Comparison

Ontec Home vs NL Connect

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

Head to head
About

Ontec Home

Monitor household water consumption with real-time data, target setting, and leak detection. Purchase prepaid electricity from anywhere and track your energy spending history with insightful graphs.

Highlights
  • Monitor household water consumption
  • Set daily water usage targets
  • Receive leak detection notifications
  • Purchase prepaid electricity
  • View electricity purchase history
  • Alias multiple households
Features
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Ontec HOME is a smart monitoring application that allows users to monitor their household water consumption through the GaugeIT solution as well as purchase prepaid electricity. Through Ontec Home users can monitor more than one household and can provide a friendly alias for the various houses being monitored. With the GaugeIT solution users can monitor their household water consumption and set daily targets which they do not want to exceed. GaugeIT will send notifications if the user is nearing their consumption target and will also send a notification once the target has been reached. Leak detection has also been included in GaugeIT. Users are notified of possible leaks that has been detected which they can then investigate and fix. The prepaid purchases function allows users to buy electricity online from anywhere is the world and from the comfort of our own house. A history of previous purchases are stored, giving the user insight into their energy purchasing patterns which is depicted on a graph. Use Ontec Home to gain insights into your household water and electricity usage and purchases today.

About

NL Connect

Wirelessly monitor and control National Luna Bluetooth-enabled fridges and battery systems. Track voltages, charge states, temperatures, and adjust settings remotely. Receive notifications for critical conditions like low batteries or faults.

Highlights
  • Monitor battery voltage and charge state
  • Track live charge/discharge currents
  • Customize timer and alarm parameters
  • Adjust operating thresholds
  • Monitor fridge temperatures and status
  • Control temperature set-points
  • Adjust fridge operating modes
Features
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Interact wirelessly with your National Luna Bluetooth-enabled fridges and battery systems. With NL Connect you can : Monitor battery system voltages and charge state. Monitor live charge and discharge currents. Customise timer and alarm parameters. Adjust operating thresholds for different vehicles. Get notified of low-battery conditions. Monitor live fridge temperatures and status. Control temperature set-points. Adjust fridge operating modes. Get notified of fault conditions. Currently supports Bluetooth-enabled LEGACY fridges and Power Packs.

Screenshots

Ontec Home2 screens
NL Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NL Connect at 40% against Ontec Home's 0%. Ontec Home's advantage is iOS requirement (10.1 vs 18.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ontec Home versus NL Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOntec HomeNL Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Every 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOntec Systems (PTY) LtdSolar Energy Installations and Equipment Supplies (Pty) Ltd

Customer experience

Ontec Home

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

NL Connect

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative53.3%

In-app purchases

None

Ontec Home

No in-app purchases

None

NL Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ontec Home free?
Ontec Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NL Connect free?
NL Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ontec Home or NL Connect have ads?
Neither Ontec Home nor NL Connect shows ads.

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