Hue Thunder for Philips Hue

This is an amazing app. The effect is incredible, especially if you’re using multiple lights in the ceiling. I’ve run this at parties and people really love it. There’s one problem though, and it appears to be recent. The sound runs continually but the actual lighting effects freeze up after about 30 minutes. I entertain frequently and want this effect running throughout the night. It’s a quick fix. You just have to pause it and play it again, but when you have a home full of people it’s easy to forget. If they could fix this so it can run continually I’d change my rating to 5 stars. Edit: Issue still isn’t fixed despite update. Some background noise keeps going but the lights still freeze. I’ve tested it on every scene. Works for 30 minutes tops.

A lot of fun and could be quite relaxing. For an inexpensive app, it's a five star. My top wish is that there was a lightning on command button. I think that would be the biggest and easiest crowd-pleasing feature to implement. Nitpicky comments: As other reviewers have said, there could be some more settings for tweaking the lightning-thunder time delay (I usually want less time, not more like some others), and I'd like the ability to make lightning even more frequent than the current max. Only other "complaint" is that there are sometimes flashes without accompanying thunder sound. This is certainly realistic to life when sometimes you see lightning but don't hear thunder. But is mildly unsatisfying to me. With the app, I'd want a perfect 1:1 correspondence between lightning and thunder. Otherwise, it's a great idea and a very good implementation of it. I love Hue Disco too by the same developer. Makes owning Hue Lights a real delight.

So I had bought another thunderstorm app to fall asleep to before this, but after one night of using this app, I am in love! Fell asleep easier than I have in a while. One thing though is I noticed that after several hours, the app crashes. I tend to let things run until the morning cause it helps me stay asleep until my alarm. I woke up due to it crashing and had to open the app and set the storm to play again. Then it did it again after another several hours. Once this is fixed, I’ll gladly change my rating to 5 stars. Otherwise, this is a great app!

We use this app to create a storm on our front porch… And even positioned other hue lights in the windows all the way around the side of her house last night during Halloween. I know there is a Halloween app too, but we wanted the stormy weather, not the creeks and groans and ghostly sounds. It worked great! We even put a “Hue Go” lamp into a large planters pot that looks like a cauldron. That, Some dry ice, and some plastic trays made the best candy hand-out tray we have ever used!! The rotating colors and occasional flash of light with the lightning really made it a hit!

I usually don’t buy apps but took a chance on this one after installing our new color hue bulbs. It is great to relax and fall asleep to. I use it in the bath and bedroom and my husband liked it too. It’s oddly calming on the softer settings and because everything is customizable you can make it as soft and serene or as loud and crazy as you like. I imagine it would be fun with kids as well during Halloween, playing pretend camping at home, or just to cuddle on the couch while reading.