DROP Connect vs MyEssency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DROP Connect
Control and monitor your home's water management system remotely. Receive alerts for leaks or unusual usage, view system status, and manage settings from your smartphone. Track water flow and history, and initiate system cycles like backwashing.
- Remote system monitoring
- Leak and usage alerts
- View water flow and history
- Initiate system cycles
- Manage devices and settings
- Remote access from anywhere
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At DROP, we make a complete line of water treatment and management products that improves your water quality, monitors your water usage and notifies you of potential problems, and can even automatically shut off the water supply if a leak is detected. Using DROP Connect, you can configure and monitor your DROP water management system -- even when you are away from home. With DROP Connect you can: - Receive notifications for anomalous water usage or problems with your DROP system. - Conveniently view the valve and system status. - Easily change valve and system settings. - View current water flow and water usage information for the past three months. - View a history of events. - Start and monitor a regeneration or backwash cycle from your phone or tablet. - Add or remove devices (such as valves or leak detectors) on your DROP network. - Configure your DROP water management system so you can access it when you are away from home. Note that you must have a DROP hub to use DROP Connect, and you must have a Wi-Fi network with a working internet connection to access your DROP system remotely. You can learn about DROP products at https://dropconnect.com
MyEssency
Remotely manage your Essency water heater from anywhere. Monitor status, adjust temperature, check hot water availability, and activate special modes like Boost or Vacation. Access help resources and view alarm information.
- Status monitoring
- Hot water quantity check
- Heating mode adjustment
- Temporary function activation
- Alarm information
- Online help access
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Stay in control of your Essency water heater where ever you are ! The MyEssency App offers you a variety of functionalities such as: • Status monitoring: active heating mode, temperature settings • Get information on available quantity of hot water • Change active Heating Mode • Activate a Temporary Function (Boost/Vacation/ Water saver) • Get consumption statistics (coming soon) • Alarm information • Access to online help and many more features
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Verdict
DROP Connect and MyEssency both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 56% of DROP Connect's written reviews are positive against 43% of MyEssency's. DROP Connect also leads on ratings volume (513 vs 98). MyEssency's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 4.6 for DROP Connect against 4.7 for MyEssency. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DROP Connect has 513 ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of DROP Connect's written reviews are positive against 43% of MyEssency's.
DROP Connect ships an update monthly, MyEssency every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DROP Connect | MyEssency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (513 ratings) | 4.7 (98 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 513 — better | 98 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chandler Systems, Inc. | FRANCE REDUCTEURS SA |
Customer experience
DROP Connect
MyEssency
In-app purchases
DROP Connect
No in-app purchases
MyEssency
No in-app purchases
