PowerShades vs ILLUMIVUE TECH
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.
ILLUMIVUE TECH
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ILLUMIVUE TECH is a professional mobile AIoT application for service providers, which can be downloaded and installed free of charge in the mobile app store, and can achieve project management, installation and debugging, remote configuration, operation and maintenance management, video viewing, and PFO control on the mobile terminal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PowerShades at 8.0 against ILLUMIVUE TECH's 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.
PowerShades ships an update every 3 months, ILLUMIVUE TECH every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerShades | ILLUMIVUE TECH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 296 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wideband Labs, LLC | Surf OpcO LLC |
In-app purchases
PowerShades
No in-app purchases
ILLUMIVUE TECH
No in-app purchases
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