Bond Home vs SelectBlinds® Automation
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 devices, including ceiling fans, motorized shades, and fireplaces, remotely. Seamlessly integrate with popular voice assistants and home automation platforms for convenient smart home management.
- Control ceiling fans
- Operate motorized shades
- Manage fireplaces
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google, Siri)
- Home automation platform compatibility
- Remote device control
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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.
SelectBlinds® Automation
Effortlessly control motorized shades in your home with a tap or schedule automated movements. Create custom scenes for specific shade positions and set timers based on time of day or sunrise/sunset.
- Control motorized shades
- Seamless setup
- Create custom scenes
- Schedule automated timers
- Sunrise/sunset scheduling
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It’s time to simplify your routine. Easily operate one shade or a whole group of shades with a simple tap. Want a hands-free experience? Schedule timers so your shades move automatically throughout the day. Whether you're sleeping in, blocking the afternoon sun, or adding privacy at night, the SelectBlinds® Automation app adapts to your lifestyle with an intuitive design and powerful features. Features: • Control SelectBlinds motorized shades throughout your entire home. • Seamless setup and configuration of shades and accessories. • Create scenes to conveniently move your shades to specific positions with a single tap. • Program your scenes to activate automatically at different times of day using timers. Timers can be scheduled for a specific time or based on your local sunrise or sunset. • Add a bridge to manage your home while you’re away, and to integrate with voice control assistants.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bond Home at 4.8 against SelectBlinds® Automation's 3.4. Bond Home also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 60%) and ratings volume (4K vs 18). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bond Home has 4K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Bond Home's written reviews are positive against 60% of SelectBlinds® Automation's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bond Home | SelectBlinds® Automation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4K ratings) — better | 3.4 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olibra, LLC | SelectBlinds LLC |
Customer experience
Bond Home
SelectBlinds® Automation
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
SelectBlinds® Automation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bond Home
No in-app purchases
SelectBlinds® Automation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bond Home free?
Is SelectBlinds® Automation free?
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Do Bond Home or SelectBlinds® Automation have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bond Home or SelectBlinds® Automation?
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