Hot Spring® Spas 4+

The app provides the basics such as:
Set water temperature
Turn on/off jets
Turn on/off lights

Here's where it falls short:
Does not provide notification if the water temperature is dropping (For those of us in cold weather climate this is a major missing element)
Though you can turn on the lights, you cannot set the color
Notifications can be emailed or seen in the app. No option for texting.
The app should present a dashboard of potential issues such low temperature, filters need cleaning, slat system offline….

App is free, but you can’t use it unless you’ve installed a kit, only purchased and installed through a dealer that will cost, installed, over $800. I was exited to hear that this kit was available, as I just installed a solar system and need to reduce my energy usage between 4-9pm. The “summer timer” is an 8 hour block, take it or leave it (was not intended to use for energy savings purpose, but rather safety to ensure spa doesn’t get too hot when sun is beating down on it.) This app really misses the mark.

• No HomeKit compatibility (or any smart home system connectivity whatsoever.)
• No ability to time any kind of event (don’t heat between 4-9pm)
• no way to start a clean cycle
• no way to program the lighting moods, or change lighting color.
• no dashboard to monitor things like when it’s time to replace the water, or clean filters.
• no calculator, pre-populated with your model’s gallon capacity, to help you properly dose chemicals based on usage activity

Hot Springs really needs to reconsider the software developer they chose to partner with to get this done. Why spend $800 if I can’t even automate such a basic thing - like turn off for 5 hours every day at this time?

My Apple Watch cost about the same as the kit that uses this app. The watch can play music, set and and sound alarms and timers, call my wife, give health warnings based on pretty accurate biometrics, display photos of loved ones (or mortal enemies if I need motivation), open and close my garage door, act as a calculator, and the list goes on. This app controls water temperature, can test for salt, but not any of the water chemistry that the IQ system monitors on its on board display. It can turn on the lights but can’t control the colors. Other limitations are listed in other reviews. I think my point is made. This app only gives its companion unit a value in the neighborhood of $100-$150. Because it is in the category of “Hot Tub” they sell the unit at an 8x mark up. Shameful.