Comparison

PowerView vs Omakase

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

Omakase

A digital journal for meticulously documenting your Japanese dining experiences. Capture photos, organize courses, and rate dishes from sushi to yakitori. Explore ingredients and leverage AI for dish identification.

Highlights
  • Log sushi, yakitori, tempura, and more
  • Organize meals by course and cuisine
  • Add photos and personal ratings
  • Track restaurant details and companions
  • AI-powered ingredient and dish identification
  • Record drinks separately
  • Export meal collections
Features
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Omakase is a dining journal for sushi, yakitori, tempura, kappo and teppanyaki. Keep dish photos, course order and your own ratings together, one meal at a time. Remember the details Create a collection for each meal with the restaurant, date, location, price, companions and notes. Take photos or import them from your library. Organise every course Choose a cuisine and use its dish and course options to organise your photos. Add personal ratings and record what made each dish memorable. Explore ingredients Browse ingredient illustrations across cuisines and build your collection of dining achievements. Use AI when you need it Get help identifying ingredients and dish forms from visible details in a photo. Results may be incorrect: check them against the menu and your experience. Taste and personal enjoyment are yours to judge. Available in English, Chinese and Japanese, with meal collection export. AI analysis requires an internet connection and is subject to regional availability. Record your drinks: manually add sake, wine, beer and other drinks to a meal, with serving sizes, personal ratings, notes and photos. Drinks stay separate from the dish sequence and are included in your dining record exports.

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
Omakase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Omakase at 5.0 against PowerView's 4.4. Omakase also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). PowerView's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). 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

Omakase 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, Omakase every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PowerView versus Omakase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewOmakase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc.越 赵

Customer experience

PowerView

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

Omakase

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

Omakase

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

None

Omakase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Omakase free?
Omakase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or Omakase?
Omakase is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Omakase averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PowerView or Omakase have ads?
Neither PowerView nor Omakase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerView or Omakase?
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, and Omakase every 8 days. Most recently, PowerView was updated on November 1, 2026 and Omakase on October 31, 2026.

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