Comparison

Watts® Home vs Moda Homes

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

Head to head
About

Watts® Home

Control and monitor your Watts connected home devices remotely. Manage thermostats, snow melting systems, and floor heating with programmable schedules and energy-saving modes. Receive alerts for any issues and access support easily.

Highlights
  • Remote monitoring and control
  • Programmable schedules
  • Energy-saving modes (Away mode)
  • Thermostat and floor heating setpoint adjustments
  • Snow melting system control
  • Energy usage monitoring and reporting
  • Device access sharing
Features
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Use the Watts® Home app to remotely monitor and control all of your Watts connected home solutions from your mobile phone. Watts® Home gives you more functionality and greater control of tekmar Wi-Fi Thermostats, tekmar Wi-Fi Setpoint Controls, tekmar Wi-Fi Snow Melting Controls, and SunTouch SunStat Wi-Fi Floor Heating Thermostats. Features - Watts® Home is compatible with: - tekmar thermostat models 561, 562, 563, 564 and 564B - tekmar setpoint control model 170 - tekmar snow melting control models 670 and 671 - SunTouch thermostat models SunStat Connect, ConnectPlus, and CommandPlus - Remotely monitor and control your Watts connected home solutions - Notifications if there is a problem with any of your Watts connected home solutions - Increase efficiency by accessing all of your properties and devices from one app - Save money with the easy-to-use programmable schedule - Additional savings with Away mode, which conserves energy when properties are not in use - Change thermostat mode, heat and cooling setpoints, fan, relative humidity and floor heating setpoints - Remotely start and or stop your snow melting system - Detailed daily and monthly energy usage monitoring and reporting - Easily share device access with other users - Instant access to customer support and product resources

About

Moda Homes

Features
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MODA lets residents of Moda Homes follow a rent-to-own option they hold, and lets anyone explore what such an option would look like before they have one. WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PREVIOUS VERSION Our reply of 8 September 2026 said the app transmitted nothing and contained no wallet library. That described the version then under review. This version adds one feature that changes both: a resident can connect MetaMask to see their own option. 1. Connecting a wallet. On the My Options tab, a resident taps "Connect MetaMask". MetaMask opens, the resident approves, and MODA receives the wallet's public address. Connecting signs nothing and moves nothing. MODA then reads that wallet's option from a public blockchain record and shows the terms, the rewards earned, and the key dates. 2. What leaves the device. The wallet address is sent to Alchemy, a blockchain data provider, to read the record, and the connection passes through MetaMask's own relay. Nothing is sent to Moda. There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics and no crash reporting. Notifications are scheduled on the device and request no push token. Our privacy policy and App Privacy answers describe exactly this. 3. No purchases in the app. There is no in-app purchase and no payment screen in this version. 4. No cryptocurrency is exchanged, held or sold. MODA holds no keys and no funds. The one transaction a resident can sign - through MetaMask, never in MODA - delivers their earned rental credit to the settlement agent at the closing of their home purchase. That credit is a record of rent paid on time, applied to their purchase. It cannot be bought or sold, and the contract lets it move only to the settlement agent at closing, or, with Moda's written consent, to someone who takes over the option. This step appears only after a resident has exercised their option, which no current resident has done. HOW TO REVIEW IT The wallet features show a resident's own record, so they need a wallet that holds an option. Rather than ask you to set one up, we have attached a video recorded on this build, 1.0.1 (20261002), installed from TestFlight. It shows connecting MetaMask, the option's record appearing with its earned months, and the app reopening on My Options. The record in the video is a Moda test record on Ethereum mainnet, held by a Moda test wallet. It is marked "MODA TEST OPTION - NOT A HOME" and belongs to no resident, so no resident's information appears. EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS WITHOUT A WALLET The Simulate My Option tab - browsing homes, comparing plans, and building an option's dates from a move-in date and a lease length - needs no wallet and no network connection.

Screenshots

Watts® Home4 screens
Moda Homes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Moda Homes at every 3 weeks against Watts® Home's every 3 months. Watts® Home's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.4). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Watts® Home ships an update every 3 months, Moda Homes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Watts® Home versus Moda Homes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatts® HomeModa Homes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.2 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatts Water TechnologiesModa Finance, LLC

Bugs and requests

Watts® Home

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after updates
  • Devices not detected or offline
  • Login issues and account problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved scheduling options
  • Integration with smart home platforms
  • More detailed sensor data and reporting
  • Customizable user interface

Moda Homes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Watts® Home

No in-app purchases

None

Moda Homes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Watts® Home free?
Watts® Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moda Homes free?
Moda Homes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Watts® Home or Moda Homes have ads?
Neither Watts® Home nor Moda Homes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watts® Home or Moda Homes?
Watts® Home ships an update every 3 months, and Moda Homes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Watts® Home was updated on November 7, 2026 and Moda Homes on October 29, 2026.

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