Fluent Home vs Power NW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
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.
- Project progress tracking
- System status monitoring
- Real-time updates
- Installation oversight
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Fluent Home | Power NW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (820 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 820 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 382 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fluent Home | POWER NORTHWEST INCORPORATED |
Customer experience
Fluent Home
Power NW
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
Fluent Home
No in-app purchases
Power NW
No in-app purchases









