Bradford White Connect™ vs OhmPlug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bradford White Connect™
Transform your water heater into a smart device for remote control and monitoring. Adjust settings, create schedules, and receive error alerts from anywhere. Contractors can also diagnose installations and access helpful tools.
- Remote settings adjustment
- Weekly scheduling
- Error message monitoring
- Remote installation diagnosis
- Sensor data reading
- Sizing and cross-reference tools
- Warranty lookup
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Bradford White Connect™ turns your water heater into a smart water heater and offers remote access*. For homeowners or business owners, Bradford White Connect™ allows you to remotely change settings, set weekly schedules, monitor error messages, and more! For contractors, Bradford White Connect™ allows you to remotely diagnose previous installations and be alerted of error messages (with the owner’s permission). If you are in the room with the water heater, you can also access the water heater’s settings on your mobile device, read sensor data, and log recorders of the visit for later. Additionally, the app contains sizing, cross reference, and warranty tools**. *Compatible with select models **Internet access required
OhmPlug
Control smart plugs remotely to save energy and add convenience. Automate your home with routines, voice commands, and group devices by room. Earn rewards for energy savings through an optional connected service.
- Remote appliance control
- Voice control integration
- Smart home routines
- Device grouping by room
- Energy saving alerts
- Earn rewards for energy savings
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The official app to control OhmPlug smart plugs, designed to help you save energy while adding convenience to your home. • Easily set up OhmPlug smart plugs using bluetooth and Wi-Fi. • Remotely control appliances from anywhere so you don’t waste energy when you’re out. • Voice control your lights and entertainment.* • Give your OhmPlug a nickname (“air purifier”) that works with voice control.* • Create smart home routines to automate your home.* • Group your OhmPlugs based on which room they are in. • Remotely turn lights on and off while on vacation to increase home security. * Functionality is available via Amazon Echo and Google Home. You must connect your OhmPlug to your Amazon Echo or Google Home accounts. Information may be shared in accordance with OhmConnect’s Privacy Policy at https://www.ohmconnect.com/privacy-policy. You may also use OhmPlug smart plugs to get paid for saving energy in conjunction with OhmConnect, a free service that you can sign up for at ohmconnect.com.* • Set up your OhmConnect account to receive timely alerts when electricity demand is spiking so you can use less when it counts. • Automatically turn off OhmPlugs to save energy and money. • Earn money and gift cards for saving energy during peak usage hours if you sign up for OhmConnect. To get paid for saving energy, sign up for OhmConnect’s demand response program and link your utility account here: ohmconnect.com If you join OhmConnect’s demand response program, your OhmPlug will automatically turn off during OhmConnect energy-savings events for your area unless you program your OhmPlug through the App to remain on or you use your OhmConnect account to opt your OhmPlug out of a specific event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OhmPlug at 4.3 against Bradford White Connect™'s 1.9. OhmPlug also leads on review sentiment (21% vs 2%) and ratings volume (958 vs 57). On price, update cadence, 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.
OhmPlug holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OhmPlug has 958 ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 2% of Bradford White Connect™'s written reviews are positive against 21% of OhmPlug's.
Bradford White Connect™ ships an update every 6 weeks, OhmPlug every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bradford White Connect™ | OhmPlug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (57 ratings) | 4.3 (958 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.2% of reviews | 21.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 | 958 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bradford White Corporation | OhmConnect, Inc |
Customer experience
Bradford White Connect™
OhmPlug
User reviews
Bradford White Connect™
From 57 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Hardware is excellent
- 💡 Basic access to water heater settings
- 💡 Vacation mode can be set (manually)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently disconnects
- 🐛 App fails to connect
- 🐛 Settings changes do not stick
- 🐛 Usage data is unreliable or missing
- 🐛 Schedule feature is broken
OhmPlug
From 958 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Earn money for saving energy
- 🤑 Easy money
- 👍 Simple setup and use
- 🚀 Works flawlessly
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔌 Randomly turns off devices
- 🕰️ Inconsistent scheduling
- 🤖 Buggy app
- 🔍 Difficult to add new devices
Bugs and requests
Bradford White Connect™
Reported bugs
61 issues- App fails to connect
- Usage data has long gaps
- Schedule feature fails to work properly
- Time zone synchronization issue
- Does not understand daylight saving time
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- Cannot adjust temperature in a schedule
- Daily usage section is nonsensical
- App requires restarts due to error code 401
- App lets you adjust target temperature, but it snaps back
- Attempting to set mode also appears not to stick
- App doesn't display current water temperature
- Screens for electricity usage frequently show blank or 'no data available'
- TOU schedule makes heater go into weird modes with no visibility
- Barely displays daily usage
- Shows considerable consumption for a day when power was down
- Monthly consumption shows incorrect values
- Periodic disconnects
- No stats
- Cannot tell how much water was used
- Cannot have multiple schedules
- App disconnects every week
- Does not follow TOU schedule
- Cannot set time zone or adjust for daylight savings
- Save button overlaps end time setting
- Remote control does not work
- Usage statistics are mediocre, appear and disappear
- Daily usage section is nonsensical
- Does not show real-time information
- App requires frequent restarts
- Forgets cost per kWh entry
- Adapter box is painfully unreliable
- App won't tell you if adapter has failed
- App pretends water heater setting changed when it didn't
- Sporadic electrical usage monitoring
- Takes 20 attempts to adjust temperature
- Loses power usage data every few months
- Unable to change modes 50 times
- Device randomly disconnects from the internet
- Cannot reconnect without physical access
- Changing heating mode is buggy, reverts to original
- Rarely worked
- Always lose WiFi connection
- Reconnecting adapter is difficult
- Time of Use works some days, not others
- Scheduling in the app isn't great
- Vacation mode hasn't shown days in months
- Settings early apply to the heater
- App hangs, crashes, fails with no explanation
- Registering a device may take multiple tries
- Current mode change doesn't hold
- App frequently fails to load with authorization error
- Schedule feature is completely unusable
- Utility TOU reports 'Empty Field'
- Cannot save a schedule or choose pre-defined TOU schedule
- Heater stuck in hybrid mode
- Heater drops out of heat pump mode randomly
- Yearly usage view only shows one month
- Electricity cost setting resets
- Schedule feature needs an update
- Cannot create multiple schedules to run on the same day
- App struggles to change heating status and temperature
Requested features
28 requests- Display real-time details (tank temperatures, active elements)
- Schedule specific temperatures for different times
- Ability to 'charge' tank overnight for lower rates
- Display current water temperature
- Show usage data older than 24 hours
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- Allow electric scheduling for more than 2 days
- Improve scheduling interface
- Show temperature sensor data
- Local control APIs for integration
- Allow setting temperature in a schedule
- Visualize TOU schedule
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Show amount of hot water remaining
- Allow setting start and end times for vacation mode
- Provide API for Home Assistant integration
- Allow scheduling during night hours
- Allow multiple schedules per day
- Display current temperature
- Display actual water temperature
- Display hot water remaining
- Display TOU schedule visualization
- Fix schedule and TOU bugs
- Allow scheduling during night hours
- Allow multiple schedules per day
- Alerts for mode changes
- Show vacation mode days
- Allow setting start/end times for vacation mode
OhmPlug
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login/password reset issues
- App crashes when adding devices
- Devices randomly disconnect from WiFi
- Incompatible with 5GHz networks
Requested features
4 requests- Widget for on/off control
- Apple HomeKit integration
- Live power consumption stats
- Dusk-to-dawn timer setting
In-app purchases
Bradford White Connect™
No in-app purchases
OhmPlug
No in-app purchases
Questions
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