Smart Shades 3.0.10

Reviews

1 ★, on 2021-05-13
There has to be a better way to design this app. It seems impossible to close the blinds to a set percentage. Dragging your finger up or down the screen to adjust the blinds is incredibly faulty. I drag down to roughly 50%, lift my finger up, and it goes right back to where it was, as of I'd done nothing. I can do quick short swipes to get it to move tiny fractions of a movement, but then it will arbitrarily close on its own to 100%. The automatic triggers don't work properly either.

1 ★, on 2021-02-19
Worst App ever. Below are the issues that need to be resolved immediately. - Inspite of Soma Connect, app and device never have a stable connection. It takes too long to connect to the app everytime to open the app. - There is no circuit breaker or stop button in the app. - There are no widgets, in case you need to stop triggers (automatic routines). You need to go to deep into the app. - Cannot be controlled if you are away from home. - Google home integration has hundreds of bugs.

4 ★, on 2021-02-06
Works fine easy to set up and use. No problems at all getting it set up. It's hard to do fine tilt adjustment its too sensitive to touch and jump back and forth. Needs to be less sensitive to finger drag to adjust open/close %

3 ★, on 2020-11-12
Lacks some basic functionality like ability to edit names or sunrise and sunset triggering actions. It's been a year since last update so my hopes for improvements are not high. Indeed the functionality had been added but so far sunset and sunrise triggers are not working reliably. I think most of the time they don't work. I contacted you about this but still haven't received an answer.

3 ★, on 2020-10-01
Getting the app to "connect" is glitchy. It works when you open the app, but shortly after stops. Firmware update is glitchy, the app says downloading and installing, but it never installs. Works poorly with large shades. They "slip" down with time. So when I open them via soma, it doesnt go all the way up, and if I close, it tries to force past the limit. There is a new slippage compensation feature...but since firmware update doesnt work, I cant use it. Why do you keep renaming my bluetooth!!

3 ★, on 2020-12-16
If you're trying to figure out what's changing your Bluetooth device name to RISEAPPxxx, this is the app. It's quite annoying, and I can't see any way to change the behavior. Other than that, it mostly works, although it's not a great user experience. The Soma Connect functionality, in particular, is functional but very clunky. For the cost of the devices, I'd hope to see better quality in this app, but at least it's functional for me.