iHome Set 4+

Got a hold of a secondhand iP50 dock that uses Bluetooth and the older 30-pin interface, which is why it was cheap secondhand.

However, on a modern Lightning equipped phone (iPhone 8 Plus) and pairing only with Bluetooth, I was greeted with a lockout screen, telling me to connect the device to the 30-pin after a few seconds of quick adjusting. The app was pretty convenient for the few seconds of using it, almost all parameters from alarm set, to tone control, to even dimming the display. Slick until it tripped hard.

Way to go, Soundesign! The iP50 is pretty good on its own, a shame about this app.

I've had this product for a few years and was never entirely happy with its limited functionality. You have very few choices as far as which days you'd like your alarm to turn on (your choices are: weekday, every day, or weekend. Even my phone allows me to pick individual days, so that on MWF when I wake up early for the gym, my phone alarm will automatically turn on without my having to set it the night before. With this alarm clock, I have to remember Sunday, Tues & Thurs to set my alarm to turn on at a different time.) Also, you only have 2 alarm preset slots; so I use one for waking up on MWF, another for TTH, and I'm out of presets. If I want to wake up at a different time on Saturday, I have to adjust one of my presets.

Recently, they decided to "update" the app, and since then it's been near unusable. It crashes constantly, I have a hard time turning the alarm on & off using my phone, and the option to set the alarm to a specific radio station is gone. I thought it would just turn on to whatever station it was last on, but no, I woke up to static yet again this morning.

This product is a good idea, but the execution is poor, and they just can't seem to get it together.

I have an old ihome IW1 and despite it’s age, it works amazing. Even better, it works with the app still on an iphone 13 pro! It took about an hour to finally get everything set up and working, but now whenever i get home and connect to wifi, i can play music without touching the speaker. The main issue with the app isn’t the app, it’s most likely the dated devices people try to use with the app. There’s a very limited selection of things you can do with the app depending on what device is connected, but it gets the job it was made for done and you can’t ask much more than that. 4 stars for having an app that does what it’s supposed to do despite 5+ yrs of no support!!