Comparison

LEVOLOR InMotion vs Brightlayer Home

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LEVOLOR InMotion

Easily manage and schedule your motorized window treatments. Personalize light and privacy with intuitive controls, set custom scenes, and automate routines. Integrate with popular smart home systems for voice command functionality.

Highlights
  • Personalize shade control
  • Schedule routines
  • Create custom scenes
  • Smart home integration
  • Voice command compatibility
  • In-home user sharing
Features
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Experience smarter light made simple. The new LEVOLOR® InMotionTM app is an easy way to personalize how you manage, schedule, and operate your motorized window treatments. Operate your shades with just a simple click or integrate with your favorite smart home system for additional functionality. What’s New - Smart home compatibility enhances your daily routine with voice commands like: “Alexa, open my shades”. - Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings, IFTTT, and Siri. - Hub (sold separately) is required for app shade control. - Easy-to-use app gives you full control over every aspect of your shades. What you can achieve - Effortless light: Achieve the preferred level of light and privacy with the touch of a button through the InMotion TM app. - Intuitive control: Organize shades by rooms, set scenes for your preferred shade positions, and create scheduled routines by time of day, day of week, or proximity to sunrise sunset, to seamlessly coordinate with your daily life. - Smart home integration: Integrate the InMotion TM app with smart home systems by using the hub to connect motorized window treatments to Wi-Fi. - In-home sharing: share shade control with additional users. Getting started is simple - Connect the hub to your home's 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network. - Pair app and shades following the on-screen instructions. - Control your shades from anywhere. Hints & tips - InMotion TM is not compatible with products from the previous LEVOLOR® motorization program. This includes shades that are controlled with the previous LEVOLOR® app, 3-channel remote, and 6-channel remote. - We’re here to help. Visit levelor.com/support or answers to all your questions.

About

Brightlayer Home

Monitor and control your home's power usage with smart breakers and wiring devices. Gain energy insights, set schedules for cost savings, and receive important notifications. Manage connected devices remotely and enhance security with features like vacation mode.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy insights
  • Historical energy usage data
  • Customizable energy-saving schedules
  • Remote device control
  • Out-of-ordinary activity notifications
  • Vacation mode for security
  • Voice control integration
Features
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The Brightlayer Home app works with Eaton smart breakers and wiring devices.  Easily view power usage, control connected devices remotely and make more informed energy decisions. • Energy insights- Better understand energy usage inside the home with real-time and historical insights • Cost savings- Create schedules and scenes to fit your daily routine and to save energy. • Stay up to date- Receive notifications of out of the ordinary activities • Flexible load control- Easily connect Eaton smart home technologies to manage and control energy usage • Added security- Vacation mode turns lights on and off randomly to make seem like someone is home • Voice Control – Pair with Amazon Alexa or Google Home to use voice commands

Screenshots

LEVOLOR InMotion4 screens
Brightlayer Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brightlayer Home at 4.7 against LEVOLOR InMotion's 2.1. Brightlayer Home also leads on ratings volume (2.5K vs 60) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). LEVOLOR InMotion's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brightlayer Home holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brightlayer Home has 2.5K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 30% and 30% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LEVOLOR InMotion ships an update every 3 months, Brightlayer Home every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LEVOLOR InMotion versus Brightlayer Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLEVOLOR InMotionBrightlayer Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (60 ratings)4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews30.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings602.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEVOLOR WINDOW FURNISHINGS, INC.Eaton Corporation

Customer experience

LEVOLOR InMotion

All ratings46 ratings
Positive23.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative67.4%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative64.9%

Brightlayer Home

All ratings1,988 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive30.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative62.7%

Bugs and requests

LEVOLOR InMotion

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Brightlayer Home

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Schedules randomly disappearing
  • Devices disconnecting from WiFi
  • App login issues and account creation problems
  • Incompatibility with certain WiFi routers

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add advanced scheduling options (e.g. if-then rules)
  • Improve app stability and reliability
  • Integrate with popular smart home platforms (e.g. Alexa, Google Home)
  • Add support for more device types (e.g. EV chargers)

In-app purchases

None

LEVOLOR InMotion

No in-app purchases

None

Brightlayer Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LEVOLOR InMotion free?
LEVOLOR InMotion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brightlayer Home free?
Brightlayer Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LEVOLOR InMotion or Brightlayer Home?
Brightlayer Home is rated higher. LEVOLOR InMotion averages 2.1 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Brightlayer Home averages 4.7 from 2.5K ratings.
Do LEVOLOR InMotion or Brightlayer Home have ads?
Neither LEVOLOR InMotion nor Brightlayer Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LEVOLOR InMotion or Brightlayer Home?
LEVOLOR InMotion ships an update every 3 months, and Brightlayer Home every 3 weeks. Most recently, LEVOLOR InMotion was updated on October 24, 2026 and Brightlayer Home on October 25, 2026.

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