Sub vs Kind Water View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sub
This app enhances your kitchen experience by guiding you through recipes from websites and a curated collection. It allows remote control and monitoring of Sub-Zero refrigeration, Cove dishwashing, and Wolf appliances, ensuring optimal performance and convenience.
- Guided cooking from online recipes
- Chef-tested recipes optimized for Wolf appliances
- Remote dishwasher control and monitoring
- Refrigerator settings and alerts
- Filter recipes by cooking mode
- Bookmark and share recipes
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Elevate your kitchen experience with the Sub-Zero Group Owner’s App. Connect your Wi-Fi-enabled appliances and enjoy greater control, personalized cooking, and now, integrated wine inventory management. • Build and manage your wine collection • Scan bottles to quickly add wines to your inventory • Track where each bottle is stored across locations • Organize your collection with filters, groups, and tags • View inventory history as wines are enjoyed over time • Enjoy a guided cooking experience with recipes tailored to your appliances • Set timers and view oven status directly from recipe steps • Monitor and control your appliances from anywhere • Receive notifications for appliance status, maintenance, and more The app also gives you powerful control over your Sub-Zero refrigeration and Cove dishwashing appliances. Start your dishwasher remotely, monitor cycles, and manage supplies Wine Inventory transforms a traditionally manual task into a simple, intuitive experience. Manage your collection, understand where your wines are stored, and stay connected to your kitchen in one place. Download now and get more from every Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove appliance.
Kind Water View
This app allows users to easily monitor and control their water treatment system. View valve settings, track water usage, and initiate system cycles remotely. It also provides access to dealer information and system diagnostics.
- View valve settings and status
- Change valve settings remotely
- Monitor current water usage
- Graphical water usage display
- Initiate regeneration/backwash cycles
- Access dealer information
- Update valve firmware
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Kind Water View makes setting up and monitoring your water treatment system easier than ever! When used with a Kind Water View valve, the user, through the app, can do the following functions: - Conveniently view all valve settings and status. - Easily change valve settings. - View current water usage information. - Graphically view water usage information. - Start a regeneration or backwash cycle from your phone or tablet. - Set / view the servicing water treatment dealer information. - Better understand how your system is working and understand what settings are for. - Connect to all of your valves in your system (if they are all Kind Water View Valves). - Update firmware - Manage your connection to your valves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kind Water View at 4.6 against Sub's 4.4. Kind Water View also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). Sub's advantage is ratings volume (786 vs 60). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kind Water View holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sub has 786 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sub ships an update every 5 weeks, Kind Water View every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sub | Kind Water View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (786 ratings) | 4.6 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 786 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sub-Zero and Wolf | Purview Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Sub
Kind Water View
Bugs and requests
Sub
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes after recent updates
- Unable to log in or register account
- Appliances disappear from the app
- Firmware update failures brick appliances
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for Celsius temperature units
- Provide real-time temperature and energy consumption data
- Integrate with smart home platforms like Apple HomeKit
Kind Water View
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sub
No in-app purchases
Kind Water View
No in-app purchases









