MySmartBlinds vs Sunsa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MySmartBlinds
Automate your home's horizontal blinds with this app. Set custom schedules for blinds to open, close, or adjust, and control them remotely. Features include sun tracking and energy-saving modes.
- Automate blind opening and closing
- Set weekly schedules per room
- Sun tracking for seasonal adjustments
- Energy saving mode
- Remote control via app
- Gradual tilt option
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MySmartBlinds turns any home into a smart home by automating horizontal 2-inch blinds. Your blinds will automatically open, close and adjust at schedules you set. Also automate your blinds any time via the app. Features: • Quickly open or close blinds with Smart Open and Smart Close buttons • Gradual tilt option moves blinds silently • Set up multiple weekly schedules per room • Sun tracking adjusts blind schedules with seasonal sun position change (requires firmware 1.5 or higher) • Energy savings feature closes your blinds if it gets hot. (requires firmware 2.0 or higher) • Quiet motion: you won't hear the blinds move when they close/open on schedule (requires firmware 2.0 or higher) • Conveniently control various blind position and adjustment presets with optional Smart Switch ••••••IMPORTANT INFORMATION•••••• MySmartBlinds is a premium home-automation kit. The app is free to install, but it requires the purchase of one or more MySmartBlinds retrofit kits to control your blinds.
Sunsa
Automate your existing blinds with motorized control from your phone. Schedule them to open and close for natural light or privacy, and create groups to manage multiple blinds simultaneously. Enhance home security by simulating occupancy while away.
- Motorize existing blinds
- Remote control via smartphone
- Customizable schedules
- Group control for multiple blinds
- Simulate home occupancy
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Sunsa - The world’s simplest smart blinds, motorized, and automate your existing blinds. Control your blinds anywhere, anytime right from your phone with the Sunsa App for IOS. Open and close your blinds to shut out the glare or open them up to enjoy the view. The Sunsa App for IOS makes it easy to fully open your blinds, close them, or anything in between to get it exactly right. Create schedules that automatically tilt your blinds open and close. Wake up to natural light in the morning and close at night for privacy. You can even make it look like someone is home when you are away for vacation or business. Create groups that let you control as many blinds as you want at the same time. Want to close all the blinds in your house? No problem. There is no limit to the number of groups you can have and blinds can be in multiple groups. *******IMPORTANT INFORMATION******* The Sunsa app is free to install, but it requires the purchase of one or more Sunsa Wands. Sunsa Wands upgrade your blinds to smart blinds in under 2 minutes and can be purchased at sunsahomes.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sunsa at 83% against MySmartBlinds's 20%. Sunsa also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5). MySmartBlinds's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (100 vs 27). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sunsa holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of MySmartBlinds's written reviews are positive against 83% of Sunsa's.
MySmartBlinds ships an update every 3 months, Sunsa every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MySmartBlinds | Sunsa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (100 ratings) | 4.5 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MYSMARTBLINDS, INC | Sunsa, Inc |
Customer experience
MySmartBlinds
Sunsa
Bugs and requests
MySmartBlinds
Reported bugs
22 issues- App crashes on launch
- Login failures (password reset not working)
- App deletes all paired blinds
- Bridge broken for weeks
- Cannot log back into the app
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- Google Home compatibility issues
- App crashes when selecting a blind
- Hub randomly removed from app
- Blinds not staying connected to the app
- App requires login every time
- Login fails to show blinds
- App crashes randomly
- App not working with iOS 16.2
- Schedules not running
- Cannot close blinds
- Hub unable to connect to WiFi
- Sun tracking feature not working
- Energy savings feature not working
- Calibration not working after adding new blinds
- Apple Watch app disappeared
- Setup lost after logging out
- Bridge not proceeding beyond WiFi setup
Requested features
10 requests- HomeKit support
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Apple Watch app support
- More modern app interface
- Improved voice control for multiple blinds
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- Ability to control individual blinds without separate rooms
- Sunrise/sunset functionality
- Ability to set actual temperature for energy savings
- Firmware updates for blinds
- Consolidate MySmartBlinds into Tilt app
Sunsa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MySmartBlinds
No in-app purchases
Sunsa
No in-app purchases
