# Starfish Smart Lighting

> Utilities

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1507949233](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1507949233)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1507949233`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Satco Products, INC
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (1,001 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-04
- **First published:** 2020-04-26
- **Size:** 253 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starfish-smart-lighting/id1507949233)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.satco.com/privacy-policy](https://www.satco.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Starfish Smart Lighting brings a simple, scalable lighting solution to your home. It supports voice control with Hey Google, Siri, and Alexa, plus SmartThings for total home integration. The app enables secure multi-device and multi-user access so the whole family can create scenes and schedules while you maintain control.

Enjoy millions of colors, dynamic scenes, and wellness-oriented lighting that adapts to daily activities and natural daylight. Automations and remote access keep you connected, safe, and in the mood, whether at home or away.

## Rankings

- #54,692 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise easy setup, strong automation, good color options, and solid voice assistant integrations, plus scalability for large setups. However, many reports focus on ongoing connectivity and reliability problems, difficult onboarding, and a non-intuitive UI. Color automation can be unreliable, and the system often requires 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (not 5 GHz). Documentation is sometimes confusing. Overall, the app has strong features but notable onboarding and stability issues.

### Pros

- Easy to set up and use with a user-friendly interface.
- Strong automation options and voice assistant integrations (Siri Shortcuts, Google Home, Alexa).
- Scales well to large setups (50+ lights across multiple rooms/homes).
- Color options and ambient features (color changing, mood lighting, music-sync).
- Perceived good value for money.

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity issues and unreliable performance, including disconnects and pairing problems.
- Difficult initial setup and device linking; onboarding is clunky and error-prone.
- Non-intuitive, clunky interface.
- Requires 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and is not compatible with 5 GHz networks.
- Color control and automation can be unreliable or limited (color in automations not working as expected).

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