FLOWatch vs Specific Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FLOWatch
This app helps manage operational data for water and wastewater treatment plants. It tracks data, manages assets, and handles work orders and compliance reporting, even in areas with limited connectivity.
- Track water quality data
- Manage plant assets
- Work order management
- Compliance reporting
- Offline data storage
- Mobile and web integration
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FLOWatch Operational Data Management is used to track and fulfill water and wastewater ops data, asset management, work ordering and compliance reporting. Mobile app works in conjunction with the web platform to allow plant operators to store water quality and process data from remote locations where connectivity is limited.
Specific Energy
Access your industrial analytics platform remotely to monitor site operations, manage alarms, and view historical data. Configure control set points and track pump performance from your iOS device.
- Live cloud-based monitoring
- Historical data viewing
- Alarm management
- Pump operation monitoring
- Control set point configuration
- Report viewing
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Login to your Specific Energy account to perform live cloud based monitoring, configuration, control, and deployment of your Specific Energy powered sites from your IOS device. • View live operational & historical data • Manage alarms • View live and historical pump operation • Monitor pump condition • Configure control set points • View reports Don't have a Specific Energy account and are interested in our technology? Please contact info@specificenergy.com to schedule a demonstration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Specific Energy at monthly against FLOWatch's every 3 months. Specific Energy also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
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 — 5.0 for FLOWatch against 5.0 for Specific Energy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Specific Energy has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FLOWatch ships an update every 3 months, Specific Energy monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FLOWatch | Specific Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FLOWatch LLC | SPECIFIC ENERGY, INC. |
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FLOWatch
Specific Energy
In-app purchases
FLOWatch
No in-app purchases
Specific Energy
No in-app purchases
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