Fuse - Dashboard for Homekit Reviews

by Ikejv

I rarely write reviews, but apparently Fuse is no longer supported. All of the tiles stack on the left side of screen and look nothing like the preview pictures. Should be able to move tiles around. I feel like I got ripped off. This has so much potential to be a great app, but don’t waste your money unless it is updated.

by Bdubicus

That was one of the reasons I bought Fuse . Fairly disappointed with my purchase.

by What A Terrible App!!!!

Watch app doesn’t serve much of a function if you can’t start stations from Sonos favorites. It’s no different that the basic steaming audio functionality.

by Severum88

I can’t seem to get any of the Sonos grouped and it seems pervasive on iOS 13. Developer just said it works for him. Very limited in customizations. Wasted $5.

by Ianmcclure

Bought this to run in Guided Access mode on a wall mounted iPad at our cabin to act as a home hub.

I like the interface, but the dynamic cards which move and shuffle depending on open activities (whether something is playing on Sonos or Apple TV, etc) drives me nuts. PLEASE include a static option in the settings.

Also, some devices get hidden or invisible in the expanded cards after the devices are reconfigured (moved to a different room for example). The only way I could get these to reappear was to delete and reinstall this app. I think this issue is unique to the iPad version of Fuse , it does not occur on my iPhone 8.

Lastly, Fuse will hang or be blank for several seconds after waking up the iPad. This may be a Guided Access issue, but it doesn’t occur in the default Apple Home app.

For now I’ll keep using it, but will jump ship if it doesn’t improve or if something better comes along.

by Thatdude156

I think you’d have more reviews if this was easily found but I was linked through Reddit to Fuse. It does what it should but I’d like to see settings for hiding certain accessories and ability to arrange the layout as desired. More customizable options for the clock and background or adding messages towards the top next the clock.

by Dlfinmi

App works as advertised on iPhone and iPad but doesn’t have ability to control lights, locks or app-created routines on Apple Watch. I can only control Apple TV and Sonos speakers with my watch.

by Itsmemattdunne

I just bought Fuse and it’s what Apple should have made their default home app. All my controls right at my finger tips for all my devices. 4 stars since there is still some room to improve but I highly recommend this. I would love to see features like mute buttons for speakers. Since I have the Sonos beam for my television it would be great to have this functionality. Also I would prefer the remote function before more like the Siri remote/remote app instead of tapping arrows since that has become intuitive with this interface. Keep up the great work!

by EXVILLA

I see that the last time Fuse was updated was about 1y ago. Hopefully the developer is still taking requests. I love Fuse , but would love to be able to merge more than 2 cards. For example, my family room has an Apple TV card, Sonos card and lights card, but I can only merge two.

Also, it would be great if we could lock cards to their position. Seems like when Fuse crashes or is closed from multitasking window, Fuse forgets the position the cards were set to and the cards that were set to hide, reappear

by Doc Mako

Does what it says. Would like more color themes or a tile based format.

by Jertodd

This would be a five star app with sensor addition also security arm and disarm. That happens and we have a great app!!!!!

by TheSchnitz24

Fuse works perfect as an always on iPad. It or needs HomeKit TVs.

by Telynch25

Very beautiful UI. We’ve been looking for something like this for a while. Would be great if I could control my HomePod and Apple Music from the dash. Also camera support would be awesome!

by Drifter11052

Caught Fuse on a Reddit thread.

It integrates the majority of my smart home devices under one umbrella. I love the fact that I have a singular place to have an Apple TV remove and control the volume on my Sonos surround without having to change apps.

I’m having a small issue where Sonos Favorites is only picking up 3 of my playlists. It could be that Sonos changed their app so that everything falls under My Sonos versus Sonos favorites.

I would love to have Nest support as well but all in all a great app!!!

by Sbaugh

The best dashboard out there - but still seems a bit buggy. Restarts, the sliding-dots (volume, brightness) also seem to be a bit funky acting.

But generally, really great app that I hope to see advanced.

by Silentknight31

Fuse is rapidly improving but there are still some bugs where the Apple Watch does not refresh devices enough and sometimes does not detect Sonos devices properly. Keep the excellent pace of bug fixes up and Fuse should be near perfect soon!

by Bwrinks

I do like Fuse overall as it does well with my mix of smart things-mostly songs and Hue products, but recently (maybe post update??) all of my “cards” are stacked in one vertical column. They used to be 3 columns across which I thought was both more practical (don’t need to scroll down) and more aesthetically pleasing. Please let me know if this is possible to fix.

by 7lu

I really liked the design and how everything is shown in one place. Have a couple of comments:

- Sometimes when I reopen Fuse it’ll try to refresh the list of devices, and this causes some “flickering” of the tiles and their position may change, which is somewhat annoying. Perhaps Fuse should remember the list of devices, and if any device wasn’t detected, grey it out or mark it disabled/disconnected instead of removing the tile altogether.
- I have a Sony TV with built in chromecast. It doesn’t always show up in the list of devices, even when its shown in the show/hide menu.
- Right now when a dimmer light switch is off, when you turn it on it’ll always go straight to 100%. I wish I can control the light level even when its off.

Keep up the good work!

by Rob Gavs

The developer worked with me to adapt Fuse to control all my stations and playback on my sonos system, from my wrist. This is the only seamless Apple Watch sonos controller I’ve found. Well done, and thank you.

by GregoryGearGuy

I have been using HomeKit from the very beginning and committed to it even though products were limited and controlled was often challenging at best. I have tried most every home kit compatible control app possible and haven’t fond anything that I felt was well designed or met my needs very well until I came across Fuse.
Currently in my home I have 93 Phillips Hue lights across 2 hue hubs with 20 hue dimmer switches, 12 iDevice switches, 4 iDevice in wall light switches/dimmers, 2 iDevice thermostats, 12 different eve sensors, an eve flare, 3 different Nanoleaf lighting kits, 4 TV’s, 5 HomePods,4 Sylvania light strips, 2 Koogeek smart power strips, 3 Schlage Sense door locks, and a Chamberlain MyQ Garage door opener. In addition to all of these HomeKit devices I have 17 SONOS speakers throughout my home. For best control my home kit implementation is broken into 25 rooms and three main zones.
The only smart home devices I have that are not HomeKit compatible are a ring doorbell and floodlight cam. Simply because I could not find a similar product that was HomeKit compatible. Hopefully those will eventually be integrated into the ecosystem.
Fuse has allowed me to set up an iPad with a beautifully organized interface to control my entire home. It takes a simple approach that is a good balance of form and function. Many apps try to offer too much functionality and become bloated or focus on form and leave off basic functionality. Apple’s native home app is lacking and difficult to navigate if you have a lot of HomeKit devices. I get especially frustrated with their implementation of screen selection and room navigation. Fuse has made me excited about home automation control again.
There are a few things I find that could be improved upon in Fuse but its a solid step in the right direction. Apple would do well to take some design queues from Fuse. I have been mildly frustrated with the fact that Fuse seems to want to reconfigure itself upon opening and move things around a bit. With as many devices as I have, I spent a great deal of time trying to organize things in the best possible configuration. Only to have it shuffled around several times. I think there should be an option to make the layout static. In addition to this I would like to have the ability to save the configuration to the iCloud or somewhere so that if i have Fuse on another device I don’t have to start my configuration from scratch on each individual device. Would love to see Fuse ported to the Mac. Would also be nice to be able to get a bit more weather info at the top. As with all things there is usually room for improvement. Fuse has a solid foundation for sure. I’m looking forward to seeing how it matures over time.