# Kessil WiFi

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1458081350](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1458081350)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1458081350`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dicon Lighting
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 2.10 / 5 (106 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.11
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-16
- **First published:** 2019-10-02
- **Size:** 354 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kessil-wifi/id1458081350)
- **Website:** [http://www.kessil.com](http://www.kessil.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.kessil.com/support/APP\_Privacy.php](http://www.kessil.com/support/APP_Privacy.php)

## Description

Kessil WiFi is a Chrome extension that lets you control Kessil X-Series aquarium lights from your browser. It provides full color control, light grouping, and custom schedules to simulate the sun and moon, helping you create a personal ocean at home.

Features include easy setup with a Kessil WiFi Dongle, program mode with preview, Coral acclimation Mode, and special effects. It also supports over-the-air firmware updates and cloud backup for all your configurations.

## Rankings

- #177,507 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, reviewers praise the app’s advanced lighting controls when a stable connection exists, but cite chronic reliability problems: frequent disconnects, crashes, slow loading, and difficult setup. Login/local-network issues and a lack of ongoing updates are common complaints. Some users can achieve good results with direct AP9X/dongle connections, but for many the app undermines the hardware’s potential.

### Pros

- When it connects, the app provides robust control settings for AP9X lights.
- Some users report flawless operation and "works flawlessly" when the network/setup is correct.
- Direct connection methods (AP9X or WiFi dongle) can yield the best results, improving reliability.

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity losses and inability to stay connected; many report having to repeatedly reconnect or re-pair the dongle.
- Repeated crashes and instability; reloads often fail or wipe settings.
- Difficult, frustrating setup and poor UX; long times to connect and non-intuitive navigation.
- Login/access issues, including Google sign-in problems and local-network permission prompts that don't always resolve.
- Perceived lack of app updates and ongoing compatibility problems, especially with iOS updates, leaving bugs unfixed.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1458081350)