DROP Connect vs HydroCity
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
HydroCity
This app provides real-time information on NYC water infrastructure issues, including flooding and leaks. Users can report problems, view incident history for any neighborhood, and stay informed about their community's water systems.
- Real-time water incident mapping
- Report new water issues
- Attach photo evidence to reports
- Confirm neighbor reports
- View neighborhood water incident history
- Interactive city map
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HydroCity — NYC Water Intelligence New York City has a water problem. Flooding, broken sewers, leaking mains, and overwhelmed catch basins affect millions of residents every single day, but until now, there's been no easy way to see what's happening in real time, understand your neighbourhood's history, or do anything about it. HydroCity changes that. Powered by live NYC 311 government data, HydroCity maps every active water infrastructure incident across all five boroughs the moment it's reported. See exactly what's flooding, where it's leaking, and what's been left unresolved, all on a live, interactive map built for the way New Yorkers actually move through the city. Report. Confirm. Inform. Spot an issue on your block? File a report in seconds, attach photo evidence, and push it straight to the community map. Confirm reports from neighbours, track how many people have flagged the same problem, and help build a ground-level picture of what the city's systems aren't catching fast enough. Know Before You Go or Before You Sign. HydroCity's Neighbourhood Profile tool breaks down the water incident history of any NYC area in plain English. Whether you're evaluating a new apartment, scoping a commute route, or just curious about your block, get the facts without the jargon. HydroCity puts the power of city data in your hands. Because knowing what's broken is the first step to fixing it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HydroCity at 5.0 against DROP Connect's 4.6. HydroCity also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). DROP Connect's advantage is ratings volume (513 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). 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.
HydroCity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DROP Connect has 513 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | DROP Connect | HydroCity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (513 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 513 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chandler Systems, Inc. | Tenzing Bhutia |
Customer experience
DROP Connect
HydroCity
In-app purchases
DROP Connect
No in-app purchases
HydroCity
No in-app purchases









