Comparison

SPAN Home vs Luma View

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

Head to head
About

SPAN Home

This app provides smart control over your home's electrical panel, allowing you to monitor energy usage, manage individual rooms and appliances, and uncover cost-saving insights. It enhances home energy management and offers advanced features when paired with solar and battery systems, including EV charging.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy dashboard
  • Room and appliance level control
  • Cost saving insights
  • Power outage protection
  • EV charging integration
  • Over-the-air updates
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For SPAN Panel MAIN 32 “This thing is a game changer. This is how you save money” - Jon Dawson, Next-gen builder “A long-overdue, borderline genius product that puts much-needed control back into the hands of homeowners.” - Wired Magazine “SPAN is now the center of my smart home. I’ve been waiting most of my life for this product” - A SPAN customer SPAN reinvented the 100-year-old electrical panel with smarter controls for smarter savings. It replaces your existing electrical panel and gives you complete control over every room and appliance in your home right from your phone. From anywhere in the world, the SPAN Home® App allows you to: Centralize your home’s energy data into one real-time dashboard, giving you a 360° view of your home’s energy performance Make real-time energy changes at the room and appliance level to suit your needs and lower your energy bill Uncover cost-saving insights designed to lower your energy bill and save you money When paired with solar panels and a home battery system, SPAN gives you the best protection against power outages by extending battery life by 40%, providing whole-home backup on a single battery system, and the unmatched flexibility to change what your battery system powers in an outage. Your SPAN Home can include SPAN Drive, a universal EV charger that delivers up to 41 miles of range per hour (48A, 11.52kW) of charging for the fastest charging speeds available - all without a service upgrade to install. The SPAN Home App is constantly improving with free, over-the-air updates designed to improve your experience and unlock greater savings.

About

Luma View

Monitor your security cameras remotely with live HD video streaming, event playback, and recording capabilities. Features include smart event search with object filtering, customizable grid views, and audio support. Manage multiple devices and access your footage anytime, anywhere from your tablet or mobile.

Highlights
  • HD live viewing (single/split screen)
  • Synchronized playback (up to 16 channels)
  • Smart Event Search (human/vehicle filtering)
  • Push notifications for events
  • Customizable grid views
  • Snapshot and video recording
  • Two-way audio support
Features
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The all new Luma View app offers powerful features at your fingertips, allows you check on what matters – anytime, anywhere. Watch live video, user-friendly event search, playback, and save recordings, or take a snapshot all from your tablet or mobile device. • Enjoy HD live viewing of a single or split screen (4, 9, or 16 channels simultaneously) in both portrait and landscape modes with convenient pinch to zoom • Synchronize playback up to 16 channels • User-friendly Smart Event Search with human and vehicle filtering • Push message offer quick overview of latest events • Auto switch between high or standard resolution depending on your remote connection • Customize your grid views for multi-device management – Drag and drop cameras where you’d like them, even across multiple DVRs/NVRs • Easily scan timeline and playback to find recordings and events • Instantly capture snapshots or record videos with a tap of your finger • Add snapshots and video to your photo library for safe keeping or to share with family, friends, or colleagues • Listen or speak to whoever is on the other end (Audio support varies by camera model) • Remotely control pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras

Screenshots

SPAN Home4 screens
Luma View4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SPAN Home at fortnightly against Luma View's every 8 months. SPAN Home also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 16%). Luma View's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.6). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SPAN Home ships an update fortnightly, Luma View every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SPAN Home versus Luma View: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSPAN HomeLuma View
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (103 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews — better15.8% of reviews
Number of ratings103 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpan.io, IncWirepath Home Systems, LLC

Customer experience

SPAN Home

All ratings103 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative32.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral16.3%
Negative55.1%

Luma View

Written reviews57 reviews
Positive15.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative82.5%

In-app purchases

None

SPAN Home

No in-app purchases

None

Luma View

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SPAN Home free?
SPAN Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luma View free?
Luma View is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SPAN Home or Luma View have ads?
Neither SPAN Home nor Luma View shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SPAN Home or Luma View?
SPAN Home ships an update fortnightly, and Luma View every 8 months. Most recently, SPAN Home was updated on September 12, 2026 and Luma View on September 19, 2026.

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