Wallflower for HomeKit

Thank you, I'm working on supporting the complete set of HomeKit devices in the future. Unfortunately, as of iOS 13, Apple does not expose TVs to the HomeKit API, so I have no way of supporting it just yet. I hope Apple changes their mind on this in a future release, but it's up to them. BTW, you don't have to enter the 14 day trial to find that out: Wallflower's trial model is built in a way that you can use everything in the free version, so you know what you get when you pay. The restriction is the number of devices the app displays – so you only pay if you have a more complex setup.

Sure, contact me directly at gernot at nxtbgthng dot com. I’ll also have a deeper look at the mail issue, hope that doesn’t happen to too many people! Sorry! (and: 1 Star?!?)

Thanks for the review! A lot of work went into making it smart enough to adapt even a complex setup into very little room – it's harder than it looks, since it needs to work for many devices and setups. It's always good to hear that the effort is appreciated! I see your point about the updates, and I too would like them to be more frequent. However, I decided to do a big rewrite of the core, to make it more future-proof now, instead of waiting until the app got even bigger. That takes some time, and I'm glad you're patient. In general, I recommend to buy software for what's there, not for what's promised. Or, alternatively, support development by purchasing it, even though you still miss a thing or two – that helps closing the gaps. There are two ways to purchase Wallflower, if you don't like the subscription, you can do a One-Time -Purchase. The subscription is priced 50$ from the beginning, because it's close to impossible to raise prices later, and I can't combine introductory pricing and a free trial period. I decided for the free trial. I wrote a bit about what I plan on https://nxtbgthng.com/wallflower-roadmap It's pretty much in line with what you wish for, and only a question of time and resources to make it a reality. Best, Gernot.

Wallflower is based on HomeKit, and we are working on supporting the complete set of devices that HomeKit supports. You can learn more at https://nxtbgthng.com/wallflower The app is priced in a way that reflects the work that is needed to build something like that – Wallflower has no ads, does not collect your data and does not burn VC money. But we added a new thing since you wrote your review: We see that if you have a small setup, a subscription doesn't make much sense, so if you have only a few device, Wallflower is completely free!

We didn’t want to make an app where we launch with a splash, have a few months of resources to build additional features, and then it dies off. We’ve seen it a thousand times with apps you pay once, but the reality is that after launch the work just begins. A subscription enables us enhance the app in the long term. And we can only do this with our users subscriptions: We didn’t take Venture Capital, we don’t have ads and there is no tracking at all. We do not have any data on our users. If you like the concept, we’d appreciate if you come back in a few months and have another look. With some luck, we’ll have survived besides all the 1-star reviews and people who post that they don’t pay, and we might have just made it into an app that you’ll consider paying for. And btw, we don’t lock you in. Subscribe, use the test period, pay the first year, deactivate auto-renewal and after the first year re-consider if it was worth it and you want to do it again. If you don’t, all your smart stuff still continues working, everything is as before.