TEC Gauge vs HouseRater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEC Gauge
This app allows wireless control and display of pressure gauge readings. Capture, store, and share data in various formats via email or cloud services. It offers features for blower door and duct testing, including code compliance results and airflow unit selection.
- Wireless control of pressure gauges
- Capture, store, and share readings
- Display readings in multiple formats
- Blower door and duct testing features
- Code compliance results display
- Airflow unit selection
- Combustion safety testing tool
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TEC Gauge is TEC's mobile app that provides wireless control and display of your DG-1000, DG-700 or DG-8 pressure gauge. The app’s Capture feature lets you store and share readings from your gauge using email or cloud sharing apps installed on your mobile device (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox). Readings can be displayed in a variety of widely recognized formats. Features: • Wireless communication with a DG-1000 gauge using either Bluetooth or WiFi. • Wireless WiFi communication with a DG-700 gauge along with a WiFi Link adapter. • Wireless communication with a DG-8 gauge using Bluetooth. • Easy to use cruise control for your blower door and duct testing fans. • Baseline feature for quick building and duct airtightness evaluation. • Displays airflow values for all TEC devices (DG-1000 and DG-700 only). • Choice of code compliance results right on the screen, including ACH50, Flow@25, 50 and 75 Pa, and Flow per 100 square feet. • Choice of airflow units (cfm, l/s, m³/h) . • Pitot Velocity mode with units in fpm or m/s (DG-1000 and DG-700 only). • Great tool for combustion safety testing. • Capture feature allows you to store and share readings from your gauge. Captured readings can be labeled, sorted, and shared using file sharing apps on you mobile device. Captured readings can be shared in either text or xml formats.
HouseRater
This app streamlines energy program management for utilities and raters. It collects extensive data on homes to generate consulting reports and aid in quality control inspections. The tool helps provide accurate energy simulations and monitor compliance with building codes and rating systems.
- Energy program management
- Data collection for homes
- Consulting report generation
- On-site quality control inspections
- Real-time data capture
- Energy efficiency suggestions
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HouseRater is modern energy program management software for utilities, raters, and providers. We capture and store over 1,200 data points for each house and use that information to generate timely consulting reports for builders. Use your iPad to collect data in realtime while performing on-site quality control inspections. This mobile app allows RFI's to collect HERS Rating information, and energy efficiency consulting suggestions faster and more accurately when in the field. Your rating company can provide more accurate energy simulations from the on-site data. HouseRater combines on-site information and energy modeling data to monitor building code compliance, utility company rebates and the RESNET HERS Rating. This mobile app requires an active HouseRater web app account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HouseRater at every 3 weeks against TEC Gauge's every 2 months. TEC Gauge's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 5.0 for TEC Gauge against 5.0 for HouseRater. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TEC Gauge ships an update every 2 months, HouseRater every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEC Gauge | HouseRater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The Energy Conservatory | HouseRater LLC |
Customer experience
TEC Gauge
HouseRater
In-app purchases
TEC Gauge
No in-app purchases
HouseRater
No in-app purchases








