Comparison

ShadeAuto vs Card

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automated shade control
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • Remote operation from anywhere
  • Device status overview (battery, connectivity)
  • Smart home integrations (Alexa, Google, HomeKit)
Features
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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.

About

Card

Effortlessly track scores for various card games like Rummy, Spades, Hearts, and Euchre. This app manages rounds, deals, and player progress, allowing you to focus on playing. It offers customizable rules, player management, and an undo feature for convenience.

Highlights
  • Score tracking for Rummy, Spades, Hearts, Euchre, Presidents, Golf
  • Manages rounds, dealer turns, and player rankings
  • Supports custom house rules
  • Add, remove, and reorder players
  • Undo last round functionality
  • Saved player profiles
  • In-app game rule explanations
Features
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Card Scores keeps score for your favorite card games, so you can put down the pencil and paper and just play. Pick a game, add your players, and the app adds up every round, keeps track of whose turn it is to deal, and tells you who's winning. GAMES • Rummy: type each player's points for the round, with negatives allowed for any house rules. • Spades: play in teams or solo. Track bids, books, bags, Nil, Blind 6 Nil, and renege calls, and choose your own house rules. • Hearts: enter hearts and the queen of spades, and moon shots are scored for you. • Euchre: makers, tricks, and lone hands, scored automatically. • Presidents: track pile picks and finish order, with points for every player still holding cards. • Golf: a hole-by-hole scorecard for 9 holes, 18 holes, or endless play. PLAY YOUR WAY • Play endless, or pick a score to play to. • Add, remove, or reorder players, and fix the dealer if the table gets out of sync. • Undo the last round with one tap. • Saved players fill in names for your next game. LEARN THE RULES Not sure how to play? Tap How to Play for the rules of every game, plus popular ways tables play them differently. A FRESH LOOK A colorful Liquid Glass design in light or dark mode. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your phone.

Screenshots

ShadeAuto4 screens
Card4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Card at 100% against ShadeAuto's 35%. Card also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). ShadeAuto's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Card 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 2, 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 Card's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShadeAuto ships an update every 2 months, Card every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ShadeAuto versus Card: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadeAutoCard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (20 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorman International IncNOAH RICHARD RUISINGER

Customer experience

ShadeAuto

All ratings19 ratings
Positive36.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative57.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative60.0%

Card

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ShadeAuto

No in-app purchases

None

Card

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShadeAuto free?
ShadeAuto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Card free?
Card is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShadeAuto or Card?
Card is rated higher. ShadeAuto averages 2.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Card averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ShadeAuto or Card have ads?
Neither ShadeAuto nor Card shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShadeAuto or Card?
ShadeAuto ships an update every 2 months, and Card every 10 days. Most recently, ShadeAuto was updated on November 3, 2026 and Card on October 31, 2026.

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