Challenges vs Shade Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Challenges
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Welcome to Challenges! The app made for those who want to conquer all their monthly challenges given by the Activity app. Track your progress through elegant graphics and effective reports. Challenges is indispensable for anyone who owns an Apple Watch and is thirsty for challenges. *Challenges requires you to have installed the Activity app and a paired Apple Watch. Some of your health data will need to be collected for the app to work as expected. Some reports can only be viewed after a in-app purchase has been made.
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 in-app purchases: Shade Connect at none against Challenges's 1. Shade Connect also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). Challenges's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 18 months). On price, ads 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. Challenges sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shade Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Challenges ships an update every 8 days, Shade Connect every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Challenges | Shade Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.6 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 4.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felipe Braunger Valio Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Ltda | Turnils |
In-app purchases
Challenges
- Premium access$0.99
Shade Connect
No in-app purchases
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