FE Connect Drive vs DConnect DAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FE Connect Drive
Monitor Franklin devices via Bluetooth, view energy consumption statistics, and access alarm history. Generate reports, manage programs, and remotely control devices. Access updated manuals and documentation.
- Monitor multiple operating parameters
- View energy consumption statistics
- Access alarms history
- Generate reports with notes and images
- Save, copy, and share programs
- Remotely control devices
- Access updated manuals
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Thanks to FE Connect Drive-Tech it's now possible to communicate with all Franklin devices Bluetooth® SMART in order to: - Monitor multiple operating parameters simultaneously on the wide, high definition, colored screen of your smartphone or tablet. - Get statistics of energy consumption and check alarms history. - Perform reports with the possibility to insert notes, images and email them or keep them into the digital archive. - Make programs, save them in the archive, copy them to other devices and share them among multiple users. - Remotely control, via Wi-Fi or mobile connection, a Franklin device, using a smartphone nearby as a modem. - Access to updated manuals and documentation.
DConnect DAB
Remotely control and manage your water and heating installations 24/7. This app provides real-time oversight of pressurization, water management pumps, and circulators with an updated, user-friendly interface.
- Remote installation management
- Real-time control
- Water pump control
- Heating circulator control
- Air conditioning circulator control
- Updated user interface
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With DConnect DAB app you can manage your installations wherever you are. Now with a new look with clearer and more easily readable information. DConnect is the new DAB cloud service that allows you to remotely control your installations, in real time and wherever you are. It is possible to control pressurisation and water management pumps, and heating or air conditioning circulators.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FE Connect Drive at 3.0 against DConnect DAB's 2.3. DConnect DAB's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (18% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
FE Connect Drive holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DConnect DAB has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of FE Connect Drive's written reviews are positive against 18% of DConnect DAB's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FE Connect Drive ships an update every 12 months, DConnect DAB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FE Connect Drive | DConnect DAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.3 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | DAB Pumps |
Customer experience
FE Connect Drive
DConnect DAB
In-app purchases
FE Connect Drive
No in-app purchases
DConnect DAB
No in-app purchases
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