Comparison

Blue Current vs HomeRules

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

Head to head
About

Blue Current

Control your electric vehicle charging station, monitor energy usage, and manage settings. Gain insights into COâ‚‚ savings and energy consumption, with options for guest charging and community support.

Highlights
  • Start/stop charging sessions
  • Monitor energy rates and consumption
  • View COâ‚‚ savings
  • Manage charge point settings
  • Enable paid guest charging
  • Personalize charging cards
Features
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With the Blue Current App you can operate your Blue Current charge point. Start/stop a charging session or adjust the settings to your wishes. Charge Functionalities: • Start and stop charging sessions • Charging with or without a charging card • View the current status of your charge point • View charging sessions • Insight into CO₂ savings Energy Functionalities: • Insight into gas and electricity rates per day, week, month, or year • Insight into gas and electricity consumption in units (kWh/m³) and in euros, per day, week, month, or year • Installation flow for the WattsOn P1 reader to provide insight into usage Change Charge Point Settings: • Restart your charge point • Make your charge point unavailable • Paid charging for guests • Publish charge point for others • Set capacity tariff (Belgium only) • Add, remove and personalize charging cards and charge points • Provide feedback about the app Community: Our entire team works hard every day to make the app better and more complete for you. We now have a close-knit community with thousands of active users in the Netherlands and Belgium. If you have any questions, visit https://help.bluecurrent.nl If you have any tips and suggestions for improvements to the app, please let us know at samen@bluecurrent.nl The app requires a Blue Current account. More functionalities to support the energy transition coming soon For more information about Blue Current, visit www.bluecurrent.nl

About

HomeRules

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A deal is a deal. HomeRules puts your house rules on your child's iPhone. Bedtime, school, homework and dinner: the apps you pick lock by themselves, even when HomeRules is closed. When your child asks "Can I have a bit longer?", you give extra time with a code from your own phone. It even works without internet. HOW IT WORKS • On your child's iPhone you pick which apps lock. Pick a category, such as Social or Games, and new apps are included too. • You switch on your house rules: Bedtime, School, Homework, Dinner or your own rule, on the days that suit your family. • One more minute? On your own phone, tap +15 min, +30 min, +1 hour or +2 hours. You get an eight digit code. Your child types it in and the apps open right away. When the extra time is up, they lock again by themselves. NO SURPRISES Five minutes before a rule starts, your child gets a heads-up. The Lock Screen and the top of the screen show until when it lasts. The lock screen always says which rule applies and when the app is back. NO SPYING HomeRules doesn't read messages, doesn't track location and sends nothing to us. No account, no server. The link between your phone and your child's stays on the two phones. WITH FAMILY SHARING If your child is in your Family Sharing, you sign in once with your Apple Account on your child's phone. After that your child can't remove or switch off HomeRules. Without Family Sharing, HomeRules runs in light mode. Your child can switch it off then, and we say so plainly. A PIN AS BACKUP Phone not at hand? Your own PIN opens the settings or gives extra time on your child's phone itself. AN HONEST ANSWER HomeRules makes your agreements easier to keep, but it isn't a vault. Wiping a phone completely removes HomeRules too. Talk about it together: they're your rules. FREE, EVERYTHING INCLUDED HomeRules is free. Nothing to buy in the app or anywhere else. Codes for extra time are free too: you make them in HomeRules on your own phone. No subscription, no account, no ads.

Screenshots

Blue Current4 screens
HomeRules4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Blue Current at 13.4 against HomeRules's 16.4. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Blue Current versus HomeRules: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue CurrentHomeRules
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Current BVBartMolk

In-app purchases

None

Blue Current

No in-app purchases

None

HomeRules

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Current free?
Blue Current is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomeRules free?
HomeRules is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blue Current or HomeRules have ads?
Neither Blue Current nor HomeRules shows ads.

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