Hypervolt vs myHarvey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypervolt
Unlock the full potential of your smart home charger. This app allows you to manage charging sessions, reduce electricity costs, and monitor your energy expenditure. Optimize your charging experience and save money.
- Smart charging management
- Bill minimization
- Spending tracking
- Energy expenditure monitoring
- Unlock full charger power
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The Hypervolt App is the perfect companion for your Hypervolt Home smart charger! With Hypervolt, you can unlock the full power of smart charging, minimize your bills, track your spending, and more!
myHarvey
Monitor your connected water softener in real-time, receive notifications for salt levels, and easily reorder salt directly through the app. Enjoy smart, reliable, and eco-friendly water softening solutions for your home.
- Real-time salt level monitoring
- Salt level notifications
- In-app salt reordering
- Smart home integration
- Eco-friendly design information
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The myHarvey app has been developed alongside the UK’s next generation connected water softeners, providing smart home solutions that are reliable and easy-to-use. The main benefits • The app displays a simple dashboard allowing real time monitoring of salt levels • Notifications can be sent directly to your device, to advise you when more salt needs adding • You can reorder salt directly from the app – in just a few clicks The Harvey team have been water softening experts since 1988. Their latest range of next generation water softeners are all designed and manufactured in the UK offering: • The smallest twin cylinder (non-electric) water softening systems on the market • Uniquely curved lighter salt blocks – making it easier to load salt • Eco-friendly designs - the cabinet typically use 38% less plastic (62% of which is recycled) Smart, hassle-free solutions for your home and family - softened water, all day every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hypervolt at 75% against myHarvey's 23%. Hypervolt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Hypervolt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Hypervolt's written reviews are positive against 23% of myHarvey's.
Hypervolt ships an update every 2 weeks, myHarvey every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypervolt | myHarvey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better | 23.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hypervolt Limited | Harvey Water Softeners Ltd |
Customer experience
Hypervolt
myHarvey
User reviews
Hypervolt
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🚀 Responsive and fast
- 💡 Schedule charging improved
- 📊 Good cost analysis
- ✨ Customizable LED colors
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app performance
- ⚠️ Intermittent charging issues
- 🔌 Charger fails to wake car
- 🔒 Unable to lock/unlock charger
- 📉 Reports not exportable
myHarvey
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works as it should
- 👍 Great app, nicely done and quick to install
- 👍 Engineer was amazingly thorough and on time
- 👍 App is a useful addition, works well
- 👍 Simple and easy, sends salt reminders
Room to improve
- 🐛 Does not do the one job it should
- 🐛 Inaccurately shows salt status, fails notifications
- 🐛 Poor app, fails to connect
- 🐛 Useless, does not work
- 🐛 Only connects to basic WiFi, password issues
Bugs and requests
Hypervolt
Reported bugs
18 issues- Latest version does not allow export of reports
- App shows 'waiting for solar' message when no solar
- Analytics screen duplicates oldest record
- Unable to lock charger (stuck 'pending')
- Disconnected charger, cannot reconnect
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- Not letting me create a new account
- Stopped working after last update
- App no longer connects to charger
- App says 'no charging available' while charging
- Every feature says 'try again later'
- No connection to LED lights or settings
- Back to energy tariff not working
- Plug and charge not working
- Lock option doesn't work
- Schedule charging - loss of KW calculation
- App goes offline, requires restart
- Cloud-based charger issues
- App doesn't show change in status when stopping/starting charging
Requested features
17 requests- Widgets for live data
- More LED customization
- More tariff compatibility
- iOS shortcuts/Siri integration
- YouTube video guide
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- Option for standby instead of Eco
- More detailed charging rate graphs
- Ability to set max Amps per session
- Select charge mode per session
- Improve Amazon Echo integration
- Add Alexa integration for Australia
- Ability to add more tariffs (AUD)
- Change currency to AUD
- Error version checking on app update
- Up to 4 tariffs per energy plan
- Set percentage to charge to
- More LED effects
myHarvey
Reported bugs
97 issues- Salt tablet statuses inaccurate, fails to send timely notifications
- App stopped working since Dec 2025, no refresh or notifications
- App connection issues, does not link with iLid
- App does not work, cannot connect to iLid
- Connection to smart lid doesn't work, no troubleshooting
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- App appears broken, no warnings
- Lack of compatibility with Apple password manager
- App doesn't connect to WiFi, not designed well
- Problems connecting, error messages like 'aylacontrol:'
- App stopped working, no refresh or notifications
- App connection issues, does not link with iLid
- App does not work, cannot connect to iLid
- Connection to smart lid doesn't work, no troubleshooting
- App appears broken, no warnings
- Lack of compatibility with Apple password manager
- App doesn't connect to WiFi, not designed well
- Problems connecting, error messages like 'aylacontrol:'
- App crashes on iPhone
- Notifications stopped working
- App doesn't work, won't connect
- Not able to register, connection issues with ayla cloud platform
- Frustrating, cannot connect to WiFi, error message 'aylacontrol:'
- App doesn't work, inaccurate status, last updated date incorrect
- App is useless, cannot connect lid
- Can't connect to device, directions don't match hardware
- Very bad, glitchy, WiFi connection dropped, error changing WiFi
- Dreadful, cannot get lid to connect after battery change
- Terrible experience, can't connect to app, no follow-up
- App is terrible, broken, won't reliably connect
- What a disappointment, lid doesn't work, no engineer visits for lid problems
- Inconsistent app, lid open notifications, cannot connect to i-Lid
- Log in issues, incorrect details
- Worst application, never updates
- Notifications not working, salt level sensing inaccurate
- Won't let me login or reset password, code mismatch
- Does not work at all, cannot connect to iLid
- Poor app, takes too long to connect, gets stuck at WiFi section
- Cannot connect app to WiFi, stopped working, app not updated since June 2023
- Does not connect to ilid, error message 'aylacontrol:'
- Awful, keeps restarting, won't add softener
- App periodically logs out user account
- Awful app, no notifications, pointless
- Simple but rarely updates with current salt levels
- Completely inaccurate display of salt levels
- Crashes when trying to connect
- App barely ever works, never updates
- Hardly ever updates, so pretty useless
- Useless so far, set-up doesn't work, green light not in instructions
- Sign-up needs improvements, password policy incompatible with Apple password manager, cannot copy-paste password
- Not getting lid off warnings, app doesn't show lid off symbol
- Cannot order more salt, error page 'something went wrong. What happened? You are not authorised to use Multipass login'
- App not sending notifications, has stopped working after phone change
- Unable to connect, poor after sales service, customer service never calls back
- Don’t bother, doesn’t connect to any device or internet
- Inconsistent app, lid open notifications, cannot connect to i-Lid
- App could be better, lid open notifications cannot be turned off
- App periodically logs out user account
- App crashes on iPhone
- Notifications stopped working
- App doesn't work, won't connect
- Not able to register, connection issues with ayla cloud platform
- Frustrating, cannot connect to WiFi, error message 'aylacontrol:'
- App doesn't work, inaccurate status, last updated date incorrect
- App is useless, cannot connect lid
- Can't connect to device, directions don't match hardware
- Very bad, glitchy, WiFi connection dropped, error changing WiFi
- Dreadful, cannot get lid to connect after battery change
- Terrible experience, can't connect to app, no follow-up
- App is terrible, broken, won't reliably connect
- What a disappointment, lid doesn't work, no engineer visits for lid problems
- Inconsistent app, lid open notifications, cannot connect to i-Lid
- Log in issues, incorrect details
- Worst application, never updates
- Notifications not working, salt level sensing inaccurate
- Won't let me login or reset password, code mismatch
- Does not work at all, cannot connect to iLid
- Poor app, takes too long to connect, gets stuck at WiFi section
- Cannot connect app to WiFi, stopped working, app not updated since June 2023
- Does not connect to ilid, error message 'aylacontrol:'
- Awful, keeps restarting, won't add softener
- App periodically logs out user account
- Awful app, no notifications, pointless
- Simple but rarely updates with current salt levels
- Completely inaccurate display of salt levels
- Crashes when trying to connect
- App barely ever works, never updates
- Hardly ever updates, so pretty useless
- Useless so far, set-up doesn't work, green light not in instructions
- Sign-up needs improvements, password policy incompatible with Apple password manager, cannot copy-paste password
- Not getting lid off warnings, app doesn't show lid off symbol
- Cannot order more salt, error page 'something went wrong. What happened? You are not authorised to use Multipass login'
- App not sending notifications, has stopped working after phone change
- Unable to connect, poor after sales service, customer service never calls back
- Don’t bother, doesn’t connect to any device or internet
- Inconsistent app, lid open notifications, cannot connect to i-Lid
- App could be better, lid open notifications cannot be turned off
- App periodically logs out user account
Requested features
14 requests- Add history of salt consumption
- Add feature to track salt level weekly
- Port to Home Assistant for integration
- Local level integration for Home Assistant
- Add Apple Pay at checkout
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- Track water usage and salt consumption
- Automated salt ordering
- Improve password manager compatibility
- Add Face ID/Touch ID login
- Turn off lid open notifications from app
- Web API for home automation integration
- Allow password saving to Apple Password Manager
- Improve sign-up process, allow copy-paste of password
- Add HomeKit integration
In-app purchases
Hypervolt
No in-app purchases
myHarvey
No in-app purchases
