HomeLights for HomeKit

Great addition for home assistant

Room detection is such a compelling and powerful feature, made all the more attractive by the suite of Shortcut actions made available. It’s just a shame that as a result of questionable design choices, actually using the app itself becomes such an unappealing experience.

Just downloaded.. this is fantastic! It solves my frustrations with controlling my HomeKit lights via traditional methods. Super simple and clean.. love it!

Usually the auxiliary apps to HomeKit offer little functionality beyond the native app itself. The auto detection feature and live widgets in this app, however, are game changers. I’d be willing to bet it gets shut down in the near future—once Apple buys the developers out in a bid to include the auto detect features in the native Home app itself. Great app in a slick package that works well and is worth the money spent.

Hated setting all the lights individually in that native home app. This is way better and faster and the dev updates regularly. Probably my most used app. Thanks!

The setup process is very easy. Merely walk around your place to let the app discover your lights. I have Hue and Nanoleaf. It seems to discover all Bluetooth and WiFi devices. Once it has done so, pick the devices that are your lights. Make sure they are in the correct assigned rooms. After the setup, you can control brightness, temperature, color, etc. You can control by room or by light. I hesitate to use the word ‘simple’. It is dead simple, but don’t get the wrong impression, it’s also a joy to use because you don’t have take hours and hours to set it up and try to figure out how the silly thing works.

I just want to say, you have NAILED it with this app. You are solving some fundamental and critical usability issues with HomeKit itself that I've not seen any other app do and you are doing it with highly detailed care. I'm an app dev myself, you are showing excellence In your craft, thank you!

Updated: Developer added a very slick slider, and the functionality has improved throughout. Detection has improved and this has become a very useful tool. Would love to see other devices outside of lights (cameras / thermostats/ etc…). I’d like to be able to reorder the main screen and also make favorites. Old:I like the auto detect of the rooms. Doesn’t always work, but the concept is good. Perhaps it could be improved over time. I am a little baffled by the functionality of the app though. Every other app uses a slider to increase the brightness of a light, this app has you repeatedly mashing a ‘+’ button. Yes I can hit the settings button and then pick a very small percentage button, but it seems so unintuitive.

Cheers to the dev to include Shortcuts actions especially Get Current Room(s), that worth the price of admission all by itself

I can’t believe how well this works. The developer is a genius. I use this multiple times a day to control the 31 lights in my home. Thanks for your hard work!