ProVia vs Refer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Refer
This application allows users to communicate directly with the service provider after registration. Receive updates and send feedback to enhance your purchasing experience. Users can also leave reviews for purchased products.
- User registration
- Direct communication
- Push notifications
- In-app messaging
- Product reviews
- Purchase feedback
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Refer-Pro is a free app available for anyone to download and is used to communicate with Refer-Pro. It is as simple as downloading the App and register as a user. Once registered, you can begin communicating right away. We will reach out to you keep you updated via push notifications and in-app messaging to improve your overall buying experience. Once you purchase your a Product from Refer-Pro, feel free to write a review. We appreciate your feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Refer at weekly against ProVia's every 6 weeks. Refer also leads on device support (3 vs 1). ProVia's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Refer holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of ProVia's written reviews are positive against 25% of Refer's.
ProVia ships an update every 6 weeks, Refer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProVia | Refer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (36 ratings) | 3.8 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3.5 GB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PROVIA LLC | GetTheReferral.com, Inc. |
Customer experience
ProVia
Refer
In-app purchases
ProVia
No in-app purchases
Refer
No in-app purchases








