Comparison

Josh vs Qmotion Qube

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

Head to head
About

Josh

Control your smart home with an AI-powered platform. Personalize your experience by adjusting settings, creating automations, and accessing devices from anywhere. Enjoy intuitive control through touch, text, and voice commands for the whole family.

Highlights
  • AI-powered smart home control
  • Personalize home intelligence
  • Create automations and alerts
  • Access property from anywhere
  • Intuitive touch, text, and voice commands
  • Customizable dashboards and interfaces
Features
Read full description

Josh.ai: AI powered smart home control. Powered by Josh.ai's award winning software platform AI OS, the Josh App provides seamless access to your connected devices and dynamic tools to personalize your home intelligence experience to the fullest. Refine administrative settings, adjust a home's floor plan, nickname devices, create automations and alerts, and add custom photos to your bespoke interface. Access your property from anywhere and easily navigate to what's important. Simply swipe from the Interactive Home Page to access custom dashboards, areas, devices, and scenes. The Josh.ai platform is designed to empower every member of the family with intuitive control and intelligent assistance through touch, text, and natural voice commands. Note: The Josh App requires a valid software plan and accompanies Josh hardware, which is exclusively available through certified home technology professionals. Visit www.josh.ai for more information.

About

Qmotion Qube

Control award-winning automated roller shades directly from your device. Operate shading as groups, raise or lower them, or move them to preset positions. This app connects to your Qube hardware for easy control of motorized shades in your home.

Highlights
  • Direct device control
  • Group shade operation
  • Preset position control
  • Touch control for fine adjustment
  • QSync device synchronization
  • Supports Qadvanced shades
Features
Read full description

Control Qmotion® award winning Automated Roller Shades, directly from your device. Operate shading as groups. Automated shades may be raised or lowered, moved to preset position, or even moved using touch control for finer adjustment. This app connects with your Qube hardware device for an easy way to control the motorized shades in your home. Select which device to connect to, create one or more groups to put your shades in, and you’re ready to go! iOS iPhones that you connect to this box may also be synced up with your QSync® device, so you only have to create a group once and you're able to use it on all devices that are connected. Requires purchase and installation of the Qube control unit, which then must be connected to a network router. Currently this is designed to work only with Qadvanced with ZigBee HA1.2 (battery powered) and the Quadvanced Intelligent System (QIS) hardwired shades.

Screenshots

Josh4 screens
Qmotion Qube3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Josh at 87% against Qmotion Qube's 0%. Josh also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Qmotion Qube's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Josh holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 0% of Qmotion Qube's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Josh ships an update weekly, Qmotion Qube every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Josh versus Qmotion Qube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoshQmotion Qube
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (115 ratings) — better1.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better5
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS189.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh.ai IncTHE WATT STOPPER, INC.

Customer experience

Josh

All ratings115 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative9.7%

Qmotion Qube

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Josh

No in-app purchases

None

Qmotion Qube

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Josh free?
Josh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Qmotion Qube free?
Qmotion Qube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Josh or Qmotion Qube?
Josh is rated higher. Josh averages 4.8 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while Qmotion Qube averages 1.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Josh or Qmotion Qube have ads?
Neither Josh nor Qmotion Qube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Josh or Qmotion Qube?
Josh ships an update weekly, and Qmotion Qube every 2 months. Most recently, Josh was updated on October 24, 2026 and Qmotion Qube on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons