Comparison

PowerView vs Being Canadian

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

Being Canadian

Get your daily dose of humor comparing Canadian and American life with satirical stories, trivia, and cultural comparisons. Features include a safehouse map, a translator for linguistic differences, and tools for snowbirds navigating tax implications.

Highlights
  • Daily satirical briefings
  • Canadian and American trivia
  • Cultural comparison database
  • Safehouse map
  • Linguistic translator
  • Snowbird tax calculator
Features
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Being Canadian™ is your daily satirical briefing on the small, specific, often hilarious differences between Canadian and American life. Each morning, three short stories land on your phone. Some skewer Ottawa, some skewer Washington. All share a dry sense of humour about the absurdities each country produces with admirable consistency. What you get: - Daily briefing in English or French, written fresh each morning - Daily Trivia, five rotating questions on Canadian and American culture, history, and quirks - 500 side-by-side cultural comparisons spanning healthcare, hockey, weather complaints, and the way each country abbreviates "decade" - Safehouses map for documenting your favourite covert Canadian retreats in American territory, and vice versa - The Translator for decoding the linguistic differences between the two cultures - Politics tab with a satirical eye on both sides of the border - Snowbird Substantial Presence calculator, so you know exactly how many Arizona days will trigger a tax conversation with the IRS Full Citizen is an annual subscription ($79/year, the same number in Canadian and US dollars) with your first 7 days free. It opens the complete briefing archive, the residency day-counter and snowbird tools, premium features, and the alternate app icon for moments when you'd rather your iPhone not advertise its loyalty. Subscription auto-renews annually at the same price. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. Cancel anytime. Quebec users: the French edition is written in Quebec satire register, not translated American humour. Sacres légers in reported dialogue, never bouette. About the satire: every institution, party, and political figure mentioned is treated with the kind of equal-opportunity contempt that comes from genuine affection for both countries. This app is parody. We are not affiliated with the Crown, the RCMP, Tim Hortons, the NHL, Hockey Canada, the Privy Council, the Tragically Hip, or any other organization mentioned. The Maple Leaf is real. The CFL is real. The rest is for laughs. Welcome to the briefing. You Belong.

Screenshots

PowerView4 screens
Being Canadian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Being Canadian at 5.0 against PowerView's 4.4. Being Canadian also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). PowerView's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Being Canadian sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $79.00 per year. PowerView asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Being Canadian 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, Being Canadian every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PowerView versus Being Canadian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerViewBeing Canadian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHunter DouglasAlex Setzler

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

Being Canadian

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PowerView

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Being Canadian

Subscriptions1
  • Full Citizen7 Days trial$79.001 Year

Questions

Is PowerView free?
PowerView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Being Canadian free?
Being Canadian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PowerView or Being Canadian?
Being Canadian is rated higher. PowerView averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Being Canadian averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PowerView or Being Canadian have ads?
Neither PowerView nor Being Canadian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerView or Being Canadian?
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, and Being Canadian every 3 days. Most recently, PowerView was updated on November 11, 2026 and Being Canadian on October 31, 2026.

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