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Domoticz
HNO Mobile Games · 3,573 ratings · ★ 3.8
3.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 46 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"premium"
13 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app has changed, prompted to download the new app, however my purchased premium version has now disappeared, and I can't get it back, is this gauging people for more money?" - Nigel Wyborn
2
"version"
13 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app has changed, prompted to download the new app, however my purchased premium version has now disappeared, and I can't get it back, is this gauging people for more money?" - Nigel Wyborn
3
"subscription"
9 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The stability app is so over the place, have paid for the old premium and am now paying for the subscription. Since a few days I cannot get the app to start it crashes everytime, have not changed Domoticz version in between. Have uninstalle…" - Martijn
4
"domoticz"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A decent app, better than the domoticz web interface with adequate graphing and stuff. But the ads have become increasingly intrusive. I want to look at my sensor data, not be blocked from doing that because it opens up a tab in chrome on T…" - Edward Cragg
5
"paid"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The stability app is so over the place, have paid for the old premium and am now paying for the subscription. Since a few days I cannot get the app to start it crashes everytime, have not changed Domoticz version in between. Have uninstalle…" - Martijn
6
"premium version"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app has changed, prompted to download the new app, however my purchased premium version has now disappeared, and I can't get it back, is this gauging people for more money?" - Nigel Wyborn
7
"update"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Every new version is a downgrade on the previous one. Now all the shortcuts have been removed in the latest forced update. There's almost nothing left!" - Mark Hill
8
"interface"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A decent app, better than the domoticz web interface with adequate graphing and stuff. But the ads have become increasingly intrusive. I want to look at my sensor data, not be blocked from doing that because it opens up a tab in chrome on T…" - Edward Cragg
9
"server"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I bought the premium version to manage 2 Domoticz servers, no way when I start the "Oop no data on Domoticz servers" my servers are 2022.1 no way to upgrade right. I don't know to fix this. now." - Christophe Montuy
10
"does"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "A decent app, better than the domoticz web interface with adequate graphing and stuff. But the ads have become increasingly intrusive. I want to look at my sensor data, not be blocked from doing that because it opens up a tab in chrome on T…" - Edward Cragg
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"people"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app has changed, prompted to download the new app, however my purchased premium version has now disappeared, and I can't get it back, is this gauging people for more money?" - Nigel Wyborn
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"settings"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Export settings button does nothing. Takes very long time to load on data or wifi." - Gabor Simon
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A decent app, better than the domoticz web interface with adequate graphing and stuff. But the ads have become increasingly intrusive. I want to look at my sensor data, not be blocked from doing that because it opens up a tab in chrome on Temu. Disgraceful. Used to be fine, I could restart the app and it wouldn't show an ad for a while, but now it does it every time, which makes the app useless, and frustrating. What a waste of time and energy.
Be fool
Not maintained, out dated, more features stopped working.
The app has changed, prompted to download the new app, however my purchased premium version has now disappeared, and I can't get it back, is this gauging people for more money?
I bought the premium version to manage 2 Domoticz servers, no way when I start the "Oop no data on Domoticz servers" my servers are 2022.1 no way to upgrade right. I don't know to fix this. now.
Every new version is a downgrade on the previous one. Now all the shortcuts have been removed in the latest forced update. There's almost nothing left!
You disabled/killed my domoticz premium version. I paid it fair, and after update it does not work any more.
Just like many other people here, I paid for the old premium app, which is now gone. Sure, I can keep using it, but it can no longer control my blinds, and there is no hope of having that fixed ever. I can appreciate the desire of the developer to maintain a single app. A decent thing to do would have been to give free premium to people who paid for it in the past.
Just told I needed to get latest version. I now have adverts on my control panel. Forget it. World is going to poop!
Going back to just using the web interface, this subscription nonsense is just greed at this point. I get the need to try and drum up some income but this wasn't really the way to go about it. Feels like a bait an switch as someone who bought the previous "premium" version, this leaves a very sour taste.
Subscription model is a horrible idea , you are not providing a service. The app is only an interface to my self hosted server. Even after subscribing the app won't activate the premium features, it just says a subscription is required and upon clicking upgrade it shows error and says I'm already subscribed! People don't want to be nickle and dimed. I don't mind paying for apps that I use if reasonably priced but it's an insult when I reluctantly pay for something and nothing changes.
Had the premium version, now we are moving to one app? No, you are ripping us off by trying to sell us a expensive yearly subscription. Any improvements seen?
Rip-off! FULL OF ADS There is no improvement compared the old app still they ask for a subscription to remove the ads, the cheek on some people. Disgusting
Paid for the life time premium version before, but now need to pay for subscription model.
What the ??? Paid version updates to ad version? Really???
I'm sorry but subscription plans are devilish. You guys removed the list view from the app people bought from you and you're now offering a sub plan for future updates. That nets you a 1 star rating for greed. I'm a developer myself so I do know the struggles but what you're doing here will not give you anything positive in return. Good luck to you but I'm out.
The new yearly payment version sucks! Better try with ads. How I can restore the former version?
Terrible interface
It's a scam to extract more money from premium users by charging £4.99 per year!
After the last update, they killed the dashboard layout and stopped the premium app. I'm not going paying a subscription for a app that has so very little inovation over the past years. Time to say goodbye to Domoticz.
Totally screwed up after the last update: 1, paid subscription instead of a one-time fee, also when you had the premium version you now need to pay again to remove ads. 2, no more option to show the dashboard as a list which is way more useful than the huge tiles. 3, the auto refresh (every few seconds) now makes it super laggy and jumps back to the top of the list, the old version didn't do this
Ads only. Less functionality like web interface.
Unusable after the last update and its extremely invasive ads. Even after the latest update, ads still randomly appear and shift the whole UI layout while you are interacting with it, resulting in unwanted ad clicks. This is a terrible user experience especially for a home automation app.
Since today unusable
Does not open.
It never ran. Everytime crashed only.
Can not open graphs from dashboard, need to go to submenu utility to open graphs.
Require access to phone call to allow notifications even when notifications are disabled in settings.
On install, jams up because server not set, then cannot get to settings to resolve problem. This app used to work well. Please fix asap
Guys! Seriously??? I can not configure this application at all... it unuseable. Did you hardcode the last octet of server IP or how can I change it? Where is the setup menu? behind the AD bar?
phone acces requests on a wifi only tablet
setting different local server address is not working and I am not able to use it in and outside my WiFi network. wanted to buy Pro version but I guess it is not working the same way.
The stability app is so over the place, have paid for the old premium and am now paying for the subscription. Since a few days I cannot get the app to start it crashes everytime, have not changed Domoticz version in between. Have uninstalled it and tried to set it up again but after adding my Domoticz url it crashes again. Using lastest beta Domoticz EDIT: it seems to be related to the widgets
Export settings button does nothing. Takes very long time to load on data or wifi.
Help me out here. I paid for the Premium app. But that app is now being deprecated. No worries though because I can use the non premium app which has ads. I feel like I've been scammed. Please tell me I'm missing something.
Annoying ads
Web interface from Domoticz is better. This app does not bring any improvements.
Установил в надежде заменить Mihome, ничего не понял и сразу удалил. Нельзя настолько не дружелюбный интерфейс делать. Вообще никаких подсказок, с чего начать.
Always liked the app untill the last update. Since then the ads ruin the user experience. UI elements keep repositioning due to ads popping up in between. An update to fix this should be available by now, but no change yet.
Has potential, but most of the functions are in need of improvement
Since the last update the ads give a terrible user experience: The blocks are moving and are very irritating.
Setup ok but getting error "no rights for this action". Finding no solution on forum or on wiki. Frustrating 😡👎😠
Color wheel picks random colors it seems. White isn't white but green. Tapping light switches on turns the light on but the switch goes to off again. So when I want to turn the light off I have to tap it on and then off again. Also suddenly can't seem to connect while via chrome it still works without issues. I'm not impressed
I have changed my domoticz server IP address but I'm lost on how to change it in this app. uninstalling and reinstalling it retains its previous settings. Figured out its wrong size on one plus 5 and I dont have access to the handburger button as its off the screen. Edit: Even with new one plus 7 pro its still off the screen. This needs fixing
Domoticz is free, why a paid app to use it from mobile?
The app is not able to detect my local wifi SSIDs as a result it always tries to connect to the remote server settings on my Google Pixel 2 XL running Android 9
Sentiment summary
63%
Positive (4-5★)
12%
Neutral (3★)
25%
Negative (1-2★)