iConnectHue is a good third party app for iOS. I have no fully played with it, but it offers way more features than the official Hue apps. It even allows you to adjust how Hue Tap switches work (this is one of the features I have not fully explored yet).
If you want an app to control your Hue lights from your Mac, then I recommend Chroma. By default, it gives you a window that you can leave open to turn on/off individual lights, groups of lights, and also adjust color and/or brightness of lights. If you pay extra, you get a Menu Bar add-on.
And I like both the Hue Tap and Dimmer switches. I have a Hue Tap next to my bed that will turn on all the Hue lights (lights up pretty much every room in my house...good security measure) and turn off all lights as well as turn on just the bedroom lights.
Another third party app that I have is Ambify. It will turn on/off, change colors, etc the lights to a song. For me, it is more of a toy app to show friends some fun things that Hue lights can do.
Another third party item that is definitely worth using is the link to IFTTT. With IFTTT, I have one light set to turn on blue when it is raining. I have a different light set to turn red if there is a severe weather warning. And have all my lights set to cycle through all colors if there is a tornado warning. I also use IFTTT to turn on a few lights at sunset and then off at a set time. I like using IFTTT for this rather than the Hue app.
If you want an app to control your Hue lights from your Mac, then I recommend Chroma. By default, it gives you a window that you can leave open to turn on/off individual lights, groups of lights, and also adjust color and/or brightness of lights. If you pay extra, you get a Menu Bar add-on.
And I like both the Hue Tap and Dimmer switches. I have a Hue Tap next to my bed that will turn on all the Hue lights (lights up pretty much every room in my house...good security measure) and turn off all lights as well as turn on just the bedroom lights.
Another third party app that I have is Ambify. It will turn on/off, change colors, etc the lights to a song. For me, it is more of a toy app to show friends some fun things that Hue lights can do.
Another third party item that is definitely worth using is the link to IFTTT. With IFTTT, I have one light set to turn on blue when it is raining. I have a different light set to turn red if there is a severe weather warning. And have all my lights set to cycle through all colors if there is a tornado warning. I also use IFTTT to turn on a few lights at sunset and then off at a set time. I like using IFTTT for this rather than the Hue app.