Comparison

Public Mobile vs Hearth Home

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

Head to head
About

Public Mobile

This app offers a 5G wireless subscription service with self-service account management. Activate your service, manage plans, track usage, and earn rewards. Get 24/7 online support for all your mobile needs.

Highlights
  • 5G subscription phone service
  • eSIM activation
  • Self-service account management
  • Plan usage tracking
  • Rewards program
  • Refer-a-friend savings
  • 24/7 online support
Features
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Welcome to different. Public Mobile is a wireless subscription service that does mobility differently. Sign up for Canada's first 5G subscription phone service in a few simple steps. With the Public Mobile app, you're in control. Activate in minutes with eSIM along with an eSIM compatible device and choose from 5G speed plans and unlimited data on Canada's largest network. Manage your own account with easy, self-service features in the app. Just like your other subscription services set it and forget it. Download the Public Mobile app for free to get started. Subscribe with a few quick clicks in the app: • Select and activate your subscription • Save with a 90 day subscription • Purchase and activate your eSIM or SIM card • You can keep your phone number when you subscribe to Public Mobile. Manage your plan anywhere, anytime with My Account: • Manage your subscription • Track your plan usage • Purchase add-ons Earn points that save you money with our Rewards program: • Check rewards balance • Redeem your points • Refer-a-friend to share savings Skip the wait time with 24/7 online solutions: • Access virtual support at your fingertips • Find answers and ask questions Download the Public Mobile App now. Learn more at publicmobile.ca

About

Hearth Home

Features
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Your home finally has a manual. You got the keys. Nobody handed you the instruction booklet. Hearth is the quiet manual for your home — it knows what to do, and when. Snap a photo of the label on your furnace, water heater, or AC. Hearth reads the model, pulls the specs, and builds a simple maintenance schedule tuned to your specific systems. Then it nudges you when something's actually due — never sooner — and walks you through it, five minutes at a time. Built for people who'd rather spend Saturday outside than scrolling YouTube tutorials. HOW IT WORKS Snap it — Photograph the label. Hearth identifies the system and fills in the specs. Get a plan — A maintenance cadence spread sensibly across the year. Get nudged — One friendly reminder when a task is genuinely due. Get it done — Step-by-step instructions with the exact materials you need. WHAT YOU GET Photo-based setup — snap a label, skip the data entry Plain-language walkthroughs for your exact system Ask Hearth anything — it knows your model and your situation Right materials, one tap — filters, fittings, and batteries, pre-sized A living home record — every system and service date, kept in one place Calendar export to Google, Apple, or any app that speaks .ics Multi-home support — cabin, rental, in-laws' place, switch with a tap Share with a partner — you both see the same plan, either can mark it done Weather-aware tasks that wait for the right season Pro handoff — when a job's bigger than a weekend, Hearth helps you brief a pro YOUR HOME, YOUR RECORDS Hearth never sells your data and never shares it with insurers or third parties. Your home record stays yours — and you can delete it in one tap. Five minutes to set up. Quietly there forever. Become the kind of homeowner you meant to be.

Screenshots

Public Mobile4 screens
Hearth Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

Public Mobile and Hearth Home are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Public Mobile versus Hearth Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPublic MobileHearth Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (245 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings245 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTELUS Communications Inc.MATTHEW PAUL MCCAUSLAND

Bugs and requests

Public Mobile

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Activation issues
  • Logging in problems
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable service
  • Billing and payment issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Wifi calling
  • Support for iPad/tablets
  • Improve customer service access

Hearth Home

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Public Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Hearth Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Public Mobile free?
Public Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hearth Home free?
Hearth Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Public Mobile or Hearth Home have ads?
Neither Public Mobile nor Hearth Home shows ads.

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