The Shade Store V2 vs Clasps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Shade Store V2
Control your motorized shades, blinds, and drapery remotely. Set custom positions, schedule timers for natural light, and group treatments by room or individually. Requires a wireless link accessory.
- Motorized shade, blind, and drapery control
- Set up to 30 shade configurations
- Schedule automatic timers
- Control shades individually or in groups
- Remote control from anywhere
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Personalize your motorized Shades, Blinds and Drapery for the way you live: Synchronize multiple products, set your favorite positions and schedule timers from your iPhone and iPad. Important note: App must be used with The Shade Store Wireless Link, available to purchase at https://www.theshadestore.com/collections/motorized-window-treatments KEY FEATURES: - Compatible with motorized Shades, Blinds and Drapery by The Shade Store - Up to 30 configurations for Shades: Set your own, group by room or select from various preset heights - Schedule automatic timers to manage natural light throughout the day - Position Shades individually or in groups - Not at home? No problem. The Shade Store App lets you control your window treatments no matter where you are.
Clasps
Easily catalog your jewelry and handbag collection with automated identification and detailed descriptions. Record personal stories, store appraisal documents, and prepare reports for insurance or inheritance. Your collection is kept private and secure with encryption and passcode protection.
- Automated item identification
- Detailed item descriptions
- Personal story recording
- Document storage for appraisals
- Insurance and estate reporting
- Private and encrypted data storage
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Clasps is a private catalogue for a jewelry and handbag collection. Take the photo. Clasps fills in the details. Photograph a piece and Clasps names it and describes it for you: the metal, the stones, the style, the era. That’s the whole job. Make changes on your own time, or never. Recording a collection of two hundred pieces becomes an afternoon, not a project. Keep the story. Who gave it, where it was bought, the day it was worn. Fill it in over time, in any order, in your own words. Ready for the insurer. Appraisals, receipts and certificates live with the piece. An insurance schedule is one tap, as a PDF or straight to the printer. Ready for the next generation. Name who each piece goes to, note whether it’s in the will, and hand your attorney a report that says so. Private by design. Face ID or your passcode every time the app opens, and again for values and documents. Photographs and details are encrypted on the way and where they rest. Nothing is sold or shared with advertisers — there are no advertisers. Export everything, photographs included, whenever you like. Free for up to 50 pieces. Clasps Deluxe adds unlimited pieces, a wish list that drafts itself from a photo or a link, insurance and estate reports, spreadsheet import and export, custom fields, and full-resolution backup to the cloud. $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, billed through the App Store; cancel any time in Settings › Subscriptions. From the creators of What A Gem Podcast. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clasps.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clasps at 100% against The Shade Store V2's 15%. Clasps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). The Shade Store V2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Clasps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Shade Store V2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clasps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Shade Store V2 has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of The Shade Store V2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clasps's.
The Shade Store V2 ships an update every 5 months, Clasps every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Shade Store V2 | Clasps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Shade Store, LLC. | Ross Melbourne |
Customer experience
The Shade Store V2
Clasps
Bugs and requests
The Shade Store V2
Reported bugs
15 issues- App loses all saved devices after hub unplugging
- Shades randomly disappear from app
- Hub won't reconnect after power outages
- Firmware requires frequent soft resets
- App stuck in endless pairing loop
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- HomeKit status doesn't update properly
- Scenes and timers randomly deleted
- Hub offline despite blue light indicator
- Shades fail to pair consistently
- Battery status shows 'low battery' incorrectly
- App crashes during setup at timezone selection
- Devices unpairing after being added
- Hub connection drops after iOS updates
- Grouped shades stop responding together
- App won't connect to hub despite HomeKit recognition
Requested features
10 requests- Battery percentage display in app
- Sunrise/sunset timer functionality
- Labeled buttons during setup process
- Display upcoming timer activation times
- Correct sunrise/sunset time calculations
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- Ethernet pairing support
- Better documentation and troubleshooting guides
- Dual-band router compatibility without workarounds
- Persistent device storage after power outages
- Improved signal strength and range
Clasps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Shade Store V2
No in-app purchases
Clasps
- Clasps Deluxe Monthly$4.991 Month
- Clasps Deluxe Annual$49.991 Year
Questions
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