DROP Connect vs DAB Live!
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
DAB Live!
Monitor your water consumption, identify waste, and adopt sustainable habits. This app offers comfort functions and remote access to your water system, helping you save resources and the environment.
- Water consumption monitoring
- Anomaly detection
- Sustainable habit formation
- Comfort functions
- Remote water access
- Resource saving tips
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The app that makes water consumptions management simple and life more comfortable. DAB Live! gives you full visibility on your water consumptions and let you notice any anomalous use of water to avoid wasting precious resources. Accept the tips that help you create good habits and take advantage on the functions to use water more sustainably while saving. Would you also like to have a power shower? Discover the comfort functions DAB LIVE! offers. Your water at a click, at any time and from anywhere. Take care of you, take care of the environment. Compatible with DAB Esybox Mini pump.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DROP Connect at 56% against DAB Live!'s 4%. DROP Connect also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). DAB Live!'s advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
DROP Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DROP Connect has 513 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of DROP Connect's written reviews are positive against 4% of DAB Live!'s.
DROP Connect ships an update monthly, DAB Live! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DROP Connect | DAB Live! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (513 ratings) — better | 1.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 3.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 513 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chandler Systems, Inc. | DAB Pumps SPA |
Customer experience
DROP Connect
DAB Live!
In-app purchases
DROP Connect
No in-app purchases
DAB Live!
No in-app purchases
