Comparison

PowerView vs Brilliant Smart Home System

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PowerView

Control your home's window coverings remotely. Adjust shades individually or in groups, create custom scenes, and schedule automated operations based on time or sunrise/sunset. Manage your home's natural light and energy usage with ease.

Highlights
  • Control motorized window coverings
  • Create custom scenes
  • Schedule automated shade operations
  • Remote home management
  • Intuitive dashboard navigation
  • Sunrise/sunset scheduling
Features
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Control your home's window coverings from the convenience of your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. The PowerView® App provides intelligent operation of popular Hunter Douglas window coverings. Adjust your window coverings to manage incoming light and energy usage throughout your home with the tap of a button or through automated operation. The app merges seamlessly with your connected lifestyle to provide a level of convenience and ease for your automated window coverings. Features: • Control Hunter Douglas motorized window coverings, individually or in groups, throughout your entire home. • Quickly and easily navigate the app using built-in tabs: Dashboard, Rooms, Scenes, and Schedules. • Add favorite Scenes, Shades, and Schedules to your Dashboard, so they appear first whenever you open the app. • Create customized shade position settings called "Scenes" for convenience, or to manage your natural lighting and privacy needs throughout the day. • Put your Scenes in motion using Schedules. Easily program your Scenes to activate automatically at different times of day to deliver the look and comfort you want, without you having to press a button. Configure Schedules to occur at a specific time, or based on unique Sunrise and Sunset times in your specific location. • Easily enable or disable Schedules, so that your blinds take the day off when you do. • Manage your Home from anywhere with RemoteConnect™. This requires a PowerView® Gateway, an Internet connection, and initial in-home setup. If you need help or have a question, email us at PowerView@hunterdouglas.com or call 1-844-PWR-VIEW (US), 1-800-265-8000 (Canada).

About

Brilliant Smart Home System

Control your smart home devices remotely from your phone. Manage lights, climate, security, and more with touch and voice commands. The app offers live view for two-way communication and allows you to personalize your smart home experience.

Highlights
  • Remote smart device control
  • Live two-way video chat
  • Device and room navigation
  • Scene execution
  • Personal photo display
  • Demo mode simulation
Features
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Get mobile access to your Brilliant Control(s) by downloading and pairing the Brilliant App. The Brilliant Control replaces an existing light switch to give you touch and voice control over all of your smart home products. From lights, music, climate, security, and doorbells to whatever comes next, Brilliant connects everyone in the home with controls that are easy to access and use. With Alexa built in for voice control, a personalizable high resolution display for touch control, and a camera with a privacy shutter for room-to-room video chat, your home is now more than just smart. It’s Brilliant. The Brilliant App gives you remote/mobile access to your Brilliant Control(s), so you can see and adjust the status of your connected smart home products, turn on/off lights, activate scenes, upload personal photos, and more. Don’t have a Brilliant Control yet? You can download the app and use our “demo mode” to simulate the mobile experience. Key Features Remote Access - Control your smart light, climate, and lock devices all from one place - anywhere and anytime. Live View - Stay connected via two-way talk with anyone in your home such as kids, guests, housekeepers, and nannies – regardless of whether you are home or away. Navigate your home the way you want - Access your smart home devices by room or by device type. Execute your home automation - Execute scenes you have created on your Brilliant remotely through your smart phone. Personalize your Brilliant - Upload up to 25 personal photos to turn your Brilliant into a digital photo frame. Access Demo Mode - Explore how Brilliant can unify and automate your home before you buy. Some features require a working internet connection/Wi-Fi on your phone and/or Brilliant. Product currently sold in the United States and Canada.

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
Brilliant Smart Home System4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brilliant Smart Home System at 4.8 against PowerView's 4.4. PowerView's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brilliant Smart Home System holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.4K and 2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of PowerView's written reviews are positive against 36% of Brilliant Smart Home System's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, Brilliant Smart Home System every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PowerView versus Brilliant Smart Home System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewBrilliant Smart Home System
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings)4.8 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews35.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better2K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB217 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHunter DouglasBrilliant Home Technology

Customer experience

PowerView

All ratings2,396 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative60.3%

Brilliant Smart Home System

All ratings1,971 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive35.5%
Neutral15.8%
Negative48.7%

User reviews

PowerView

From 2.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🔒 Reliable connectivity
  • 👍 Convenient remote control
  • 👍 Helpful customer support
  • 👍 Intuitive app interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🐛 Connectivity problems
  • 🐛 Buggy app updates
  • 🐛 Unreliable automation

Brilliant Smart Home System

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy and works
  • 🚀 Life is easier
  • 🚀 Smarter home
  • 👍 Awesome
  • 👍 Looks great

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work
  • 🐛 Not for Canadian
  • 🐛 The works with LIFX never resolves, never grants access
  • 🐛 App didn't work
  • 🐛 HORRIBLE

Bugs and requests

PowerView

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Scenes not working as expected
  • Inability to discover/connect to shades
  • Inconsistent remote control functionality
  • Automation schedules not triggering properly
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  • Sync issues between app and physical shades

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Battery level indicators
  • Conditional scenes based on weather
  • Ability to adjust upper/lower limits
  • Improved group scene management
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  • Remote access without connectivity issues

Brilliant Smart Home System

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Doesn't work
  • Not for Canadian
  • The works with LIFX never resolves, never grants access
  • App didn't work
  • HORRIBLE
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  • Glitchy
  • Nice looking devices, but buggy at times
  • No longer works on iPad
  • Misleading claims
  • Can't hear anything
  • Please reconsider buying this
  • Great concept - fails to execute
  • Glitchy
  • No longer works on iPad
  • App is garbage
  • Network connectivity issues literally all the time
  • Update
  • Cannot change Control settings from phone
  • Not really ready
  • Confusing
  • Horrible
  • Not HomeKit compatible
  • Still no HomeKit
  • Live View does not work. Ever!
  • Great hardware, software leaves a lot to be desired

Requested features

15 requests
  • No Watch App
  • Allow the user to be able to custom organize the lights in whatever order they desire
  • HomeKit integration
  • Apple Watch app
  • Widget
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  • Integration with MyQ LiftMaster, Lennox iComfort S30 Thermostats and Hayward OmniLogic Pool control
  • HomeKit still not completed and no Apple Watch support
  • Live View
  • Ability to configure devices from the app like you can do on the switches
  • TP-Link's KASA integration
  • Camera access
  • More integration. Needs to work with security cameras or at least work with Zwave type devices
  • Scenes on the app
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

None

Brilliant Smart Home System

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brilliant Smart Home System free?
Brilliant Smart Home System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or Brilliant Smart Home System?
Brilliant Smart Home System is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Brilliant Smart Home System averages 4.8 from 2K ratings.
Do PowerView or Brilliant Smart Home System have ads?
Neither PowerView nor Brilliant Smart Home System shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerView or Brilliant Smart Home System?
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, and Brilliant Smart Home System every 3 weeks. Most recently, PowerView was updated on November 11, 2026 and Brilliant Smart Home System on November 11, 2026.

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