Open Kitchen vs Tricon Homes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Kitchen
This app integrates connected kitchen equipment, energy management, and food safety checklists for commercial facilities. It uses patented analytics to optimize equipment performance, maintain comfortable temperatures, and find cost-saving opportunities.
- Connected kitchen equipment integration
- Energy and HVAC management
- Food safety checklists
- Equipment performance analytics
- Space temperature monitoring
- Savings opportunity identification
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Open Kitchen is the leading application that combines connected kitchen equipment, energy and HVAC management, and food safety checklists. Open Kitchen applies patented analytics to better manage equipment performance, ensure comfortable space temperatures, and identify savings opportunities for portfolios of small commercial facilities. Open Kitchen or ConnetWare hardware is required for some features.
Tricon Homes
Manage your home remotely by controlling your thermostat and smart lock. Submit and track maintenance requests, view your financial ledger, and pay rent directly through the app.
- Thermostat control
- Smart lock management
- Maintenance request creation
- Technician tracking
- Rent payment
- Ledger activity viewing
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With the Tricon Homes App, residents can: - manage their thermostat - manage their smart lock - manage their maintenance requests - create maintenance requests - view maintenance requests - track technicians progress en route - pay rent - view ledger activity
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tricon Homes at every 3 weeks against Open Kitchen's every 7 months. Tricon Homes also leads on ratings volume (8.3K vs 1). Open Kitchen's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricon Homes has 8.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Open Kitchen ships an update every 7 months, Tricon Homes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Kitchen | Tricon Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (8.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 12.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 233 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Powerhouse Dynamics, Inc. | Tricon Residential |
Customer experience
Open Kitchen
Tricon Homes
Bugs and requests
Open Kitchen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tricon Homes
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and session expiration
- Thermostat not syncing properly
- Smart home features not working
- Maintenance requests not getting processed
- Payment processing problems
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Programmable thermostat
- Ability to make partial payments
In-app purchases
Open Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Tricon Homes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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