Cove Connect vs Front Row
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cove Connect
Manage your Cove smart home system remotely and stay informed about any activity. Receive real-time notifications to ensure your home's security and convenience, no matter where you are.
- Remote system control
- Activity notifications
- Anywhere access
- Home security monitoring
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Control your Cove system from anywhere and receive notifications of activity.
Front Row
This app connects residents with their homes, buildings, and communities. It allows for submitting maintenance requests, booking amenities, receiving package notifications, and accessing building information.
- Submit maintenance requests
- Book amenities
- Package notifications
- Mobile access
- Building announcements
- Access building information
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Welcome to Front Row, the smart resident app that brings your home, building, and community together in one simple place. Submit maintenance requests, book amenities, get package notifications, unlock common areas or your suite with mobile access where enabled, receive building announcements, and access building information and key contacts. Download the app and sign in using the invitation or credentials provided by your building.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cove Connect at none against Front Row's shown. Cove Connect also leads on ratings volume (4.8K vs 4) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.4 for Cove Connect against 4.5 for Front Row. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cove Connect has 4.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cove Connect ships an update fortnightly, Front Row every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cove Connect | Front Row |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (4.8K ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 369 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cove Smart, LLC | Grata Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
Cove Connect
Front Row
Bugs and requests
Cove Connect
Reported bugs
5 issues- App constantly prompting for updates with no actual update available
- Sensors not showing up on the main screen
- Inability to toggle notifications or chimes for sensors
- Sensor names and types resetting randomly
- Login issues and app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- Improved camera integration
- More detailed activity logging
- Ability to rename sensors
- Dark mode option
- Alexa/Google Home integration
Front Row
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cove Connect
No in-app purchases
Front Row
No in-app purchases
