Comparison

ProVia vs RemoteRetail

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ProVia

Design your home's exterior by visualizing doors, windows, siding, and stone. Explore product options, view galleries, and access installation guides. Dealers can also get pricing and place orders.

Highlights
  • Door Selector
  • Window Selector
  • Siding Options
  • Manufactured Stone Options
  • Browse galleries and brochures
  • Access installation guides (Dealer Edition)
  • Obtain product pricing (Dealer Edition)
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This powerful visualization engine can be used by homeowners to design doors and windows or select from ProVia’s wide variety of vinyl siding and manufactured stone options, view brochures, videos and photo galleries. Advanced features enable ProVia dealers to obtain pricing, order products via entryLINK and access installation guides. ProVia’s Exterior Home Design Tool is a unique, portable and easy-to-use tool that supports the sales process. For best results, use with iPad Air 2 or higher. App Features • Door Selector – Choose from four fiberglass and steel exterior door lines (Embarq™, Signet®, Heritage Fiberglass™, Legacy Steel™) and more than 30 door styles, plus a variety of stain and paint color choices and door glass options. • Window Selector – Choose from five window lines (Aeris™ Wx1000, Endure, Aspect and EcoLite) and many styles including bay windows, architectural windows, slider windows, casement windows and double hung windows, plus a multitude of glass options. • Siding Options – Choose from 9 different vinyl siding types, including our #1 Recommended CedarMAX™ and #1 Best Buy HeartTech™, and 32 siding colors. • Manufactured Stone Options - Choose from eight different stone styles and a variety of colors. • Browse videos, photo galleries and brochures. • Access product installation guides. (Dealer Edition) • Obtain product pricing. (Dealer Edition) • Direct-connect product ordering to entryLINK. (Dealer Edition) • Once downloaded, this free app can be used without an internet connection.

About

RemoteRetail

Facilitates personalized visual conversations for a remote retail experience. Engage with customers through visual merchandising and clienteling tools. Streamline remote sales interactions and enhance customer engagement.

Highlights
  • Visual merchandising
  • Personalized visual conversations
  • Remote retail experience
  • Customer engagement
  • Clienteling tools
Features
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RemoteRetail's Visual Merchandiser is the central communication tool to engage with your customers with personalized visual conversations and enables a fully remote retail experience.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RemoteRetail at 5.0 against ProVia's 3.6. RemoteRetail also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). ProVia's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.6). 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

RemoteRetail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProVia has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProVia ships an update every 6 weeks, RemoteRetail fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ProVia versus RemoteRetail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProViaRemoteRetail
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (36 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.2 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size3.5 GB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPROVIA LLCRemoteRetail, Inc.

Customer experience

ProVia

All ratings33 ratings
Positive60.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative75.0%

RemoteRetail

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ProVia

No in-app purchases

None

RemoteRetail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProVia free?
ProVia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RemoteRetail free?
RemoteRetail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ProVia or RemoteRetail?
RemoteRetail is rated higher. ProVia averages 3.6 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while RemoteRetail averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ProVia or RemoteRetail have ads?
Neither ProVia nor RemoteRetail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProVia or RemoteRetail?
ProVia ships an update every 6 weeks, and RemoteRetail fortnightly. Most recently, ProVia was updated on September 21, 2026 and RemoteRetail on September 9, 2026.

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