Comparison

StreamLabs vs Pet Stop Link

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.

About

Pet Stop Link

This app connects to a smart pet fence system, allowing you to monitor your pet's behavior and receive notifications for collar charging or setting adjustments. It provides real-time information and over 1000 customizable settings for your pet's safety and your peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Smartphone connectivity
  • Pet behavior monitoring
  • Collar charging notifications
  • Remote setting adjustments
  • Over 1000 customizable settings
  • Real-time information access
Features
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Imagine a pet fence system that Links to your smartphone. That monitors your pet’s behavior and sends you a notification if a setting needs to be changed. A setting you send to your dog’s collar with a quick click. Now there’s Link™, an amazing breakthrough in pet fencing. With Link you’ll have access to real-time information at your fingertips and so will your Pet Stop Dealer. Information like letting you know the collar needs to be charged or prompting you to make an adjustment to the over 1000 available settings. Link makes it all so easy. This breakthrough technology forever changes the peace-of-mind you get from your Pet Stop system, and it's only available through participating Dealers. For over a decade Pet Stop has been the leader in technology, providing more custom settings to individualize our products than any other manufacturer in the industry. Ask your Pet Stop Dealer about Link and the ability to be one of the first to receive a Link enabled product as soon as it becomes available.

Screenshots

StreamLabs4 screens
Pet Stop Link3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pet Stop Link at 3.9 against StreamLabs's 2.5. Pet Stop Link also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 20%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). StreamLabs's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Pet Stop Link holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 71 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of StreamLabs's written reviews are positive against 55% of Pet Stop Link's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StreamLabs ships an update every 3 weeks, Pet Stop Link every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StreamLabs versus Pet Stop Link: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreamLabsPet Stop Link
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (93 ratings)3.9 (71 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.7% of reviews55.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings93 — better71
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRWCPerimeter Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

StreamLabs

All ratings93 ratings
Positive32.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative62.4%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive19.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative77.0%

Pet Stop Link

All ratings71 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative29.6%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative39.7%

User reviews

StreamLabs

From 93 App Store ratings

What 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

Pet Stop Link

From 71 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for behavior training
  • 👍 Effective for stopping unwanted behaviors (jumping, barking)
  • 👍 App allows remote trainer functionality
  • 👍 Convenient for adjusting collar settings
  • 👍 Night light feature is useful

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow to connect
  • 🐛 Limited Bluetooth range (often < 15-20 feet)
  • 🐛 Disconnects frequently
  • 🐛 App is unreliable
  • 🐛 Inaccurate battery life reporting

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

Pet Stop Link

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App is slow to connect
  • App disconnects frequently
  • App has limited range
  • Inaccurate battery life reporting
  • App connects to the wrong collar
Show 5 more
  • App history/data is incorrect or confusing
  • "Invalid Pin" errors prevent connection
  • App does not launch after updates
  • Light button does not work reliably
  • App is unstable and hangs on loading screen

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improve connection speed and reliability
  • Increase Bluetooth range
  • More accurate battery life reporting
  • Better history/data logging and visualization
  • Fix "Invalid Pin" errors
Show 3 more
  • Ensure app launches after updates
  • Improve multi-dog collar selection
  • Allow remote trainer to work at greater distances

In-app purchases

None

StreamLabs

No in-app purchases

None

Pet Stop Link

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StreamLabs free?
StreamLabs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pet Stop Link free?
Pet Stop Link is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StreamLabs or Pet Stop Link?
Pet Stop Link is rated higher. StreamLabs averages 2.5 out of 5 from 93 ratings, while Pet Stop Link averages 3.9 from 71 ratings.
Do StreamLabs or Pet Stop Link have ads?
Neither StreamLabs nor Pet Stop Link shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StreamLabs or Pet Stop Link?
StreamLabs ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pet Stop Link every 6 weeks. Most recently, StreamLabs was updated on October 11, 2026 and Pet Stop Link on October 6, 2026.

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