Legrand Lighting Control vs The Shade Store V2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legrand Lighting Control
Effortlessly manage your home's lighting with custom scenes and scheduling. Automate lights for specific times or activities, and control them remotely from anywhere. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation.
- Control radiant RF and adorne Wi-Fi devices
- Create custom lighting scenes
- Schedule lighting automation
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google Assistant)
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The Lighting Control app offers simple and convenient control of your radiant® RF Lighting Control and adorne® Wi-Fi Ready devices. Scenes allow you to customize, schedule, and automate groups of devices to enhance the comfort and convenience of your home. Create the perfect dimming level for movie time, or automate your outdoor lights to turn on at sunset and off at sunrise.
The Shade Store V2
Control your motorized shades, blinds, and drapery remotely. Set custom positions, schedule timers for natural light, and group treatments by room or individually. Requires a wireless link accessory.
- Motorized shade, blind, and drapery control
- Set up to 30 shade configurations
- Schedule automatic timers
- Control shades individually or in groups
- Remote control from anywhere
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Personalize your motorized Shades, Blinds and Drapery for the way you live: Synchronize multiple products, set your favorite positions and schedule timers from your iPhone and iPad. Important note: App must be used with The Shade Store Wireless Link, available to purchase at https://www.theshadestore.com/collections/motorized-window-treatments KEY FEATURES: - Compatible with motorized Shades, Blinds and Drapery by The Shade Store - Up to 30 configurations for Shades: Set your own, group by room or select from various preset heights - Schedule automatic timers to manage natural light throughout the day - Position Shades individually or in groups - Not at home? No problem. The Shade Store App lets you control your window treatments no matter where you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Legrand Lighting Control at 3.9 against The Shade Store V2's 2.5. Legrand Lighting Control also leads on ratings volume (283 vs 20). The Shade Store V2's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Legrand Lighting Control holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Legrand Lighting Control has 283 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Legrand Lighting Control's written reviews are positive against 15% of The Shade Store V2's.
Legrand Lighting Control ships an update every 4 months, The Shade Store V2 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Legrand Lighting Control | The Shade Store V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (283 ratings) — better | 2.5 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 14.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Legrand, Inc. | The Shade Store, LLC. |
Customer experience
Legrand Lighting Control
The Shade Store V2
User reviews
Legrand Lighting Control
From 283 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing switch design
- 👍 Easy physical switch installation
- 🔧 Simple scene setup and programming
- 🎛️ Good dimming and multi-zone control capabilities
- ⏰ Reliable local control when on same network
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app connectivity issues
- 🌐 Poor remote access functionality
- ⚠️ App crashes repeatedly
- 🔄 Constant need to reconnect and restart
- 📡 Hub frequently loses connection
The Shade Store V2
From 20 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Shades themselves are high quality and beautiful
- 🏠 HomeKit integration works well (when functional)
- 🎯 Easy to set up scenes and timers (once connected)
- 🔊 Voice control with Alexa/Google Home works
- ⚡ Improved performance with newer hub versions
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently deletes all devices and settings
- 🔌 Hub connectivity is extremely unreliable
- 📡 Poor WiFi range, requires hub in each room
- 🔗 Incompatible with dual-band routers without workarounds
- 😤 Setup process is unnecessarily complex and fragile
Bugs and requests
Legrand Lighting Control
Reported bugs
21 issues- App fails to discover or connect to hub
- Remote access doesn't work outside home network
- App crashes on launch
- Scenes don't execute or execute partially
- Lights show incorrect on/off status in app
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- Three-way switches lose pairing randomly
- Hub locks up every 72 hours
- Firmware updates brick the device
- App stuck in update mode
- Controller unresponsive to scene commands
- Lights turn on/off randomly at night
- App repeatedly logs out of cloud service
- Devices appear duplicated in app
- Landscape lights turn off after exactly 15 minutes
- Interior lights turn off when outdoor lights activate
- System flashing as if being programmed
- App won't install updates
- Samsung Artik cloud transition broke functionality
- New Eliot cloud service unreliable
- Apple Watch app version never works
- Alexa integration shows switches as unresponsive
Requested features
14 requests- HomeKit and Siri integration
- Apple HomeKit compatibility
- Better remote access when away from home
- Edit button for scenes
- Longer dimming duration (up to 1 hour)
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- Seasonal/ambient light-based controls
- Vacation mode with temporary scene disabling
- Location-based automation
- Better app UI design (more intuitive interface)
- Static IP assignment for hub
- Automatic device addition via QR code scanning
- Unified single Legrand app
- Backward compatibility with older hubs (LC6001)
- Better integration with smart home platforms
The Shade Store V2
Reported bugs
15 issues- App loses all saved devices after hub unplugging
- Shades randomly disappear from app
- Hub won't reconnect after power outages
- Firmware requires frequent soft resets
- App stuck in endless pairing loop
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- HomeKit status doesn't update properly
- Scenes and timers randomly deleted
- Hub offline despite blue light indicator
- Shades fail to pair consistently
- Battery status shows 'low battery' incorrectly
- App crashes during setup at timezone selection
- Devices unpairing after being added
- Hub connection drops after iOS updates
- Grouped shades stop responding together
- App won't connect to hub despite HomeKit recognition
Requested features
10 requests- Battery percentage display in app
- Sunrise/sunset timer functionality
- Labeled buttons during setup process
- Display upcoming timer activation times
- Correct sunrise/sunset time calculations
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- Ethernet pairing support
- Better documentation and troubleshooting guides
- Dual-band router compatibility without workarounds
- Persistent device storage after power outages
- Improved signal strength and range
In-app purchases
Legrand Lighting Control
No in-app purchases
The Shade Store V2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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