Smart Shade Control1.2 - App Store

Take complete control of your window shades. No cloud account, no subscription, no third-party login required. Smart Shade Control pairs directly with your shades over Matter and Thread using Apple's native HomeKit framework, keeping everything private and local on your device.

Simple, Secure Pairing: Add your shades in seconds by scanning the QR code on each motor. Smart Shade Control uses Apple's native HomeKit commissioning over your local Thread network. Your shades are never routed through the cloud. Compatible with Canisteo, Eve, Aqara, Zemismart, and other window covering brands that support Matter over Thread.

Powerful Automation: Set your shades on a schedule, or let the sun decide. Smart Shade Control calculates local sunrise and sunset times without any internet connection, so your shades can open with the morning light and close at dusk automatically, every day. Fine-tune each event with a custom offset up to two hours before or after sunrise or sunset.

Location-Based Triggers: Arriving home? Your shades can be waiting at your preferred position before you walk through the door. Leaving? Close everything automatically. Geofence automations run quietly in the background with no manual interaction required.

Siri and Shortcuts: Control your shades hands-free. Say things like "Open all shades in Smart Shade Control" or "Close the Living Room shade" using Siri. Build multi-step automations in the Shortcuts app using any Smart Shade Control action including open, close, set position, and activate a scene.

Scenes: Save your favorite shade configurations as named scenes such as Morning, Movie Night, or Working From Home, and activate them with a single tap or a Siri command.

Usage Analytics: See exactly how your shades have been used with beautiful charts. Track position history over time, daily activity patterns, and a breakdown of what triggered each operation including manual, schedule, scene, automation, or Siri.

Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets: Glance at your shade positions without opening the app. The home screen widget shows up to three shades at once, while the lock screen widget displays a position gauge right on your Lock Screen.

Designed for Privacy: Everything runs on your device and your local home network. No account creation, no data collection, no analytics sent anywhere. Your home stays yours.

What You Need: iPhone running iOS 17 or later Window shades with Matter over Thread support, such as Canisteo (Deyi Smart), Eve MotionBlinds, Aqara Roller Shade Driver E1, Zemismart, or ZINGREE A Thread Border Router on your home network such as a HomePod mini, HomePod 2nd gen, or Apple TV 4K 2nd or 3rd gen Apple Home app set up on your iPhone.

Version History Fixed sync bugs when app is deleted and reinstalled. 1.2 Jul 7 NOTIFICATIONS
Optional alerts for schedules, automations, command failures, and low battery
Choose which alerts you want in Settings → Notifications
We explain alerts in the app first; iOS only asks when you turn something on

HOME SCREEN
Open or close all shades in a selected room
Shade names wrap fully on cards (no more cut-off titles)
Cleaner grid layout with even card heights in two-column view

IPAD
Improved layout in landscape — content is easier to read and aligned across all tabs
Settings and Analytics use the full width in portrait
Automations & schedules

Hot-weather automations (open/close based on temperature)
Schedules can run a follow-up step after a delay
Hub schedule sync improvements for Pro users
Widgets & sync (Pro)

Interactive home screen widgets — open/close shades from the widget
iCloud backup sync across your devices (via iCloud Drive)
Settings & appearance

Redesigned Settings with a look that matches the rest of the app
Always Dark Mode option under Behavior
Usage Analytics layout improved on iPad
Reliability & performance

Clearer HomeKit permission flow when adding your first shade
Fixed shades incorrectly showing as offline after opening the app
Less background work and battery use while the app is open
Stability improvements for data storage and sync 1.1 Jun 11 1.0 May 5