StreamLabs vs GROHE Sense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StreamLabs
This app provides comprehensive home water management, detecting leaks and offering insights into water usage. It connects with smart devices to alert you to potential issues and allows for customized settings or automatic learning for protection.
- Real-time water usage monitoring
- Customizable leak detection alerts
- Smart Alerts™ learning leak detection
- Freeze and temperature alerts
- Home and Away modes
- Remote water shut-off (with Control device)
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Meet StreamLabs®, your all-in-one home water solution that protects your home from water damage and leaks from both plumbing and non-plumbing sources. Using a combination of advanced ultrasonic technology and sensors, StreamLabs captures and delivers powerful insights into your water usage – and provides real-time alerts of potential leaks. Manually customize your leak alert settings or let the new learning Smart Alerts™ feature automatically protect your home by detecting any water usage outside of the norm. Choose from three StreamLabs devices: StreamLabs Scout, StreamLabs Monitor or StreamLabs Control. All three of these Wi-Fi-enabled devices provide leak protection for your home, and work together or independently. The StreamLabs Scout and the StreamLabs Smart Home Water Monitor each install in under 5-minutes with no pipe cutting, tools, or professional installer required. The StreamLabs Control features remote, flow-based automatic water shut-off functionality, and can use alerts from the Scout to stop leaks even sooner for high-risk appliances such as water heaters and ice makers. The StreamLabs App is mission control for your StreamLabs devices. It supports the Scout, Monitor and Control all in one place to create tailored household leak protection optimized for your needs. In the StreamLabs App, you’ll have access to: - Live water usage - Customized leak detection settings: slow and major leak alerts (Monitor and Control) - Smart Alerts™ learning leak detection (Monitor and Control) - Freeze alerts (Scout, Monitor and Control) - Home and Away modes (Monitor and Control) - Comparative water usage charts (Monitor and Control) - Remote shut-off (Control only) - Water pressure, water temperature (Control only) - Drip Detect™ alerts (Control only) - Room Temperature alerts (Scout, Monitor, and Control) - Humidity alerts (Scout and Control) See how StreamLabs puts household leak protection at your fingertips. To learn more, visit www.StreamLabswater.com.
GROHE Sense
This app monitors and controls smart water sensors and devices to protect your home from water damage. It provides real-time alerts for leaks, pipe breaks, and frost risk, while also tracking water consumption and costs.
- Water damage protection
- Leak and pipe break alerts
- Temperature and humidity monitoring
- Frost risk warnings
- Water consumption tracking
- Cost analysis
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The GROHE Sense app is at the heart of the GROHE Sense system, which offers you protection from water damage. The app allows you to continuously monitor and control your GROHE Sense and GROHE Sense Guard - at any time. Learn more about your water consumption and the associated costs. - alerts you of pipe breaks, leakages or unusual waterflows - monitors temperature and humidity in your home - warns you of the risk of frost - shows your history of water consumption and related costs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: GROHE Sense at free against StreamLabs's free with in-app purchases. StreamLabs's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for StreamLabs against 2.5 for GROHE Sense. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StreamLabs has 93 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of StreamLabs's written reviews are positive against 15% of GROHE Sense's.
StreamLabs ships an update every 3 weeks, GROHE Sense every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StreamLabs | GROHE Sense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (93 ratings) — better | 2.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.7% of reviews — better | 14.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RWC | Grohe AG |
Customer experience
StreamLabs
GROHE Sense
User reviews
StreamLabs
From 93 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Real-time water flow
- 🛡️ Prevents water damage
- 💡 Great idea for monitoring
- 🏠 Protects home from leaks
- 📈 Usage reports available
Room to improve
- ❌ App frequently crashes
- ❌ Poor customer service
- ❌ Device not connecting to WiFi
- ❌ App freezes/shuts down
- ❌ Inaccurate leak detection
GROHE Sense
From 13 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Device works well (sometimes)
- 💡 Detects leaks and frozen pipes
- 💡 Warns about minor leaks
- 👍 Grohe support helpful (sometimes)
- 👍 Great improvement over older versions (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly drops WiFi connection
- 🐛 Resetting connection is hit or miss
- 🐛 App/LED status mismatch
- 🐛 AAA batteries last < 2 weeks
- 🐛 Poor support system
Bugs and requests
StreamLabs
Reported bugs
38 issues- App keeps freezing on login
- Device dies before use
- Device doesn't connect to WiFi
- App needs user feedback (timeout, signal strength)
- App crashes when clicking on device
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- Controller has power but no lights/connectivity
- System failed to detect major leak
- App shuts off water for normal activities (shower, softener regen)
- No alerts received after update
- App crashes and shuts off water
- Buggy and terrible UX
- App crashing on 3/10/2024
- App shows device offline incorrectly
- App update caused connectivity loss
- App won't allow device naming/saving
- App asks for setup repeatedly
- App works only on Android, not iPhone
- App kicks user out, requires password reset, forgets devices/history
- App crashes after reinstall
- App stuck on opening screen
- App doesn't recognize home WiFi network
- App deletes account setup
- App doesn't load properly
- App recalibrates when opened past home page
- App disconnects from server
- App shows offline message
- App doesn't stay logged in
- App is dormant, cannot load
- 504 Gateway Time-Out error
- Historical data needs better display (minutes, calendar access)
- Water running status rarely correct
- App is unstable
- App prone to crashes
- Fails to connect
- Tells user there's a leak when there isn't
- Failure with firmware status
- Unit would not connect to iPhone
- App stuck at calibration step
Requested features
11 requests- Add Apple Watch compatibility
- Allow specified alert sound for leaks
- Integrate with Google Home/Home/Away status
- Support for password managers
- Display historical data for previous days
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- Calendar interface for historical data access
- Real-time meter for last 60 minutes
- Ability to input unusual water events beforehand
- Improve API access for free users
- Allow multiple devices per account
- Fix iPhone compatibility issues
GROHE Sense
Reported bugs
236 issues- 🐛 Constantly drops WiFi connection
- 🐛 Resetting connection is hit or miss
- 🐛 App/LED status mismatch
- 🐛 Signup/login errors (400)
- 🐛 500 error, no devices on relogin
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- 🐛 Stuck in loading state
- 🐛 Logout button doesn't work
- 🐛 App no longer works, error messages
- 🐛 Cannot register new system
- 🐛 Nightmare to reconnect
- 🐛 Frustrating, unable to connect
- 🐛 Poorly done new app update
- 🐛 New app lacks bar graph
- 🐛 Must log in after exiting app
- 🐛 Incompetent software team
- 🐛 App is slow and clunky
- 🐛 Notifications are broken
- 🐛 Made sprinkler issue worse
- 🐛 System turns water off during pause
- 🐛 Error message when max water use hit
- 🐛 Cannot turn back on after max use
- 🐛 Irritating daily water limit
- 🐛 Useless app, can't log in
- 🐛 Never seem to connect
- 🐛 Won't service, won't recommend
- 🐛 Embarrassing error code during setup
- 🐛 Bad gateway for support
- 🐛 Expensive boat anchor
- 🐛 App crashes, unresponsive
- 🐛 Must delete and reinstall app
- 🐛 Regularly disconnects from devices
- 🐛 Unfriendly app, pain to use
- 🐛 Buggy app, non-functional
- 🐛 White screen on opening app
- 🐛 Constantly fails, needs reload
- 🐛 Terrible app and support
- 🐛 Valve shuts off during softener regeneration
- 🐛 Randomly disappears from app
- 🐛 Non-functional app after update
- 🐛 Useless without an app
- 🐛 App won't open
- 🐛 DHCP disabled error
- 🐛 Email support never gets back
- 🐛 Software terrible
- 🐛 Firmware update requires button press
- 🐛 Constantly have to redownload app
- 🐛 Flashes and disappears off screen
- 🐛 Not reliable
- 🐛 Cannot share access to other household members
- 🐛 Avoid if you need alarm
- 🐛 Resets login details on update
- 🐛 Worked for a year, now won't connect
- 🐛 Pretty piece of plastic
- 🐛 New router connection issues
- 🐛 Loses connection constantly
- 🐛 False alarms at 2 am
- 🐛 Worst support in the world
- 🐛 App locks me out
- 🐛 Shuts off for no reason
- 🐛 Far too complicated integration
- 🐛 Junky app doesn't work
- 🐛 App will not respond
- 🐛 Garden sprinkler mode doesn't work
- 🐛 App doesn't work well
- 🐛 App major fail
- 🐛 Shows devices connected but offline
- 🐛 Cannot delete old device
- 🐛 Terrible app
- 🐛 Product faulty all the time
- 🐛 Laughable instructions
- 🐛 Not able to add new devices
- 🐛 Poor performance from new app
- 🐛 Does not work with iOS 13
- 🐛 AAA batteries last < 2 weeks
- 🐛 Poor support system
- 🐛 Difficult to connect to home network
- 🐛 Device shut water off, had to unplug
- 🐛 Poor app state
- 🐛 Doesn't work well with sprinklers
- 🐛 Grohe system turns water off even during pause
- 🐛 Unplug Grohe system to water yard
- 🐛 Error message when max water use hit
- 🐛 App prevents turning water back on
- 🐛 Daily water limit prevents switching off completely
- 🐛 Filling hot tub required switching water back on repeatedly
- 🐛 App shows satellite but not master valve
- 🐛 App keeps saying it can't complete test
- 🐛 Random error codes with no explanation
- 🐛 Devices disappearing
- 🐛 Random water detector nodes dying
- 🐛 Failing to connect to WiFi
- 🐛 Customer support non-existent
- 🐛 App crashes, becomes unresponsive
- 🐛 Must be deleted and reinstalled
- 🐛 Regularly disconnects from devices
- 🐛 Buggy app, non-functional
- 🐛 Water will shut off even at 2/3 daily average usage
- 🐛 Refuses to turn back on
- 🐛 Had to turn off notification to turn water back on
- 🐛 White screen when opening app
- 🐛 Doesn't provide readings
- 🐛 Poor response times from support
- 🐛 No real resolution to issues
- 🐛 Water softener regeneration cycle causes shutoff
- 🐛 Dirty water circulated
- 🐛 No way to tell Sense to ignore large water use
- 🐛 System unprotected for wide window
- 🐛 Sense Guard randomly disappears from app
- 🐛 Requires power cycling
- 🐛 App only functions when it likes
- 🐛 Continuously losing connection
- 🐛 Need to reset devices
- 🐛 Complicated reset process
- 🐛 App saying success, but sense not connected
- 🐛 Sometimes need to delete app due to white screen
- 🐛 Simple WiFi connection not managed by app
- 🐛 App forever crashing, needs reloading
- 🐛 Unreliable app
- 🐛 Reconnection issues fixed with firmware update
- 🐛 Setup cumbersome, poor instructions
- 🐛 Constant errors during setup
- 🐛 Device shut off water, blank screen on app
- 🐛 Disgruntled tenants waiting
- 🐛 Unplug useless device
- 🐛 App crashed on startup
- 🐛 Shows white screen on startup
- 🐛 App worked for a few days, now white screen
- 🐛 No integration APIs
- 🐛 Updates never work, sensors disconnect
- 🐛 App no longer runs on iOS 16
- 🐛 Worst-designed and difficult to use smart home app
- 🐛 Hardware may be good, but interface useless
- 🐛 Delete and redownload virtually every time
- 🐛 Support not helpful
- 🐛 App keeps freezing, not opening
- 🐛 Generally behaving badly
- 🐛 Remove and re-download
- 🐛 Poor software design
- 🐛 Lack of proper testing
- 🐛 Water softener regeneration cycle causes shutoff
- 🐛 Dirty water circulated
- 🐛 No way to tell Sense to ignore large water use
- 🐛 System unprotected for wide window
- 🐛 Sense Guard randomly disappears from app
- 🐛 Requires power cycling
- 🐛 App updated, now cannot control valve
- 🐛 Shows satellite but not master valve
- 🐛 Always been a glitchy app
- 🐛 Totally non-functional
- 🐛 0 ability to contact support
- 🐛 App doesn't open
- 🐛 Spent money for something that doesn't do much good
- 🐛 Have to travel to cabin to turn water back on
- 🐛 Constantly disconnects from device
- 🐛 DHCP disabled error
- 🐛 Email support never gets back
- 🐛 Hardware is solid
- 🐛 Software is terrible
- 🐛 Took many tries to connect guard
- 🐛 Sensor even worse, showing offline
- 🐛 Firmware update requires button press
- 🐛 Constantly have to redownload app
- 🐛 Not my internet connection
- 🐛 Wish I had never purchased
- 🐛 Takes 2 or 3 tries to stop saying problem
- 🐛 Flashes and disappears off screen
- 🐛 Not the first time this has happened
- 🐛 Wanting to turn water back on, but not allowed
- 🐛 No peace of mind
- 🐛 Glitches
- 🐛 App constantly crashes on opening
- 🐛 No progress on app working correctly
- 🐛 Cannot share access to device
- 🐛 Wife has to wake user up
- 🐛 Have to go downstairs to manually turn on
- 🐛 Disappointing and short-sighted
- 🐛 App terrible
- 🐛 Constantly will not open properly or at all
- 🐛 Resets login details when it updates
- 🐛 App updated and no longer logged in
- 🐛 Won't know it's not active
- 🐛 Since last update, won't connect
- 🐛 Reset, changed batteries, removed device, removed location, added new
- 🐛 Smartphone connects, but app says not connected
- 🐛 New router connection issues
- 🐛 Can't get things to connect
- 🐛 Netgear won't connect to GROHE
- 🐛 Reconnect to old router all fine again
- 🐛 Loses connection constantly
- 🐛 Have to delete and reinstall
- 🐛 Numerous error messages
- 🐛 False alarms
- 🐛 Alarm wakes user up
- 🐛 Holding email received
- 🐛 Woken by alarm with no valid reason
- 🐛 Cannot trust equipment when it fails
- 🐛 App does not connect
- 🐛 Useless system
- 🐛 Randomly turns off water without explanation
- 🐛 No idea if it would work for a leak
- 🐛 Warranty visit not organized
- 🐛 No one responds
- 🐛 Need phone call from someone who understands app
- 🐛 Integration process failed multiple times
- 🐛 Overly complex connectivity
- 🐛 App can't find GROHE blue
- 🐛 App will not respond at all
- 🐛 'Thinks' for an infinite amount of time
- 🐛 Hard to rely on product
- 🐛 App non-functional
- 🐛 Garden sprinkler mode functionality does not work
- 🐛 System still shuts off water while sprinklers are running
- 🐛 App doesn't work well at all
- 🐛 'Check now' just spins and spins
- 🐛 Never worked once
- 🐛 App shows devices connected but were actually off line
- 🐛 Not good if depending on device shutting off water
- 🐛 App will not let me delete the old device
- 🐛 Company should put out a much better app
- 🐛 Very poor
- 🐛 Terrible app
- 🐛 Product faulty all the time
- 🐛 No ability to remove and reinstall sensors
- 🐛 Most laughable instructions
- 🐛 Failed to add devices to WiFi network
- 🐛 Error code -1
- 🐛 Cannot add new device in former app
- 🐛 Force you to install this one
- 🐛 Wasted 1 hour to add 2 sensors
- 🐛 Had to install from Android device
- 🐛 Keeps defaulting sensor name
- 🐛 Error that two devices cannot have same name
- 🐛 Does not work with iOS 13
- 🐛 Impossible to operate devices
- 🐛 No real-time support
- 🐛 Poor remedial instructions
Requested features
23 requests- 💡 Bring back old home screen
- 💡 Bring back bar graph
- 💡 More innovative firmware updates
- 💡 More value from firmware updates
- 💡 Add option to ignore large water use
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- 💡 System should have self-learning capabilities
- 💡 Allow manual pause for water softener regeneration
- 💡 Improve app UI for clarity
- 💡 Simplify data model navigation
- 💡 Dark mode option
- 💡 Advanced analytics dashboard
- 💡 Fix sprinkler mode functionality
- 💡 Allow sharing access to other household members
- 💡 Real-time support
- 💡 Better remedial instructions
- 💡 Integrate with Smartlife app
- 💡 Improve app stability and performance
- 💡 Fix iOS 13 compatibility
- 💡 Allow deletion of old devices
- 💡 Improve app for second home users
- 💡 Allow easier device addition
- 💡 Improve app for users with many devices
- 💡 Make firmware updates easier
In-app purchases
StreamLabs
No in-app purchases
GROHE Sense
No in-app purchases
