Comparison

METechs Smart Control vs Rollux

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

Head to head
About

METechs Smart Control

Control home appliances like curtains, blinds, and security systems remotely from your smartphone. It can also learn and replace existing remote controls for TVs and home theater systems, offering a personalized user interface.

Highlights
  • Remote control for curtains, blinds, and security systems
  • Replaces existing remote controls
  • Customizable graphic user interface
  • Offline timing control
  • Control from anywhere in the world
Features
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The METechs Smart Control APP requires at least one METechs smart control add-on module and other optional devices. It will allow you control your electric curtain motors, motorized roller shades blinds, security systems, and many more commercial or home appliances from your smart phone or tablet anywhere in the world. You home is never too far from you again. Gain peace of mind with the controller. It also will learn and replace your most exit remotes for most your TVs, other home theatre systems, and home appliances with other METechs optional add-on devices. The APP lets you create your own GUI (graphic user interface) by using any photos, drawings, scans or downloaded images for the backgrounds and buttons. You tailor to your own lifestyle. It is very easy to do so. No complicated menus to navigate. Features Built in control for CL200T and CL338H motors Allow user create new UI for custom control Timer control  for CL200T and CL338H motors Offline timing control

About

Rollux

Features
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Rollux® app allow you to control your motorized blinds more freely on smartphone. Please configure your Rollux® APP account, bridge and motorized window coverings on Rollux® APP before use. With Rollux® App, you can: - Control up to 30 motorized window blinds - Control up to 20 rooms - Control up to 20 scenes - Control up to 20 timers After linking up your Rollux® APP account with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, you can directly open, close or percentage control by voice commands on all the motorized window coverings, for exterior and interior products, such as roller blinds, pleated, venetians, honeycell etc. You can activate independent shades or the scenes created in the Rollux® App which has been synchronized with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant flexibly and conveniently to reach sunlight control and room management. 'Rollux Bridge' is a WiFi to RF bi-directional controller with integrated RS485 interface. It builds a connection via user's WiFi router at home and enable user to control motorized window covering and sunshading products with designated smartphone applications and interaction with ecosystem such as Alexa Echo, Google Assistant via cloud API. The RS485 interface offers additional integration option into a third party home automation systems.

Screenshots

METechs Smart Control3 screens
Rollux4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: METechs Smart Control at daily against Rollux's every 18 months. METechs Smart Control also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 9.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

METechs Smart Control ships an update daily, Rollux every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
METechs Smart Control versus Rollux: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMETechs Smart ControlRollux
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMETECHS GLOBAL INC.Persianas Rollux SpA

In-app purchases

None

METechs Smart Control

No in-app purchases

None

Rollux

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is METechs Smart Control free?
METechs Smart Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rollux free?
Rollux is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do METechs Smart Control or Rollux have ads?
Neither METechs Smart Control nor Rollux shows ads.
Which is updated more often, METechs Smart Control or Rollux?
METechs Smart Control ships an update daily, and Rollux every 18 months. Most recently, METechs Smart Control was updated on October 10, 2026 and Rollux on October 20, 2026.

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