MyDrive Connect vs BMS Startup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyDrive Connect
This app provides comprehensive control and monitoring for VLT Wireless Communication Panels. It allows for easy commissioning, operation, and maintenance of drives, offering real-time status messages, alarm notifications, and parameter management. Visualize drive behavior with graphs and share log details for efficient troubleshooting.
- Commissioning, operation, and maintenance
- Access status messages, menus, and alarms
- Visualize drive behavior with graphs
- Real-time error message notifications
- Store and copy drive parameters
- Share log details for support
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MyDrive® Connect communicates with VLT® Wireless Communication Panel LCP 103, offers full access to the drive making it easier to perform commissioning, operation, monitoring and maintenance tasks. There, status messages, start-up menus and alarm/warning events can be accessed. Additionally, data can be visualized using graphs documenting the behavior of a drive over time. Utilizing the active point-to-point wireless connection, maintenance personnel can receive real-time error messages via the app to ensure a quick response to potential issues and reduce downtime. Copies of the drive parameters can be stored, either to the internal memory of VLT® Wireless Communication Panel LCP 103 or to your smart device using the advanced LCP copy function. Log details can be shared from the app, so that the service team can provide relevant support for troubleshooting.
BMS Startup
This application simplifies the pre-commissioning of new building controllers. It allows for portable access and sharing of IO configurations, pushing them to controllers via BLE technology. The app also provides automatic digital reporting with live point-value readings and real-time project tracking.
- Portable IO configuration access and sharing
- BLE technology for pushing configurations
- Multi-user support
- Automatic digital reporting
- Live point-value readings
- Real-time project progress tracking
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Our App streamlines the pre-commissioning of our new building controllers. Portable and Early Check Out Access to and sharing of IO configurations via smart devices (phones or tablets) Utilizes BLE technology to push IO configurations to empty controllers. Facilitates multi-user support Automatic Digital Reporting Live point-value readings, test results and remote reports on check out progress and status Accurate Project Tracking Real-time visibility of project progress
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BMS Startup at 3.0 against MyDrive Connect's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
BMS Startup holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
MyDrive Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, BMS Startup every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyDrive Connect | BMS Startup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Danfoss A/S | Honeywell International, Inc. |
Customer experience
MyDrive Connect
BMS Startup
In-app purchases
MyDrive Connect
No in-app purchases
BMS Startup
No in-app purchases
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