Amazing App. Well Worth the Expensive Price

Lets be clear. The price of the app plus all the in app purchases is rather expensive compared to the average going applications in the App Store. I was reluctant to buy the app because of the fees and because all the other Philips Hue apps werent very good or had 1 amazing feature but the rest of the app was useless.

Previously I was using about 4 apps. The official Philip Hue apps, Huemote and OnSwitch. Ive also tried using all the other apps. Each did one thing well but I had to jump between many apps.

The reason I bought this app is because of the ability to program the dimmer remotes. The app did a fantastic job of programming my 7 dimmer switches. I was able to add custom behaviours to the buttons and configure it any way I wanted. (Note that Philips Hue has a 100 action limit that I hit when programming 6 remotes because I put too many actions on each remote. I had to reduce that. This is a Philips Hue limit, not the developer limit.) I have remotes program to press the power button to turn on. Then press the power button again change to a different preset colour. If I press the off button, one group of lights turns off. If I hold the off button, all my Philips hue bulbs turn off in the entire home.

After using the app, I learned that this is the ultimate Philips Hue app. It does everything. The custom groupings works 100% better than the "rooms" Philips app uses. I can allocate the same light to multiple groups.

Custom widget designer (in-app purchase) works really well. Allows for organizing and structuring your widget how you want it. (I do wish the widget icons were a bit smaller but that is just being extremely picky).

Remote Access (now free) works well. Previously I always had to access the official app for this which didnt align with other app groupings.

The animation is well built. Takes a bit of time to configure and play with but colour cycling works well. Small quirk for stopping an animation, but that is minor.

Presets are becoming my new favourite feature (after the dimmer configuration). Being able to create a preset for the lights, brightness, colours and then assigning it to a widget or remote.

Overall, this is a fantastic app that will make most of the other Philips Hue apps obsolete. It may seem expensive, but compared to the price of the bulbs, it is a minimal fee that will allow you to get maximum configuration and use out of your Philips hue system. This app is especially critical if you have many bulbs and switches spread throughout your home.

MetalMatrix01 about iConnectHue for Philips Hue, v2.6.1