this is my first time purchasing LED lights, i totally struggled and had to grab some command hooks myself since they didn’t seem to want to stick. could be a problem on my end, but i did expect there to be a remote with the the lights, but its attached to the thing that lights it which is up in my celling and i’m not gonna stand on a ladder just to change my lights so i use the app — my only other option, it does stop connecting sometimes? so i’d have to reconnect them, and sometimes it randomly stops responding, sometimes delayed reactions but it works. i wish there was more of a way to make your own shades of a color, like the remotes i’ve seen on social media, but it’s okay. i love the patterns it has, my favorite is blue or red. the red seems the strongest color on my LED’s. also, i struggled with the mounting hooks that came with it, which is why i bought my ow command hooks. but yea, overall i have no other issues with it at the moment.