PowerShades vs Alta Networks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerShades
Intelligent motorized shades designed for easy home installation and maintenance. Offers convenience, comfort, and environmental consciousness at an accessible price point.
- Intelligent motorized shades
- Homeowner installation and maintenance
- Convenience and comfort enhancement
- Environmental consciousness
- Accessible pricing
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Unlike the technology novelties of past generations, today’s home automation is purpose-driven to bring convenience and comfort, save valuable time, enhance experiences, and enable homeowners to be environmentally conscious without compromising style. Powershades’ state-of-the art intelligent motorized shades offer something new – systems designed to be installed and maintained by the homeowner, that come at a price making them accessible to all.
Alta Networks
Manage and monitor your wireless networks from anywhere using your mobile device. Easily deploy secure networks, view device telemetry, and control content restrictions. Schedule network downtime with a built-in scheduler.
- Deploy secure wireless networks
- Monitor real-time telemetry
- Manage content restrictions
- Schedule network downtime
- Cross-site network management
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Deploy, monitor and manage your network across multiple sites from the convenience of your mobile device. -Easily create, manage and deploy secure wireless networks -View real-time and historical telemetry with a visual timeline of each connected device. -Manage content restrictions for WiFi devices -Set and manage network downtime via a built-in scheduler The management interface is easily accessible via mobile app or web browser. Sign up for an Alta Labs account using just your name, email, and password or use Google Authentication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alta Networks at 4.5 against PowerShades's 3.7. Alta Networks also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). PowerShades's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Alta Networks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 16 respectively.
PowerShades ships an update every 3 months, Alta Networks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerShades | Alta Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wideband Labs, LLC | Soundvision Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
PowerShades
Alta Networks
In-app purchases
PowerShades
No in-app purchases
Alta Networks
No in-app purchases
