# HomeLights for HomeKit

> Remote & Widgets for Lights

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6448572776](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6448572776)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6448572776`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Anthonin Cocagne
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (73 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-19
- **First published:** 2023-08-21
- **Size:** 51 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/homelights-for-homekit/id6448572776)
- **Website:** [https://homelights.anthopak.dev](https://homelights.anthopak.dev/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://homelights.anthopak.dev/privacyPolicy](https://homelights.anthopak.dev/privacyPolicy)

## Description

HomeLights for HomeKit puts your entire room’s lighting at your fingertips. Quickly adjust brightness, color, and temperature for all bulbs in a room or fine-tune individual lights. With Smart Room Detection, the app automatically focuses on the room you’re in and surfaces it in widgets and Live Activities.

Enhance automation with a full suite of widgets, Dynamic Island and Lock Screen Live Activities, a watch companion, and Shortcuts actions. Start with two rooms in the base version, with a Premium upgrade for unlimited room control and extra Room Detection features.

## Rankings

- #149,974 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers broadly praise HomeLights for easy setup, reliable room detection, and a fast UI that often beats the native Home app. The app’s strong Shortcuts/automation, broad device support (Hue/Nanoleaf), and a one-time license are frequent positives. Common concerns include occasional room-detection quirks, an non-intuitive brightness control, device labeling quirks, and some UX gaps with grouping and the Apple Watch integration.

### Pros

- Super easy setup with automatic room and device discovery.
- Accurate room detection and fast room-based control.
- Sleek, fast UI and design that feels more intuitive than the native Home app.
- Strong Shortcuts/automation support (Get Current Room(s)) and live widgets.
- Broad cross-brand device support (Hue, Nanoleaf) and discovery of Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi devices.

### Cons

- Room auto-detection can be unreliable in some setups.
- Brightness control is not intuitive (uses repeated + button instead of a slider).
- Some devices are shown with obscure model numbers, making identification harder.
- Grouping differences between HomeKit and the app (some switches show as one in the app but as separate in HomeKit).
- Watch app is not yet polished (limited interactivity and live activity integration).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6448572776)