Comparison

PowerView vs Stressless @home

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

Head to head
About

PowerView

Control motorized window coverings from your mobile device. Adjust light and energy usage with a tap or automated schedules. Integrates with your connected home for ultimate convenience.

Highlights
  • Control motorized window coverings
  • Group control of shades
  • Customizable Scenes
  • Automated Schedules
  • Sunrise/Sunset scheduling
  • Remote access with Gateway
Features
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Control your home's window coverings from the convenience of your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. The PowerView® App provides intelligent operation of popular Hunter Douglas window coverings. Adjust your window coverings to manage incoming light and energy usage throughout your home with the tap of a button or through automated operation. The app merges seamlessly with your connected lifestyle to provide a level of convenience and ease for your automated window coverings. Features: • Control Hunter Douglas motorized window coverings, individually or in groups, throughout your entire home. • Quickly and easily navigate the app using built-in tabs: Dashboard, Rooms, Scenes, and Schedules. • Add favorite Scenes, Shades, and Schedules to your Dashboard, so they appear first whenever you open the app. • Create customized shade position settings called "Scenes" for convenience, or to manage your natural lighting and privacy needs throughout the day. • Put your Scenes in motion using Schedules. Easily program your Scenes to activate automatically at different times of day to deliver the look and comfort you want, without you having to press a button. Configure Schedules to occur at a specific time, or based on unique Sunrise and Sunset times in your specific location. • Easily enable or disable Schedules, so that your blinds take the day off when you do. • Manage your Home from anywhere with RemoteConnect™. This requires a PowerView® Gateway, an Internet connection, and initial in-home setup. If you need help or have a question, email us at PowerView@hunterdouglas.com or call 1-844-PWR-VIEW (US), 1-800-265-8000 (Canada).

About

Stressless @home

Visualize and design furniture in your own space before buying. Configure multiple items, view them in 3D with 360-degree rotation, and use augmented reality to see how they fit in your home. Save and share your designs easily.

Highlights
  • Free furniture configuration
  • 3D visualization with spin and zoom
  • Compare multiple furniture pieces
  • Save and share configurations
  • Augmented Reality placement
  • Screenshot sharing
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With Stressless @home, you can design and see your Stressless furniture before you purchase it. You can even configure multiple Stressless products and see them together – in your living room or wherever you want! About the app: - Free configuration of each model - Visualization of the furniture with 360-degree spin and zoom in 3D - Visual comparison of several pieces of furniture in one view - Save as many configurations as you want (stored on your phone) - Share your configuration by e-mail - Take a screenshot of your configured furniture and share it (great to take into the store!) - Use the Augmented Reality feature to see your configured product(s) in a room The AR functionality gives a true impression of size, design and how it would fit in your home. Leaving no doubt in your mind when you go on to purchase! To use the AR functionality: - Make sure to have an open floor space and that the room is well lit. - Scan the floor by pointing the mobile camera at it and by moving your mobile device around. - When a suitable area is found you will be notified. When the furniture is positioned, you can move it around freely. If you like the Stressless @home app or want to give us feedback, please leave a review in the App store. It would be much appreciated! Stressless @home uses ARKit and is compatible with iPhone 6s or newer or iPad 2017 or newer. Please note that a data-generated image can never actually replicate the actual object. Color and size may deviate some from the actual furniture – but we have done our very best to keep the differences to an absolute minimum, so you can get the most accurate impression possible.

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
Stressless @home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PowerView at 4.4 against Stressless @home's 2.6. PowerView also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 34) and review sentiment (28% vs 16%). Stressless @home's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, 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

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

PowerView holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerView has 2.4K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of PowerView's written reviews are positive against 16% of Stressless @home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, Stressless @home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PowerView versus Stressless @home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewStressless @home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings) — better2.6 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews — better15.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better34
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc.Ekornes ASA

Customer experience

PowerView

All ratings2,392 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative60.3%

Stressless @home

All ratings34 ratings
Positive38.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative55.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive15.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

PowerView

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Scenes not working as expected
  • Inability to discover/connect to shades
  • Inconsistent remote control functionality
  • Automation schedules not triggering properly
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  • Sync issues between app and physical shades

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Battery level indicators
  • Conditional scenes based on weather
  • Ability to adjust upper/lower limits
  • Improved group scene management
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  • Remote access without connectivity issues

Stressless @home

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

None

Stressless @home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stressless @home free?
Stressless @home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or Stressless @home?
PowerView is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Stressless @home averages 2.6 from 34 ratings.
Do PowerView or Stressless @home have ads?
Neither PowerView nor Stressless @home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerView or Stressless @home?
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, and Stressless @home every 2 months. Most recently, PowerView was updated on November 1, 2026 and Stressless @home on November 2, 2026.

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