Sunsa vs Hubitat Elevation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunsa
Automate your existing blinds with motorized control from your phone. Schedule them to open and close for natural light or privacy, and create groups to manage multiple blinds simultaneously. Enhance home security by simulating occupancy while away.
- Motorize existing blinds
- Remote control via smartphone
- Customizable schedules
- Group control for multiple blinds
- Simulate home occupancy
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Sunsa - The world’s simplest smart blinds, motorized, and automate your existing blinds. Control your blinds anywhere, anytime right from your phone with the Sunsa App for IOS. Open and close your blinds to shut out the glare or open them up to enjoy the view. The Sunsa App for IOS makes it easy to fully open your blinds, close them, or anything in between to get it exactly right. Create schedules that automatically tilt your blinds open and close. Wake up to natural light in the morning and close at night for privacy. You can even make it look like someone is home when you are away for vacation or business. Create groups that let you control as many blinds as you want at the same time. Want to close all the blinds in your house? No problem. There is no limit to the number of groups you can have and blinds can be in multiple groups. *******IMPORTANT INFORMATION******* The Sunsa app is free to install, but it requires the purchase of one or more Sunsa Wands. Sunsa Wands upgrade your blinds to smart blinds in under 2 minutes and can be purchased at sunsahomes.com.
Hubitat Elevation
Control your smart home devices from anywhere with this mobile application. Customize your home screen for quick access to favorites, manage lights, locks, and thermostats, and automate tasks using geofencing. Receive push notifications for important events and monitor your home's security remotely.
- Customizable home screen
- Remote device management
- Grid-based dashboards
- Geofencing presence detection
- Push notifications and alert history
- Remote home monitoring
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App: Seamless Smart Home Control Welcome to the future of smart home management. With the Hubitat Elevation Mobile App, you can effortlessly control your connected devices, whether you're at home or on the go. Simplify your experience, enhance automation, and enjoy the convenience of mobile control. Key Features: - Home: Customize your home screen to quickly access notifications and favorite devices for instant control. - Devices: Manage lights, locks, thermostats, and more from anywhere. Our app supports a vast range of devices from various manufacturers. - Dashboards: Enjoy a user-friendly, grid-based interface that offers quick access and easy customization for all your smart devices. - Geofence: Use your phone as a presence sensor. Enable geofencing to automate tasks based on your arrival or departure. - Notifications: Get push notifications for events and view alert history directly in the app. - Monitoring: Remotely monitor your home and manage security modes effortlessly with the Hubitat Safety Monitor app. Discover the difference with Hubitat Elevation and take control of your smart home like never before!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sunsa at 83% against Hubitat Elevation's 24%. Sunsa also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Hubitat Elevation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 29 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sunsa holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat Elevation has 979 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Sunsa's written reviews are positive against 24% of Hubitat Elevation's.
Sunsa ships an update every 29 months, Hubitat Elevation every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunsa | Hubitat Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (27 ratings) — better | 4.1 (979 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 979 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sunsa, Inc | Hubitat, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sunsa
Hubitat Elevation
Bugs and requests
Sunsa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hubitat Elevation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on selecting hub
- Home screen not updating
- Unable to add devices
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Restore old app functionality
- Better customization options
In-app purchases
Sunsa
No in-app purchases
Hubitat Elevation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sunsa free?
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