Comparison

DROP Connect vs Flash Local

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote system monitoring
  • Leak and usage alerts
  • View water flow and history
  • Initiate system cycles
  • Manage devices and settings
  • Remote access from anywhere
Features
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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

About

Flash Local

Discover real-time updates from local businesses in your neighborhood. Find deals, events, and unique moments happening right now, without algorithmic noise. Vendors can easily post updates and coupons.

Highlights
  • Live map view with category pins
  • Real-time Flash Board feed
  • Hyperlocal feed of nearby vendors
  • Follow favorite local spots
  • Free vendor signup
  • Post real-time deals and events
  • One-tap coupon delivery
Features
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Your neighborhood, alive. No feeds. No algorithms. Flash Local shows you what's happening around you RIGHT NOW — the food truck parked downtown, the yoga pop-up in the park, the garage sale two streets over, the coffee shop's one-day special. Every post is live, local, and gone when it's done. FLASH — THE WHOLE CITY, LIVE Every flash across the city, as it happens. When it expires, it's gone — the board is now, not history. THE BLOCK — YOUR STREETS Zoom into your neighborhood. Every pin sits where the vendor actually is right now — the truck's parking spot, the pop-up's corner — not just a storefront address. FAVES & WALLET Heart your favorite spots and their coupons land in your wallet automatically. Redeem at the counter with a tap. SEE SOMETHING YOU LOVE? Tap "I want that" and vendors see it instantly. Enough neighbors want it, it comes back. FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES — FREE Post in seconds and the whole city can see you. NEW: AUTOPILOT — set your week once and Flash Local posts for you. Pick your days, pick your flashes, and your schedule runs itself — it even skips automatically if you already posted that day. Save any flash as a template, reuse it, tweak it per day. Watch views and "I want that" counts roll in on every post. Food trucks, pop-ups, markets, studios, shops, garage sales — if it's happening in your neighborhood, it belongs on Flash Local. Your city is more alive than your feed. Come see it.

Screenshots

DROP Connect4 screens
Flash Local4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flash Local at 5.0 against DROP Connect's 4.6. Flash Local also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). DROP Connect's advantage is ratings volume (556 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flash Local holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DROP Connect has 556 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DROP Connect ships an update monthly, Flash Local every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DROP Connect versus Flash Local: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDROP ConnectFlash Local
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (556 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings556 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChandler Systems, Inc.LUKE AARON WILSON

Customer experience

DROP Connect

All ratings513 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

Flash Local

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DROP Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Flash Local

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DROP Connect free?
DROP Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flash Local free?
Flash Local is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DROP Connect or Flash Local?
Flash Local is rated higher. DROP Connect averages 4.6 out of 5 from 556 ratings, while Flash Local averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DROP Connect or Flash Local have ads?
Neither DROP Connect nor Flash Local shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DROP Connect or Flash Local?
DROP Connect ships an update monthly, and Flash Local every 2 weeks. Most recently, DROP Connect was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flash Local on October 14, 2026.

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