Comparison

HomeWAV vs urvote

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

Head to head
About

HomeWAV

Connect with incarcerated loved ones through phone calls, video calls, and messaging. Manage funds, schedule visits, and receive notifications when they are available. This app facilitates communication and connection with inmates.

Highlights
  • Create free account
  • Add and manage inmate contacts
  • Manage funds and payment information
  • Initiate phone and video calls
  • Send messages to inmates
  • Schedule onsite and remote visits
  • Receive inmate login notifications
Features
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HomeWAV Mobile App Features: - New to HomeWAV? Create a free account. - Returning visitor? Login with your username and password. - Fully registered and approved visitors will be able to choose the facility and add inmate. - See available funds, add funds or transfer funds. - Add, update or change credit/debit information. - Only pay for the minutes you use. No plans or packages. - Once logged in, the inmate will see you are available and can initiated a phone call, video call or message (*If allowed by facility). - Visitor will receive notification once inmate is logged in. - Easily schedule onsite visits (*If allowed by facility). - No scheduling required for remote video visitations. For best results, a WIFI connection and use of headset are suggested. Note: Not available at all facilities. Phone and video costs will vary.

About

urvote

Encourage civic participation by sending personalized text messages to your contacts. Choose from a library of templates to inform and motivate friends and family about elections and important issues. Your messages are sent individually, ensuring a personal touch.

Highlights
  • Personalized text message outreach
  • Curated civic message templates
  • Contact group organization
  • Campaign tracking
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) support
  • No account required
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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The people making decisions that affect your life vote in every election. urvote helps you make sure the people in your life do too. urvote helps you reach the people in your contacts with personalized, one-to-one text messages that inform and encourage civic participation. No blast texts. No political robocalls. Just real messages, from you, to people you actually know. How it works: Browse a library of curated civic message templates — covering voter registration, election readiness, and the issues that bring people to the polls. Select a template, personalize the message body, choose your recipients, and send. iOS delivers each message individually through your own Messages app, one at a time. Every recipient gets a personal text from you, not a form letter or group blast. Key features: * Template Library — Curated civic templates across awareness, readiness, and election-day stages. Written to motivate, not manipulate. * Contact Groups — Organize your contacts into named groups — neighbors, coworkers, family — and reuse them across campaigns. * Personalized Messaging — Every message is personalized with the recipient's first name and your custom signature, automatically. * Campaign Tracking — Privately track how many messages you've sent, to whom, and resume paused campaigns at any time. * Bilingual — Full English and Spanish support, including civic templates in both languages. * No account required — urvote works entirely from your device. No sign-up, no login, no cloud. Privacy, by design: urvote does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. Your contacts, messages, and groups never leave your device. The app has no third-party analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, and no third-party SDKs. The only network activity is downloading updated message templates from urvote.org — no user data is sent during that process. Your outreach. Your contacts. Your phone. That's it.

Screenshots

HomeWAV4 screens
urvote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: urvote at 5.0 against HomeWAV's 3.8. urvote also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). HomeWAV's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 2) and chart position (#145 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

urvote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeWAV has 11K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeWAV ships an update every 5 weeks, urvote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
HomeWAV versus urvote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeWAVurvote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#145 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHomeWAVJeffrey Smith

Customer experience

HomeWAV

All ratings11,131 ratings
Positive68.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive8.4%
Neutral9.7%
Negative81.9%

urvote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HomeWAV

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App frequently logs users out unexpectedly
  • Video calls often freeze or disconnect
  • Inability to receive notifications of incoming calls

Requested features

3 requests
  • Keep users logged in to avoid constant re-logins
  • Improve video/audio quality and reliability
  • Provide more affordable pricing options

urvote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HomeWAV

No in-app purchases

None

urvote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeWAV free?
HomeWAV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is urvote free?
urvote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomeWAV or urvote?
urvote is rated higher. HomeWAV averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while urvote averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do HomeWAV or urvote have ads?
Neither HomeWAV nor urvote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeWAV or urvote?
HomeWAV ships an update every 5 weeks, and urvote every 2 weeks. Most recently, HomeWAV was updated on October 24, 2026 and urvote on October 16, 2026.

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