METechs Smart Control vs Shade Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Shade Connect
Effortlessly control popular automated shades from your smartphone or tablet. Adjust window coverings with a simple click or set up automated operations for convenience.
- Smartphone control
- Tablet control
- Intuitive user interface
- Automated operation
- Easy button control
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The Shade Connect Mobile App provides easy operation for popular automated shades. Control your shades via the intuitive user interface from your smartphone or tablet. Adjust your window coverings with an easy click of a button or through automated operation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: METechs Smart Control at 100% against Shade Connect's 5%. METechs Smart Control also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 18 months). Shade Connect's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 4). 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.
METechs Smart Control holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shade Connect has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of METechs Smart Control's written reviews are positive against 5% of Shade Connect's.
METechs Smart Control ships an update daily, Shade Connect every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | METechs Smart Control | Shade Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.6 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 4.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | METECHS GLOBAL INC. | Turnils |
Customer experience
METechs Smart Control
Shade Connect
In-app purchases
METechs Smart Control
No in-app purchases
Shade Connect
No in-app purchases
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