AMP™ Motorization vs Smith & Noble 3.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AMP™ Motorization
Control motorized shades with live feedback on position and battery. Schedule shade movements, integrate with voice assistants, and manage up to 30 shades across 20 rooms. Easily share access with others.
- Live shade position feedback
- Control up to 30 shades
- Create rooms, scenes, and timers
- Voice control via Alexa, Google Assistant
- Sunrise and sunset scheduling
- Share access with users
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Control your shades with AMP™ Motorization APP, with the micro USB bridging bi-directional technology, you can view shade positions, battery level status, and effortlessly program motorized shade scheduling. Integrated with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Shortcuts, and IFTTT, AMP™ Motorization is able to voice control your motorized shades. Features: 1. Live Feedback from AMPTM Motorization 2. Control update to 30 motorized window shades 3. Create up to 20 Rooms, Scenes, and Timers 4. Sunrise and Sunset Detection 5. Easily share access with other users The AMP™ Motorization App requires at least one AMP™ Bridge, which must be connected to 2.4GHz WI-FI.
Smith & Noble 3.0
Control your home's window treatments remotely. Automate shades, blinds, and drapery with scheduling and voice commands. Requires a compatible smart hub.
- Remote control of shades, blinds, and drapery
- Scheduling for automated window treatments
- Control single or multiple window treatments
- Voice control via smart assistants
- Real-time control from anywhere
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The Smith & Noble App allows users to manager their shades, blinds and drapery from their mobile device. State-of-the-art and easy-to-use, this system can customize functionality and control single and multiple window treatements from virtually anywhere in the world. To use the app, users must also have the Smith & Noble Smart Hub available at smithandnoble.com. Key features: - Compatible with Smith & Noble motorized shades, blinds and drapery. - Has scheduling functionality to automate window treatments to preferred settings. - Control shade, blinds and draperies in real-time without being home - Operate a single treatment as well as groups across entire home. - Compatible with smart assistants enabling voice control
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AMP™ Motorization at 50% against Smith & Noble 3.0's 0%. AMP™ Motorization also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.0). Smith & Noble 3.0's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). 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.
AMP™ Motorization holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of AMP™ Motorization's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smith & Noble 3.0's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AMP™ Motorization | Smith & Noble 3.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better | 3.0 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Turnils | SMITH & NOBLE, LLC |
Customer experience
AMP™ Motorization
Smith & Noble 3.0
In-app purchases
AMP™ Motorization
No in-app purchases
Smith & Noble 3.0
No in-app purchases
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