Comparison

PowerView vs StyleRow

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

StyleRow

Organize and share photos of products, inspirations, and job sites from your device into a collaborative workspace. Keep your visual assets accessible for your team with perpetual shared storage.

Highlights
  • Move photos from device to StyleRow account
  • Organize into Projects and Libraries
  • Collaborative workspace for teams
  • Perpetual shared storage
  • Easy organization and retrieval
Features
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The "StyleRow" app is an extension to your Photos app that allows you to easily and seamlessly move all your photos of products, inspirations, and job sites to your StyleRow account. Get photos out of your device and into the shared workspace of Projects and Libraries for collaborative use with your team, and perpetual shared storage to easily organize and find them later!

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
StyleRow3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: StyleRow at 5.0 against PowerView's 4.4. StyleRow also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). PowerView's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

StyleRow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerView has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, StyleRow every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PowerView versus StyleRow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewStyleRow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHunter DouglasSTYLEROW DESIGN CORP.

Customer experience

PowerView

All ratings2,392 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews260 reviews
Positive28.1%
Neutral11.2%
Negative60.8%

StyleRow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

StyleRow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

None

StyleRow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StyleRow free?
StyleRow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or StyleRow?
StyleRow is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while StyleRow averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PowerView or StyleRow have ads?
Neither PowerView nor StyleRow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerView or StyleRow?
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, and StyleRow every 14 months. Most recently, PowerView was updated on October 16, 2026 and StyleRow on October 3, 2026.

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