PowerView vs Stressless @home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Control motorized window coverings
- Group control of shades
- Customizable Scenes
- Automated Schedules
- Sunrise/Sunset scheduling
- Remote access with Gateway
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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).
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | PowerView | Stressless @home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.4K ratings) — better | 2.6 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews — better | 15.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc. | Ekornes ASA |
Customer experience
PowerView
Stressless @home
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
PowerView
No in-app purchases
Stressless @home
No in-app purchases
Questions
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