Comparison

PowerView vs Navien Smart Plus

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

Navien Smart Plus

Control your home's heating and hot water remotely. Monitor energy usage, set schedules, and benefit from intelligent features like geofencing and weather-adaptive adjustments. Ensures comfort and efficiency by learning your habits and responding to external conditions.

Highlights
  • Remote heating and hot water control
  • Energy usage monitoring
  • Intelligent learning thermostat
  • Geofencing capabilities
  • Weather-adaptive adjustments
  • Multizone control
Features
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Navien Smart Plus App will allow you to control heating and hot water anytime anywhere. You can simply check a status of heating system, and see how much energy you've used. In order to use Smart Plus App, sign up for a membership and register your Smart Plus Thermostat. Smart Plus Thermostat is compatible with any models of Navien LCB700 and NCB-CE boiler series. ■ Main Features - Easy-view energy usage monitor - Accurate forecast adapt - Intelligent learning thermostat (Hot water schedule) - Geofencing(The Navien SmartPlus app collects location data even when the app is closed or not in use to support the use of the Geofencing feature.) - 2 channel scheduling) - Multizone control (up to 3zones) - Boiler plus compliant ■ Smart forecast check Now your heating can check the weather forecast, and adjust itself accordingly. Come rain or shine, your boiler will respond intuitively to current conditions with Navien Smart Plus. When connected to Wi-Fi, it checks the weather forecast on the internet, ensuring your home is always the most comfortable temperature, and that your boiler is only using energy when you need it to. ■ Geofencing capabilities Let your location take care of your heating, with Navien Smart Plus. Never again return to a cold house, or heat an empty home. Simply register your smartphone, and your boiler will know when to turn on and off based on your proximity to home. Set up with multiple users and the whole household can enjoy the benefits of Geofencing. Vulnerability Reporting We are committed to responding to all security vulnerability reports as promptly as possible. While we aim to process all reports swiftly, we will generally provide an initial response within 5 business days of receipt. Progress Updates and Resolution We may provide progress updates depending on the reproducibility and severity of the issue. Once the issue has been fully resolved, we will inform the reporter that the matter has been successfully addressed. Security Update Support Period Security software updates for this product are guaranteed until 31 July 2031. During this period, necessary patches and updates will be provided to address potential vulnerabilities. Contact for Security Inquiries or Vulnerability Reporting Email: service@navienuk.com Telephone: 0344 332 2323

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
Navien Smart Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PowerView at 4.4 against Navien Smart Plus's 3.7. PowerView also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 3) and review sentiment (28% vs 13%). Navien Smart Plus'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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerView has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, 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 13% of Navien Smart Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PowerView versus Navien Smart Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewNavien Smart Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews — better12.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc.KD Navien

Customer experience

PowerView

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

Navien Smart Plus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive12.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative76.2%

User reviews

PowerView

From 2.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🔒 Reliable connectivity
  • 👍 Convenient remote control
  • 👍 Helpful customer support
  • 👍 Intuitive app interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🐛 Connectivity problems
  • 🐛 Buggy app updates
  • 🐛 Unreliable automation

Navien Smart Plus

From 3 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📈 Recent updates improved stability
  • 💡 Oil consumption indication useful
  • 💡 Cumulative totals and monthly graphs useful
  • 💡 App works for remote switching

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App constantly crashing
  • 🐛 App frequently offline
  • 🐛 App requires frequent restarts
  • 🐛 Scheduling interface difficult
  • 🐛 Thermostat has a mind of its own

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
Show 1 more
  • Remote access without connectivity issues

Navien Smart Plus

Reported bugs

108 issues
  • App not working since update
  • Water heating not being timed
  • Energy usage doesn’t work
  • Loses info - history
  • Glitches so all of a sudden it goes into holiday mode
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  • Holiday doesn’t work
  • Cannot turn holiday mode back on through the app
  • App very temperamental and typically requires the app to be fully closed and restarted
  • App is awful, boiler inefficient and unreliable
  • Out of action more times than it’s working
  • Very temperamental boiler and the APP is very annoying and unreliable
  • Timer on the app is awful
  • System has a fault, only way to know is when heating hasn't come on or error code on thermostat
  • Needs to be improved, have to keep logging out and back in to get working
  • Unreliable, slow and often does not work
  • App glitches a lot
  • Data and graphs don’t work
  • App no longer works
  • App won’t load
  • Horrendous app
  • Schedule interface is ridiculously contrived and difficult to work with
  • Boosts don’t have durations
  • Thermostat has a mind of its own
  • App is constantly crashing when clicking on it
  • It won’t even open
  • Horrendous app constantly down
  • Constantly crashes
  • Doesn’t even allow you to log in
  • Unusable app
  • App says ‘loading’ and then changes to ‘offline’
  • App doesn’t get updated
  • Half the features don’t work
  • Can’t even sign up and make an account through the app
  • Keeps telling me my two passwords don’t match THEN tells me I have an incorrect password
  • Attempted to log in using both different passwords and obviously tells me I don’t have an account
  • Doesn’t work. App crashing all the time
  • Tried reinstalling app. But still doesn’t work
  • App won’t open
  • App has completely stopped working
  • Instantly closes down when I try to open it
  • Doesn’t work or function reliably
  • App says ‘offline’ when everything else is working fine
  • App does not work
  • Smart control of our central heating isn’t possible
  • App says it’s offline even though the boiler control module says it’s connected to the wi-fi and the server, and is working correctly
  • Re-connecting the control module to the wi-if multiple times and deleting and reinstalling the app hasn’t resolved the issue
  • Latest Update: app has just stopped working
  • Infuriating to use
  • Each time you load up the app you must force close the app and restart it to view the thermostat or to change any settings
  • Connects to my wifi but won’t connect to the internet
  • Terrible app
  • Almost useless
  • Constant issues connecting
  • Glitchy
  • Could use some work
  • Not updated in ages
  • App keeps crashing when trying to change oil usage
  • Very very poor
  • So many bugs with it
  • Developers can’t be bothered fixing them
  • App on my iPhone 11 doesn’t work
  • Won’t keep my location
  • Constantly have to re enter all info to get it to work
  • Geo fencing never works
  • Fuel consumption never work dispute constantly putting the Corcyra setting in
  • App was difficult to set up
  • Wouldn’t connect to my wifi during my first attempt at registration
  • Didn’t recognise the serial no of my boiler
  • App always says offline when I open it
  • Takes some time to connect
  • Says off;one when it has two blue lights and is online
  • You have to wait 20 seconds for it to reset then shows online
  • My temperature is set to 22 degrees but the app shows 0 degrees setting yet the boiler fires up as it should
  • Can’t put in special characters in password & doesn’t inform you this
  • Translation labels don’t match up
  • Connecting shows “network issues” but if you spam tap the button it’ll work
  • Repeat all these steps every time because the account doesn’t persist
  • App needs fixing as keeps shutting its self down
  • Hot water program options has been removed and you can only program heating on the app now
  • Shows as offline constantly
  • Constantly resets itself to whatever it likes
  • Temperatures bear no resemblance to those we input
  • Eg will always reset Tuesday to have temp of 32c at 7am, no matter how many times we set it to a normal temperature
  • Constantly goes ‘offline’
  • Useless as a way of controlling the boiler
  • There’s some sort of bug which means you can’t input the password to set up the account
  • Constant need to exit the app and then reopen otherwise it says “ offline”
  • Geofencing doesn’t work since it cannot identify my location
  • Oil consumption not updated daily
  • If an “E002” error appears on room thermostat it is not replicated in the app
  • The setup process for this assumes that everything will go smoothly and look exactly as it does in the pictures
  • If it doesn’t, there is no way to skip the setup process or sidestep to get help
  • There’s no apparent “Wi-Fi button” on it
  • The process for pairing it with the app must differ from the directions provided, but there’s no other guidance of any kind available
  • Constantly says ‘offline’ so you have to close and reopen until it connects
  • Scheduling is totally non-intuitive
  • When you click on another day, it annoyingly automatically reverts to the Monday
  • The app does not stay connected
  • Comes up with check internet connectivity, there’s nothing wrong with my WiFi
  • When I turn the heating down using the app, it resets itself back up again within a minute or 2 and the heating turns on again
  • It only stays off if I use the RF control instead
  • App used 43% of my battery in 3 hours while running in the background
  • App needs to use the same type of GPS usage as an actual navigation app
  • The only way to stop it is to kill the app
  • Poor design and usability
  • Written in broken English in a variety of fonts which hurts my head
  • Control options are confusing and not intuitive
  • Operationally works fine with the boiler but could look better

Requested features

21 requests
  • Implement summer time mode
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve scheduling interface
  • Allow duration for boosts
  • Show error codes in app
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  • Improve user interface
  • Add customer service contact
  • Allow remote control from outside Wi-Fi network
  • Make app more user convenient
  • Redesign app by a professional
  • Add option to sign up through web
  • Fix password input bug
  • Add support for special characters in password
  • Improve translation labels
  • Make account persist
  • Add hot water programming back to app
  • Add GPS location accuracy
  • Fix geofencing issues
  • Fix fuel consumption updates
  • Add Wi-Fi button instructions for water heater
  • Provide additional setup guidance

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

None

Navien Smart Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Navien Smart Plus free?
Navien Smart Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or Navien Smart Plus?
PowerView is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Navien Smart Plus averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do PowerView or Navien Smart Plus have ads?
Neither PowerView nor Navien Smart Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerView or Navien Smart Plus?
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, and Navien Smart Plus every 5 weeks. Most recently, PowerView was updated on November 1, 2026 and Navien Smart Plus on November 2, 2026.

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