Comparison

Fluent Home vs Power NW

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

Head to head
About

Fluent Home

Monitor and control your home or business remotely in real-time. Manage security, view live video, automate lights and temperature, and receive instant notifications for important events.

Highlights
  • Real-time remote monitoring
  • Arm/disarm security panel
  • Live and recorded video streaming
  • Home automation (lights, temperature)
  • Door lock/unlock
  • Event history search
  • Customizable real-time notifications
Features
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With Fluent Home security system, you can monitor and control your home or business in real-time and from anywhere - from your iPhone or iPad device. Fluent’s interactive security, video monitoring, energy management, and home automation solutions give you instant awareness and remote control for the places you care about most. Remote features: • See what’s happening at your property • Arm or disarm your security panel • Watch live video and recorded clips from your security cameras • Turn your lights on or off • Set the ideal temperature • Lock or unlock your doors • View images of important activity captured by Fluent image sensors • Search your complete system event history • And much more! With Fluent Home, you can also receive real-time email, text message, and push notifications for the specific events that matter to you. Beyond important emergency related events, you can also immediately know when: • Your kids get home from school • You left for work or vacation and forgot to arm your system • The housekeeper arrives or leaves • The garage door is left open • The dog walker or cat sitter arrives • There's flooding or a water leak in your basement • Your children open your medicine or liquor cabinets • Someone changes your thermostat settings • Your security system is disarmed (and who disarmed it) • Someone attempts to log into your account • And much more!

About

Power NW

Track the progress of your ongoing projects and monitor the status of your systems once they are operational. Stay informed about your installations from build to active use.

Highlights
  • Project progress tracking
  • System status monitoring
  • Real-time updates
  • Installation oversight
Features
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As we’re building your project you’ll be able to see the progress. Once your system is up and running you’ll be able to monitor the status of your system.

Screenshots

Fluent Home4 screens
Power NW3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Power NW at 5.0 against Fluent Home's 4.4. Power NW also leads on iOS requirement (14.2 vs 17.0). Fluent Home's advantage is ratings volume (820 vs 1). 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

Power NW holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluent Home has 820 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fluent Home versus Power NW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluent HomePower NW
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (820 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings820 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size382 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFluent HomePOWER NORTHWEST INCORPORATED

Customer experience

Fluent Home

All ratings817 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative65.6%

Power NW

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fluent Home

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cameras often fail to record or detect activity
  • Alarm system triggers false alarms
  • Billing and account management problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to delete all recordings at once
  • Improve two-factor authentication prompt
  • Enhance app responsiveness and stability

Power NW

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fluent Home

No in-app purchases

None

Power NW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fluent Home free?
Fluent Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Power NW free?
Power NW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fluent Home or Power NW?
Power NW is rated higher. Fluent Home averages 4.4 out of 5 from 820 ratings, while Power NW averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fluent Home or Power NW have ads?
Neither Fluent Home nor Power NW shows ads.

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