Comparison

PowerView vs Subscriptions101

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

Subscriptions101

Track all your recurring payments in one place without linking bank accounts or signing in. See your total monthly and yearly spending at a glance. Manage subscriptions easily with simple reordering and deletion.

Highlights
  • Add subscriptions quickly
  • View total monthly/yearly cost
  • Offline functionality
  • Drag to reorder
  • Swipe to delete
Features
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SubTracker shows you exactly what you pay across every subscription — monthly and yearly — with no bank linking, no sign-in, and no subscription of its own. • Add any subscription in seconds • See your real monthly and yearly total • Drag to reorder, swipe to delete • Works offline, always One price. No irony.

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
Subscriptions1013 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Subscriptions101 at 100% against PowerView's 28%. Subscriptions101 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). PowerView's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

PowerView is free to download; Subscriptions101 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Subscriptions101 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 2, 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 100% of Subscriptions101's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PowerView versus Subscriptions101: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewSubscriptions101
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc.Christine Zukowsky

Customer experience

PowerView

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

Subscriptions101

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

Subscriptions101

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

None

Subscriptions101

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Subscriptions101 free?
Subscriptions101 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or Subscriptions101?
Subscriptions101 is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Subscriptions101 averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PowerView or Subscriptions101 have ads?
Neither PowerView nor Subscriptions101 shows ads.

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