ShadeAuto vs ReferencePoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShadeAuto
Automate your home's window coverings with smart device control. Create custom scenes and schedules for optimal natural lighting and privacy, all manageable remotely. Requires a ShadeAuto Hub for operation.
- Automated shade control
- Customizable scenes and schedules
- Remote operation from anywhere
- Device status overview (battery, connectivity)
- Smart home integrations (Alexa, Google, HomeKit)
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With the ShadeAuto App, you can easily find your perfect shade position using your smart devices with the tap of a button or through automated operation. Automate all your window coverings by creating schedules designed around your lifestyle. The ShadeAuto App provides intelligent operation and convenience in your home and caters to a wide range of window treatments. It supports a variety of shade types, including shutters, cellular shades, top-down bottom-up shades (dual motor), day & night honeycomb shades (dual motor), roller shades, Romans, and PerfectSheer shades. This app requires a ShadeAuto Hub for operation. Key Features: •SHADE CONTROL: Just a tap to easily achieve the Best Privacy and Best View in your home. Adjust the position of window coverings, individually, in groups, or in rooms throughout your entire home. •SCENE Create a Scene with customized shade position for a single room or combine Scenes into Multiple Scene for the entire home. Activate effortlessly with one touch to manage your natural lighting and privacy needs throughout the day. •SCHEDULE Set Schedules to activate scenes automatically at desired times of day. Easily enable or disable your Schedules to match your daily routine. •DEVICE STATUS OVERVIEW Quickly check shade information on the device status summary page for the battery levels and connectivity of all devices in all rooms. Prompt users to take necessary actions if any device with low battery or disconnected. •COMPLETE CONTROL FROM ANYWHERE Always know what position your shades are in real-time feedback. Control your window coverings and manage your scenes without being at home. This requires a stable internet connection and initial in-home setup in advance. •SMART HOME INTEGRATIONS Bind your ShadeAuto with smart home systems and intuitively operate your window coverings with simple voice commands through Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Homekit.
ReferencePoint
Capture synchronized readings from all available iPhone sensors in a single session. Analyze and compare environmental data, including GPS, audio, and motion, with advanced AI insights. Export your recordings in multiple formats for research or development.
- Synchronized multi-sensor recording
- Live sensor dashboard
- 3D LiDAR spatial scanning
- Synchronized camera and audio capture
- AI-powered session analysis
- Data export (JSON, CSV, GPX)
- Side-by-side session comparison
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ReferencePoint is a multi-sensor environmental data platform for iPhone. Whether you're a field researcher, engineer, developer, or just curious about the world around you, ReferencePoint captures synchronized readings from every available sensor in a single recording session. RECORD EVERYTHING AT ONCE Start a session and ReferencePoint simultaneously logs GPS coordinates, altitude, barometric pressure, magnetic field, motion, audio, pedometer, activity type, hardware motion, and system state — all timestamped and synchronized. MODULES Dashboard — Live readings from all sensors at a glance Record — One-tap multi-sensor capture with drop-pin support 3D LiDAR — Spatial scanning and point cloud capture Camera — Synchronized video alongside sensor data AR — Augmented reality with live environmental context GPS — Real-time location and altitude tracking Audio — Waveform capture synchronized with all other sensors Sensors — Pressure, magnetic field, and more Intelligence — AI-powered session analysis Map — Visualize recorded paths and pinned locations History — Browse, compare, and export past sessions COMPARE SESSIONS Select any two recordings and compare them side by side — duration, sampling rate, total samples, and per-sensor counts with delta values highlighted. EXPORT YOUR DATA Every session exports in three formats: JSON for developers, CSV for spreadsheets and analysis tools, and GPX for mapping and navigation software. PRIVACY FIRST ReferencePoint does not collect, transmit, or share your data. Everything stays on your device. You decide what to capture and where it goes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReferencePoint at 100% against ShadeAuto's 35%. ReferencePoint also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). ShadeAuto's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). On 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
ShadeAuto is free to download; ReferencePoint costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ReferencePoint holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShadeAuto has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of ShadeAuto's written reviews are positive against 100% of ReferencePoint's.
ShadeAuto ships an update every 2 months, ReferencePoint every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadeAuto | ReferencePoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norman International Inc | BENJAMIN DAVIS GRAHAM |
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ShadeAuto
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In-app purchases
ShadeAuto
No in-app purchases
ReferencePoint
No in-app purchases
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