PowerView vs OurSharedPlace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Control motorized window coverings
- Group control of shades
- Customizable Scenes
- Automated Schedules
- Sunrise/Sunset scheduling
- Remote access with Gateway
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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).
OurSharedPlace
Manage shared properties like vacation homes or family cabins with a shared calendar, expense tracking, photo gallery, and important document storage. Coordinate with co-owners and guests, ensuring everyone stays informed and expenses are split fairly.
- Shared calendar for trip planning
- Expense tracking and automatic splitting
- Collaborative photo gallery
- Centralized document storage
- Contact directory
- House blog for updates
- Guest access codes
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OurSharedPlace is the easiest way for families and co-owners to manage a shared home together — a vacation place, family cabin, or co-owned property. Sign in or create an account in seconds and take it with you, anywhere. Plan trips on a shared calendar • See who's there when, with each member's bookings in their own color • Request weekends, approve incoming requests, or block dates for cleaning and maintenance • Year, month, and list views to plan ahead or scan at a glance Share photos that show the place at its best: • Build a gallery everyone contributes to — interiors, views, family moments • Set a favorite photo as the hero shot for the property • Crop and upload directly from your camera roll Track shared expenses without spreadsheets: • Log expenses with who paid, what category, and when • Costs split automatically across the group • See running balances so the group knows where things stand • Edit and delete the entries you've added Keep important info one tap away: • Directory of trusted contacts — cleaners, handymen, neighbors, the emergency vet • Property documents stored together: insurance, manuals, the wifi password • A house blog for updates everyone in the group can read • Reusable checklists for closing the house, opening for the season, or prepping for guests Bring everyone in: • Invite co-owners and family as admins or members • Generate guest access codes so visiting friends can see what they need without seeing what they don't OurSharedPlace is built for the property you share. It's the app for the place you can't wait to get back to — and the people you share it with. Subscriptions: OurSharedPlace offers an in-app auto-renewable subscription per property (Annual or Monthly). New accounts include a free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://oursharedplace.com/terms Privacy: https://oursharedplace.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OurSharedPlace at 5.0 against PowerView's 4.4. OurSharedPlace also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). PowerView's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. OurSharedPlace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. PowerView asks for nothing beyond the download.
OurSharedPlace 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PowerView ships an update every 5 weeks, OurSharedPlace weekly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | PowerView | OurSharedPlace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunter Douglas | Steve Murch |
Customer experience
PowerView
OurSharedPlace
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
OurSharedPlace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PowerView
No in-app purchases
OurSharedPlace
- Monthly Plan$14.991 Month
- Annual Plan$129.001 Year








