Brightlayer Home vs Kind Water View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brightlayer Home
Monitor and control your home's power usage with smart breakers and wiring devices. Gain energy insights, set schedules for cost savings, and receive important notifications. Manage connected devices remotely and enhance security with features like vacation mode.
- Real-time energy insights
- Historical energy usage data
- Customizable energy-saving schedules
- Remote device control
- Out-of-ordinary activity notifications
- Vacation mode for security
- Voice control integration
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The Brightlayer Home app works with Eaton smart breakers and wiring devices. Easily view power usage, control connected devices remotely and make more informed energy decisions. • Energy insights- Better understand energy usage inside the home with real-time and historical insights • Cost savings- Create schedules and scenes to fit your daily routine and to save energy. • Stay up to date- Receive notifications of out of the ordinary activities • Flexible load control- Easily connect Eaton smart home technologies to manage and control energy usage • Added security- Vacation mode turns lights on and off randomly to make seem like someone is home • Voice Control – Pair with Amazon Alexa or Google Home to use voice commands
Kind Water View
This app allows users to easily monitor and control their water treatment system. View valve settings, track water usage, and initiate system cycles remotely. It also provides access to dealer information and system diagnostics.
- View valve settings and status
- Change valve settings remotely
- Monitor current water usage
- Graphical water usage display
- Initiate regeneration/backwash cycles
- Access dealer information
- Update valve firmware
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Kind Water View makes setting up and monitoring your water treatment system easier than ever! When used with a Kind Water View valve, the user, through the app, can do the following functions: - Conveniently view all valve settings and status. - Easily change valve settings. - View current water usage information. - Graphically view water usage information. - Start a regeneration or backwash cycle from your phone or tablet. - Set / view the servicing water treatment dealer information. - Better understand how your system is working and understand what settings are for. - Connect to all of your valves in your system (if they are all Kind Water View Valves). - Update firmware - Manage your connection to your valves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Brightlayer Home at 2.6K against Kind Water View's 61. Brightlayer Home also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Kind Water View's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Brightlayer Home against 4.6 for Kind Water View. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brightlayer Home has 2.6K ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brightlayer Home ships an update every 3 weeks, Kind Water View every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brightlayer Home | Kind Water View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eaton Corporation | Purview Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Brightlayer Home
Kind Water View
Bugs and requests
Brightlayer Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Schedules randomly disappearing
- Devices disconnecting from WiFi
- App login issues and account creation problems
- Incompatibility with certain WiFi routers
Requested features
4 requests- Add advanced scheduling options (e.g. if-then rules)
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Integrate with popular smart home platforms (e.g. Alexa, Google Home)
- Add support for more device types (e.g. EV chargers)
Kind Water View
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brightlayer Home
No in-app purchases
Kind Water View
No in-app purchases
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