may encounter.
Why iConnectHue?
• Full feature set: control almost every aspect of your Hues + constant updates
• Family focus: Scene sharing, family geofencing (first one turns on the light, last one off - optional), group hiding
• Everything non-music related happens on your bridge - your iPhone stays off!
• Color animations on bridge. No empty batteries, everybody w/ iConnectHue can stop them!
• Color calibrated color picker w/ great gradient modes
• Create beautiful Magic Scenes, color your home - they work for every group & gradient light - super easy to create
• Drag & drop colors between lights
• Multiply the possibilities of your switches and Motion Sensors! More flexibility than any other app on market (more: iconnecthue.com/features)
• Create the Home widget you want! Add scenes, switches, sleep timers, reminders, light states and dimmers, motion sensor temperature & more
• Access your lights and timers when not at home
• Intelligent timers: Start them by time and day, by condition (group on/off or presence - w/ optional Automation), use colors & scenes, use random offsets, use sunrise or sunset time
• Instant timers: Darken lights when you go to bed, let your lights remind you, transition to scenes
• Find new lights & devices, add lights from other bridges, update your firmware
• Integrated tutorials and FAQ make it easy to understand the usage and to solve problems
• Supports all Hue Zigbee hardware & many 3rd party lights
To allow further development, additional modules are available via in app purchase or membership:
• Home & Away turns off lights when first arrives and last left + individually by user
• Animation Upgrade: unlimited animations, upload to switches, use them on your Apple Watch, widget & timers
• Discotainment: sync lights to music with Hue Entertainment, make your home a Disco - works with every source thanks to microphone use
• Weekend mode: let your switches and sensors act differently on week vs. weekend
• Watch Plus: control your groups, adjust their brightness and load their scenes
• Additional animation and Magic Scene packages
Memberships:
• Basic: All purchases, share your content, many & large Widgets, 2 Bridges @ 1 location (w/o switching)
• Pro: Like Basic, plus:
• Many bridges @ multiple locations w/o switching
• Light wizards: easily replace old lights, set startup mode via batch & on light search
• Daylight & Incandescent light mode
• Widget on Apple Watch
• Group picture/widget
• Apple Family Sharing of membership
• Advanced Shortcuts
• +More: iconnecthue.com/pro
Options & pricing: iconnecthue.com/app-options
It's less than a single Hue light! We want the best app for you and invest time and money. More:
iconnecthue.com/app-costs
It's the most comprehensive Hue app available:
iconnecthue.com/features/
HUE BRIDGE V2 REQUIRED!
Terms: iconnecthue.com/terms/eula_en.pdf
What’s New
Version 5.7.3
Thanks for using iConnectHue!
Dear users, we have noticed that a considerable number of users have missed the information about the Home Widget. This has somewhat surprised us, as we introduced it 4 months ago and have not made any changes since then. We have therefore adjusted the app to improve clarity regarding the Home Widget.
With the 2024 upgrade, you can access 1 small and 1 medium-sized Home Widget. However, we recommend considering a membership due to its many additional benefits – which is why we show this information first.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our support directly – you can contact us easily via the app in the menu “Help & More” -> “Contact.”
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It's going to get flashy with this update, be prepared for:
Halloween Animations!
Following our yearly tradition, we've made our Halloween Animations available again to everybody, which now includes 8 spooky animations!
As always, available for free until mid November, or, with Membership, available all year.
Hint: You can also put these on motion sensors and switches or timers, if you want some extra-scariness (w/ Membership or Animation Upgrade).
(Available to everybody)
Support for new Hue effects
We've added support for Philips' new effects, they're available for every light under the "effects" menu.
Note that their availability depends on whether you have the latest bridge firmware (1.66), your lights support them and that Philips enabled them for your bridge. If they're not available right now, try to check for a new firmware and/or give it a few days until they're announced by Philips themselves.
(Available for every Member or w/ 2024 upgrade or when purchased in 2024)
Classic Widgets and iOS 18
Please note that Apple discontinued support for the Classic Widgets in iOS 18, hence you can only use Home Widgets with it. We've put a lot of work into making Home Widgets do the same and more, albeit working completely different and being more restricted, and we recommend you to make the switch to them.
If you want to stay with the Classic Widgets, the only way is not to install iOS 18. But please note that due to issues in iOS' app extension handling, we've found that Classic Widgets are not as reliable as they used to be - we're sorry about that, but at the same time, cannot do anything about it, as we do not have access to iOS' internals. Again, we recommend to use Home Widgets instead by now.
Please restart your device if your Widgets are not working out of the box after this update due to iOS' extension handling.
Other detail improvements
• We've prepared iConnectHue for iOS 18
• Hue Twilight: We've added support for 2 additional model types of it; If it didn't appear in your device list, it should by now
• Some dialogues enhanced
• Fixes and stability improvements - yes, we also do that...
•• Please support us with a positive App store rating - thank you very much! ••
If you run into any issues, don’t hesitate, contact us from within the app. You will surely get support! Need a quick check for a question? We also have an elaborate FAQ: https://iconnecthue.com/f-a-q/
Ratings and Reviews
Worth the Pro Subscription!
This app solves a lot of the problems that controlling Hue lights with the Philips Hue app or Home app have, and it integrates some third-party products too. The thing that makes it worth the Pro subscription for me is the amazing widget support and really handy Apple Watch app. There is a simple complication for the watch faces that leads you to the app where you can control lights by room or group. People are pretty impressed when I control the lights with a few taps on my wrist, and every time I do that I feel like I’m living in the future.
iConnect Hue makes some things possible that are either impossible or too hard to do with the Hue or Home apps. Animations, custom groupings that span rooms, “magic” scenes that let you change brightness or rearrange which lights get which color, third-party lights and switches in the same app, cleaning up old timers or phantom rooms/lights, entertainment scenes for parties, and more.
I’ve tried many other apps that make big promises, but I keep coming back to iConnect Hue. The only thing that it doesn’t seem to do is control my Nanoleaf devices, but that’s not enough of a downside to make me change my rating from five to four stars. This app just works, and the author is continually improving it and adding features. I wish all my paid apps provided this much value.
Developer Response ,
Hello Banjor_,
thank you for the very detailed review and your support via the Pro-Membership!
We are happy to hear that you enjoy our app this much.
It is made for people who want to control every aspect of their system, be it with switches, the app, widgets or the watch.
It seems you are a perfect match for our target audience!
Concerning the Nanoleaf devices: Thanks for writing us about your wish. We understand that this might be something some people want to do, at the same time Nanoleaf devices work totally different and may not be able to support several aspects we currently can offer with Hue. But please, contact us directly from the app and let us know which aspects you’d like to control of your Nanoleaf devices, so we have a better understanding. Thanks!
Once again, thank you for your review!
Kind regards,
Your iConnectHue-Team!
Transforming Hue lights and Switches into magical devices
iConnectHue has completely transformed my Philips Hue lighting experience. Before using this app, I was content with the basic functionalities of the Hue system, but iConnectHue has unlocked a whole new world of possibilities. The ease of creating and controlling light groups has made managing my home’s lighting setup a breeze. The animations are a game changer – they bring life to every corner of my house with mesmerizing effects that are perfect for any mood or occasion.
What truly sets iConnectHue apart is its unparalleled customization. The gradient color picker and the Magic Scenes feature have allowed me to personalize my lighting like never before, creating atmospheres that are uniquely mine. The flexibility in controlling devices, especially the enhanced options for switches and sensors, shows the depth of thought put into this app.
Moreover, the app’s design is intuitive and user-friendly. Whether on my iPhone or iPad, controlling my lights has never been more seamless or enjoyable. The regular updates, each bringing new features and improvements, show a commitment to excellence and user satisfaction.
Easily the best app for Philips Hue
This is easily the best app for controlling your Philips Hue lights! FAR better, even, than the app from Philips Hue! The ability to create scenes, animations, etc., makes it one or two touches to have your lights do exactly what you want them to do! The apartment I built doesn’t have windows, so I was looking to build a lighting system that could follow the sun in both brightness and color temperature in the built-in “windows” I created to emulate sunrise and sunset and all the stages of lighting throughout the day. The systems I was looking at were going to cost $2,000-$5,000! Then I found Philips Hue and this app. It allows me to do all of that and so much more. I now have my entire house automated with the Hue lights and accessories through this app. The addition of motion detectors and programming to control exactly what I want to happen is incredible. And when I want them to change to something different, one touch of the button is all it takes. Create zones, rooms......whatever you want and have it do whatever you want! Just a great app!!
Developer Response ,
Dear Whatknows101,
thank you very much for your positive and detailled review!
We are happy to hear that you enjoy our app so much :)
That is one interesting project you have created within the Hueniverse- congrats and thank you for sharing!
In case there are some features you would like to see in the app we are happy to listen! Please go to "Contact" in the menu, and then "I have a suggestion". Thanks!
Best regards,
Your iConnectHue Team
App Privacy
The developer, Stefan Gohler, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Stefan Gohler
- Size
- 63.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 8.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013-2024 iConnectHue
- Price
- $3.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Home & Away $1.99
- Pro membership 12 months $17.99
- Animation Upgrade $3.99
- Discotainment $3.99
- Basic membership 12 months $11.99
- Watch Plus $2.99
- Christmas animation package $1.99
- Classic Widget Editor $1.99
- Multi Bridge $4.99
- Summer delights $1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.