iLightShow for Philips Hue 4+
Music for Hue, LIFX, Nanoleaf
Nicolas Anjoran
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Transform your music and lighting into a captivating visual journey with iLightShow, the premier app designed to sync your favorite tracks from Spotify and Apple Music with your Philips Hue, LIFX, and Nanoleaf setups. Create an electrifying atmosphere perfect for dance, parties, or any moment worth illuminating with dynamic light effects and strobes that perfectly match the rhythm of your music.
Key Features:
- Music Integration: Seamlessly connect with Spotify and Apple Music to bring your playlists to life. iLightShow ensures your Philips Hue, LIFX, and Nanoleaf lights mirror the energy and tempo of your music, setting the stage for unforgettable dance and party moments.
- Extensive Light Compatibility: Designed for versatility, iLightShow is compatible with Philips Hue (requiring a Hue bridge v2), LIFX Lights, and Nanoleaf Panels, enabling a broad range of visual experiences, from soothing ambient setups to lively dance floors.
- Precision Sync: Our sophisticated algorithm detects every beat, drop, and mood shift in your music, ensuring your light effects and FX are in perfect synchronisation. Whether it’s for a party, dance, or relaxation, the lights follow every nuance of your soundtracks.
- Customized Visuals: Dive deep into customization with adjustable strobes, flashes, pulses, and more to match your party or dance theme. Select from an array of palettes to craft the perfect ambiance for every track, enhancing every beat and rhythm for a truly immersive experience.
- Interactive and Social: Empower your parties and dance sessions with iOS Shortcuts integration and manual strobe controls. Group your smart lights for synchronized displays that amplify the mood, whether it's for an intimate gathering or a full-blown dance party.
iLightShow not only elevates your music listening experience but also transforms your space into a visual spectacle that responds to your music's every beat, perfect for any party, dance, or ambient setting. This app brings together Philips Hue, LIFX, and Nanoleaf lights in harmony with Spotify and Apple Music, ensuring every moment is visually stunning and in perfect sync.
Note: Philips Hue bridge (v2) is essential for Hue functionalities. Check our FAQ for detailed compatibility with LIFX and Nanoleaf lights.
Elevate your music to a visual art form with iLightShow. It’s not just about listening—it’s about experiencing music with every sense. Download now and make every occasion, from serene ambient evenings to high-energy dance parties, unforgettable.
Requirements:
• Philips Hue Bridge and some Philips Hue Smart Bulbs (for more information, see http://meethue.com). Also works with TRÅDFRI bulbs, linked to the hue bridge.
• OR/AND LIFX lights (no bridge required)
• OR/AND Nanoleaf panels (iLightShow doesn't support Nanoleaf Essentials)
• An Apple Music account OR Spotify Music Account (Premium)
Need some support? Contact me on Twitter or Facebook at @iLightShow
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy policy: https://ilightshow.net/privacy-policy/
What’s New
Version 3.1.4
- Bugfix: the show wasn't always loaded properly
Ratings and Reviews
Great functionality
This app lets me sync my Philips Hue Go lamps to music. I absolutely love this functionality. The effect looks amazing. I do tend to set the effects to ‘chill’, as I find ‘auto’ and ‘party’ change to quickly to my taste.
When I used the app to play jungle sounds (yoga type music) I was absolutely amazed by the effect.
One bug that I hope to see changed in a future update: I normally play my music on two connected HomePods. When I use Airplay from the music app, the paired HomePods are visible as an option. However, from this app I can only select one of the HomePods; the second one cannot be seen. I found a workaround (that is a bit of a hazzle) though: if I set the Airplay from the app to my AppleTV, I can then change the Airplay in the Apple Music app to switch to my paired HomePod.
Really great app that does what it says, but...
So I’ve been playing with this app for a few of days and my kids love it! We’ve had a dance party practically every night. It does exactly what it says and works pretty well with Apple Music.
The biggest con is that to unlock more than one light you have to $4.99 in app purchase. You can’t really evaluate that app without paying for it. I didn’t mind spending the $5, EXCEPT, if my kids want it on all their devices I’ll have to pay on each one. Truth is I’ll hardly use this app, but my kids might, but I’m not sure it’s worth $20 to me. Maybe $10.
The next problem is a lack of music controls within the app. If you want to pause, play or scrub your music you need to jump back to Apple Music. I think Apple made these controls available for developers to use. So adding these would be a convenient touch.
Finally, this would make an outstanding APPLE TV app. The controls might need to be simplified, or possible use an iCloud shared preferences file (so the advanced settings are done on the phone/iPad), but this would be the best solution for me. The kids regularly play their dance part music on the TV.
Developer Response ,
Hey, thanks for your detailed feedbacks and suggestions. I’m currently working on a « cloud » solution for the next few months that may fix your issue for all your devices. I’ll also work on an Apple TV version in the next few months :-)
Feel free to reach out to me if you need more help/details or even give more feedbacks, I’d be pleased to help :-)
Cheers,
Nicolas
Great, but needs a couple improvements
This really is a great app and I really enjoy how it interacts with my hue lights. There are only a couple issues (that I don’t believe have been addressed) that hold it back from a 5 star:
1) Buying premium isn’t that bad, not that expensive... but I can’t share across devices. I bought this on my phone and would like to share it with my wife and son. But I also don’t want to pay another $5 each to do so. If there was a way to share the premium feature then that would be fantastic.
2) This is the biggest drawback to me... the app doesn’t run in the background. If I leave the app or close my phone, everything stops working. It’s not realistic to think that I’ll leave my phone on for hours while listening to music or hosting a party. If this can be addressed then that would make this app a 5 star for me.
App Privacy
The developer, Nicolas Anjoran, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
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The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
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Information
- Seller
- Nicolas Anjoran
- Size
- 49.3 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Languages
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French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Nicolas Anjoran
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Pro $8.99
- FX+ Monthly $4.99
- Pro (annual) $8.99
- FX+ Annual $29.99
- FX+ Annual $29.99
- Pro (yearly) $8.99
- Lite (Annual) $8.99
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.