Free, 15 minutes, no pressure. Founding price $7,995 installed for the first 10 Dallas homes.
Insurer-approved hardware
Insurance discount eligible
60 day money back
Local, licensed, and insured
Why this matters
Your water is costing you two ways. Most people only find out the hard way.
The slow one
It wears your home down quietly
Dallas water runs hard and full of chlorine. It scales up your pipes and water heater, kills your appliances years early, and dries out your skin and hair. You pay for it a little every month, and you never see the bill.
The sudden one
And one leak can cost you a fortune
A burst line or a failed water heater is the most expensive claim a home can have. The average runs about $14,000, and far more when nobody is home. Your Ring tells you. Your Nest tells you. Neither one shuts the water off.
5xmore likely than a fire or theft claim
$14,000the average water damage claim
30 secfor our system to shut the water off
How it works
One system. Both problems. Off your plate.
1
We put it in
Whole-home filtration and softening for clean, soft water at every tap, plus a smart shutoff valve and sensors on your main line. A licensed plumber, about half a day, nothing for you to figure out.
2
The app keeps watch
One simple app shows your water quality, your usage, and your pipes, around the clock. You see it working, and you see your home looked after even when you travel.
3
It steps in before damage
If a leak starts, the system shuts your water off in seconds, calls you, texts your contact, and sends a plumber. You hear about it from a text that says it is already handled.
It is not a subscription stapled to a plumbing job. It is the part that watches your home every single day so a leak never becomes a flood. Cancel any time.
Want clean water first and protection later? Ask about the filtration only system. You can add protection any time.
Our promise
You carry none of the risk.
Your water is cleaner and softer within 30 days, or you get your money back. And if a covered leak ever gets past the system, we pay your insurance deductible up to $1,000. The risk sits on us, not you.
Why we built it
Water damage should be impossible to miss.
A water heater failed in a home we cared about and did thousands of dollars of damage before anyone noticed. The water ran for an hour. Every part needed to catch it already existed. No one had combined them with software that actually acts on what it sees, so we did.
Today, Better Apps Home installs and monitors that system for homeowners across Dallas. Licensed installation, monitoring around the clock, and a guarantee that keeps the risk on us, not you.
Better Apps Home · Dallas, Texas
Questions people ask me at the door
Your water hurts you two ways. Slowly, with hard, chlorinated water wearing the house down, and suddenly, with a leak. One system and one app handle both. It is cheaper and simpler than buying them separately, and there is only one person to call.
Compared to what. One leak averages about $14,000, and hard water quietly kills a water heater that costs around $2,000 to replace. Your insurance discount covers part of it. It is $1,000 to start, fully refundable, not the whole thing today.
That is exactly when it matters most. The system shuts the water off on its own, calls you, and texts your emergency contact, then a plumber is sent. You come home to a dry house and a text, not a flood.
Everything is in writing, the $1,000 deposit is fully refundable until we install, the hardware is industry standard, and you get a 60 day money back guarantee plus my direct cell. The risk sits on me, not you. That is on purpose.
There is a two week learning period, a manual override in the app, and a line you can reach any time that restores flow in under a minute. The worst case is water off for a few minutes. The other direction costs $14,000.
You can. A do it yourself filter will not soften your water, will not protect you from a burst pipe, has no app, and you install and service it yourself. We handle all of it, soften and filter every tap, and protect the house too.
Many carriers - including Travelers, Nationwide, and Liberty Mutual - give a discount, often 5 to 13 percent, for a smart shutoff valve, and we hand you the paperwork to file for it. Over a few years the discount pays back a good chunk of the system, on top of the appliances the soft water saves.
Clean water and leak protection is a selling point on your listing, and the whole system stays with the home for the buyer. It adds value. It is not money you lose.
Start with a free water test.
I test your water for hardness and chlorine, check your main line, and leave you a written report to keep. No cost, no pressure. You will know exactly where your home stands.
