Bond Home vs Shellstone Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bond Home
Control your Smart By Bond ceiling fans, motorized shades, and fireplaces remotely. Seamlessly integrate with popular voice assistants and home automation platforms for a connected smart home experience.
- Control Smart By Bond ceiling fans
- Operate motorized shades
- Manage remote-controlled fireplaces
- No hub required for fans
- Integrates with Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
- Works with home automation platforms
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Bond Home is a leading platform for Smart By Bond ceiling fans (no hub required), remote-controlled motorized shades, ceiling fans and fireplaces (Bond Bridge is required). Bond Home connects your devices with Amazon Alexa, Google assistant, Siri and other popular home automation platforms.
Shellstone Life
This app offers a personalized lifestyle program for residents, incorporating their feedback into community events and activities. A dedicated director curates unique programming for everyone.
- Tailored lifestyle programs
- Resident feedback incorporation
- Annual resident surveys
- Community events and activities
- Full-time Lifestyle Director
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At Shellstone, we believe in a well-rounded, tailored lifestyle program to fit the needs of every resident. By surveying our residents on an annual basis, we incorporate the likes and interests of our residents into our events and activities. Our full-time Community Relations & Lifestyle Director offers unique and compelling programming for the entire community!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bond Home at 4.8 against Shellstone Life's 3.7. Bond Home also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 3). 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.
Bond Home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bond Home has 4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bond Home ships an update monthly, Shellstone Life every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bond Home | Shellstone Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olibra, LLC | Alosant |
Customer experience
Bond Home
Shellstone Life
Bugs and requests
Bond Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Remotes going out of sync
- Alexa integration issues
- Unreliable device control
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to rearrange device tiles
- Real-time device status updates
- Improved group/scene management
- Expanded device type compatibility
- Enhanced scheduling and automation options
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- Customizable button/command mapping
Shellstone Life
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bond Home
No in-app purchases
Shellstone Life
No in-app purchases
