Comparison

SelectBlinds® Automation vs amal

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

Head to head
About

SelectBlinds® Automation

Effortlessly control motorized shades in your home with a tap or schedule automated movements. Create custom scenes for specific shade positions and set timers based on time of day or sunrise/sunset.

Highlights
  • Control motorized shades
  • Seamless setup
  • Create custom scenes
  • Schedule automated timers
  • Sunrise/sunset scheduling
Features
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It’s time to simplify your routine. Easily operate one shade or a whole group of shades with a simple tap. Want a hands-free experience? Schedule timers so your shades move automatically throughout the day. Whether you're sleeping in, blocking the afternoon sun, or adding privacy at night, the SelectBlinds® Automation app adapts to your lifestyle with an intuitive design and powerful features. Features: • Control SelectBlinds motorized shades throughout your entire home. • Seamless setup and configuration of shades and accessories. • Create scenes to conveniently move your shades to specific positions with a single tap. • Program your scenes to activate automatically at different times of day using timers. Timers can be scheduled for a specific time or based on your local sunrise or sunset. • Add a bridge to manage your home while you’re away, and to integrate with voice control assistants.

About

amal

This app helps you protect prayer times by temporarily blocking distracting apps. It offers a guide for prayer positions and words, and tracks your prayer history. Your data remains private and on your device.

Highlights
  • Temporary app blocking during prayer times
  • Companion guide for prayer positions and words
  • Voice-enabled recitation guide
  • Personal prayer log and calendar
  • Streak tracking for prayer consistency
  • Daily hadith on home screen
  • On-device data processing for privacy
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there are five moments in each day that belong to something greater than the screen in your hand. amal is made to protect these moments, as many or as few as you choose. when a prayer window opens, the apps you've chosen step aside — held by Apple's own Screen Time framework — until you've prayed. a companion guide is there for every position and every word, whether you're learning, returning, or simply want the company. and every prayer you make is kept, in a record that fills a little more each day. “have you prayed yet?” pick the apps that tend to take your time — social, video, games, whatever they are for you. you set what, amal sets when: each window is calculated for where you are and for your school of thought. reach for one of those apps during an active window and, in place of the feed, you'll find that one question. log the prayer and everything opens again. you can ease blocking for any prayer, at any time, and every shield lifts on its own when the window closes. every word, and what it means. from takbir to salam, the guide covers all five daily prayers, position by position — the Arabic, the transliteration, and the meaning of every line. turn on the voice-enabled guide and it follows as you recite, lighting each word as you say it and moving with you through the prayer. recognition happens entirely on your phone — nothing is recorded, and nothing leaves your device. the days you showed up. every prayer you confirm is kept in a calendar you can read back, month by month. three streaks run side by side, and any of them can be paused rather than reset when life happens — it picks up right where you left off when you're ready. milestones are marked as your consistency builds. and each morning, the home screen opens on a single hadith, attributed and graded. yours alone. no account, nothing to sign in to. your prayer log lives on your phone and nowhere else. apps are chosen inside Apple's own picker, so amal never sees which ones. location is read only while amal is open, and only to calculate prayer times for where you are. analytics are anonymous, and one switch in settings turns them off. amal premium. every feature is yours for the first 14 days. after that, amal premium is $5.99 a month or $39.99 a year. subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store settings; payment is charged to your Apple ID. privacy policy: https://ryansharier.github.io/amal/privacy terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ amal — عمل — means deeds. build your amal. your book is waiting.

Screenshots

SelectBlinds® Automation4 screens
amal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: amal at 5.0 against SelectBlinds® Automation's 3.4. SelectBlinds® Automation's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (18 vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. amal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. SelectBlinds® Automation asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

amal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SelectBlinds® Automation versus amal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelectBlinds® Automationamal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (18 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSelectBlinds LLCRyan Islam

In-app purchases

None

SelectBlinds® Automation

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

amal

Subscriptions2
  • amal monthly$5.991 Month
  • amal annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is SelectBlinds® Automation free?
SelectBlinds® Automation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is amal free?
amal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SelectBlinds® Automation or amal?
amal is rated higher. SelectBlinds® Automation averages 3.4 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while amal averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do SelectBlinds® Automation or amal have ads?
Neither SelectBlinds® Automation nor amal shows ads.

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