Comparison

Homerise vs SBM Visualizer

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

Head to head
About

Homerise

Control your smart home devices with intuitive gestures and spatial widgets. Visualize and manage your home's accessories through interactive floor plans and augmented reality.

Highlights
  • Spatial widgets with persistent placement
  • Wrist control with room awareness
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Interactive floor plan view
  • Augmented reality remote control
  • Preset configurations for scenes
Features
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Homerise leverages HomeKit to provide intuitive and expressive ways to control your smart home. IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE Bring your smart home to life on Vision Pro with the new Immersive Experience! Spatial Widgets - Persistent Placement : Widgets stay exactly where you place them, even after a reboot. - Wall Snapping: Widgets feel like they’re truly part of your space. - Wall Occlusion & Proximity Activation: Widgets automatically hide or minimize to keep your field of view clear. Wrist Control - Seamless control: Lift your left wrist and control your smart home, just like in your favourite Sci-Fi! - Room Awareness: Walk into another room and the controls adapt automatically. DASHBOARD An overview of your entire home and fine control over your accessories! Build your ideal dashboard with a wide variety of customizable widgets. FLOOR PLAN Add markers and widgets to the floor plan of your home and easily interact with your devices. Choose which markers and widgets are shown according to the zoom level, this way you can seamlessly go from controlling a single device, room by room, up to your entire home. AR REMOTE Place markers in Augmented Reality in your actual living space and then interact with them just by pointing with your phone like a remote control. Magical! Here you can tap and swipe, but also tilt your phone to control your accessories. Naturally, you can also customize the actions behind each gesture. PRESETS Create templates of your favorite configurations and reuse them easily throughout the app in markers and scenes. With lighting presets you can easily create a colorful palette from a picture and set a lighting ambiance with just a tap :) Homerise main goal is to enhance the way you interact with your smart home. Privacy policy: https://www.homerise.app/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.homerise.app/terms

About

SBM Visualizer

Visualize window coverings in your home using augmented reality. Explore fabrics, customize shades and curtains, and save your designs. Order samples and get quotes directly through the app.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality window covering visualization
  • Customizable fabric and hardware options
  • Save designs as images and videos
  • Fabric browser for collections
  • Order samples and get quotes
  • Recent selections for quick access
Features
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Shades by Matiss Visualizer is an Augmented Reality (AR) design app that helps you find the right coverings and fabrics for your windows. The app offers customizable product, fabric and hardware options. You can add multiple window coverings to a room - shades and/or curtains and save your designs as images and videos. Key Features: - Visualizer guides you through 5 easy AR calibration steps to adjust your coverings for a perfect fit before customizing them. - Fabric Browser menu offers browsing through all available fabric collections without the AR features. - The Gallery allows you to review and favourite your images and videos. - Fill out the Form to order samples and get a quote. One of our local dealers will contact you shortly. - After Calibration - use the Recent Selections feature to select a previously selected product and fabric. App Promo Video: https://youtu.be/EB6ynVwu4Fo Useful Tips: 1) Close other apps before using Visualizer to improve performance; 2) Calibration works by scanning your floor and other surfaces. Make sure they are clear of any obstacles. You may scan multiple surfaces for better AR calibration. Avoid scanning glass surfaces; 3) Make sure there is a sufficient level of light in the room for AR surface calibration to be successful; 4) The more you use the app, the more familiar you with get with adjusting AR coverings; 5) Please watch the promo video; 6) If a glitch were to occur during use, please press reset and redo the calibration process. 7) Make sure to take photos and record videos during your design process. No AR artefacts are saved after closing the app, except for Recent Selections feature and Images and Videos in the Gallery. This app is compatible with Apple devices that support ARKit https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices Shades By Matiss team hopes to make your window treatment design selection process as smooth as possible to help you make the right choice. Our technical team strives to improve the app performance. With any technical inquiries, please email info@shadesbymatiss.com/ Privacy Policy can be found at https://sbm-visualizer.flycricket.io/privacy.html Terms of Service can be found at https://sbm-visualizer.flycricket.io/terms.html Shades By Matiss operates and manufactures all products in the USA. CONNECT WITH US www.shadesbymatiss.com https://www.instagram.com/shadesbymatissusa © 2021 Shades By Matiss. All Rights Reserved

Screenshots

Homerise2 screens
SBM Visualizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Homerise at 86% against SBM Visualizer's 0%. Homerise also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 19 months). SBM Visualizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Homerise sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. SBM Visualizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Homerise holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Homerise has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Homerise's written reviews are positive against 0% of SBM Visualizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Homerise ships an update every 3 weeks, SBM Visualizer every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Homerise versus SBM Visualizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeriseSBM Visualizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB127 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMATTERFUL STUDIOSMatiss Inc

Customer experience

Homerise

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

SBM Visualizer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Homerise

Subscriptions4
  • Subscription small pack1 Month trial$1.991 Year
  • Subscription medium pack1 Month trial$3.991 Year
  • Subscription large pack1 Month trial$5.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time4
  • Lifetime small pack5 variants$9.99
  • Lifetime medium pack2 variants$19.99
  • Lifetime large pack$29.99
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  • Lifetime$29.99
None

SBM Visualizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Homerise free?
Homerise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SBM Visualizer free?
SBM Visualizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Homerise or SBM Visualizer?
Homerise is rated higher. Homerise averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SBM Visualizer averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Homerise or SBM Visualizer have ads?
Neither Homerise nor SBM Visualizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Homerise or SBM Visualizer?
Homerise ships an update every 3 weeks, and SBM Visualizer every 19 months. Most recently, Homerise was updated on August 1, 2026 and SBM Visualizer on June 5, 2026.

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