Bliss Smart Blinds vs Shade Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bliss Smart Blinds
Effortlessly manage your home's window coverings from your smartphone. Automate light, privacy, and energy usage with custom scenes and schedules. Enjoy simple setup and operation without needing a separate hub.
- Control motorized blinds individually or in groups
- Navigate with Dashboard, Rooms, Scenes, and Timers tabs
- Create custom shade position 'Scenes'
- Schedule Scenes for automatic activation
- No hub or gateway required for operation
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Control your home's window coverings from the convenience of your phone. The Bliss® App provides intelligent operation of popular window coverings. Adjust your window coverings to manage incoming light, privacy and energy usage throughout your home with the tap of a button or through automated operation. Bliss® is providing a level of convenience and ease that is the crowning touch for your window coverings. This app doesn’t require a hub or gateway for operation. It is designed for fast and easiness of set-up and use. Simplicity and convenience. Features: • Control motorized window coverings, individually or in groups. • Quickly and easily navigate the app using built-in tabs: Dashboard, Rooms, Scenes, and Timers. • Create customized shade position settings called 'Scenes' for convenience, or to manage your natural lighting and privacy needs throughout the day. Without having to be home. • Schedule your Scenes to activate automatically at different times of day to deliver the look and comfort you want, without you having to press a button. If you need help or have a question, visit us at www.bliss-smartblinds.com
Shade Connect
Effortlessly control popular automated shades from your smartphone or tablet. Adjust window coverings with a simple click or set up automated operations for convenience.
- Smartphone control
- Tablet control
- Intuitive user interface
- Automated operation
- Easy button control
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The Shade Connect Mobile App provides easy operation for popular automated shades. Control your shades via the intuitive user interface from your smartphone or tablet. Adjust your window coverings with an easy click of a button or through automated operation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bliss Smart Blinds at 5.0 against Shade Connect's 2.6. Bliss Smart Blinds also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 18 months). Shade Connect's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Bliss Smart Blinds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shade Connect has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Bliss Smart Blinds's written reviews are positive against 5% of Shade Connect's.
Bliss Smart Blinds ships an update monthly, Shade Connect every 18 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Bliss Smart Blinds | Shade Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.6 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews — better | 4.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bliss Blinds | Turnils |
Customer experience
Bliss Smart Blinds
Shade Connect
In-app purchases
Bliss Smart Blinds
No in-app purchases
Shade Connect
No in-app purchases
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