Zero Homes vs AmpWise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zero Homes
Digitally capture your home by scanning its exterior and interior. The app guides you through creating a floor plan and connecting utility data for accurate savings. Schedule a virtual assessment with an advisor to complete the process and receive a customized report.
- Digital home capture
- Guided scanning tasks
- Automatic floor plan creation
- Utility data connection
- Virtual advisor assessment
- Customized report generation
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The Zero mobile app helps you digitally capture your home. After completing the guided tasks you'll schedule with an advisor to complete an assessment virtually. To get ready for this appointment you'll use the app to: * Scan pictures of the outside of your home, appliances, electric meter, and more. * Scan the interior of your home and automatically create a floor plan * Connect your utility data to ensure accurate savings Once you've scheduled assessment through the app, your assessor will join you on a video call to walk you through the rest of the process. After you're done, you'll get a fully customized report sent to your email.
AmpWise
This app helps California contractors generate code-compliant home electrification plans quickly. It includes tools for load calculations, HVAC sizing, and appliance selection, producing professional reports for homeowners.
- Main panel load calculator
- HVAC sizing estimator
- Appliance picker
- Professional report generation
- Gas and electricity usage graphs
- Code-compliant load calculations
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AmpWise is a powerful home electrification app that enables California-based contractors and building professionals to generate code-compliant home electrification plans in minutes. Top features: * Main panel load calculator * Subpanel load calculator * HVAC sizing estimator * Graphs of gas and electricity usage * Easy-to-use appliance picker * Curated lists of power efficient electric appliances * Professional reports that facilitate bids No more wondering if there’s room on a panel to electrify. After completing a home tour and choosing from a curated list of electrification-friendly appliances, users instantly produce a detailed whole-home electrification plan that is intended to serve as a roadmap for homeowners on their electrification journey. * AmpWise walks you through the process of creating an electrification plan, from homeowner interview to plan generation * Enter nameplate ratings, choose appliances, and instantly view code-compliant load calculations to assess main panel capacity * Upload utility data and automatically receive an HVAC sizing recommendation meant to complement Manual J * Choose new appliances from curated lists in five major categories: heating, water heating, cooking, clothes drying, and car charging. New: fireplaces and pool heaters. * Add load controls to circuits to avoid service line upgrades * Generate detailed, professional reports for homeowners with the click of a button AmpWise makes home electrification easy. Pricing: * Electrification plans for first 5 homes - FREE * Electrification plans for up to 10 homes - $99 * Electrification plans for up to 50 homes - $749 * Individual electrification plan - $20 * 5-plan bundle - $99
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zero Homes at none against AmpWise's 4. Zero Homes also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 1). AmpWise's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. AmpWise sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Zero Homes asks for nothing beyond the download.
AmpWise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zero Homes has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zero Homes | AmpWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zero Home Corporation | Electric Living LLC |
Customer experience
Zero Homes
AmpWise
In-app purchases
Zero Homes
No in-app purchases
AmpWise
- Individual Plan$20.00
- 5-Plan Bundle$99.00
- AmpWise for Small Business$99.00
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- AmpWise for Contractors$749.00
