DROP Connect vs Kind Water View
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
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 monetization model: Kind Water View at free against DROP Connect's ad-supported. DROP Connect's advantage is ratings volume (556 vs 60). 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 4.6 for Kind Water View. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DROP Connect has 556 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DROP Connect ships an update monthly, Kind Water View every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DROP Connect | Kind Water View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (556 ratings) | 4.6 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 556 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — 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 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chandler Systems, Inc. | Purview Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
DROP Connect
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In-app purchases
DROP Connect
No in-app purchases
Kind Water View
No in-app purchases
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