Bluzone vs Kio Entity Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bluzone
This application allows developers to remotely manage and monitor Bluvision Beacons and BluFis. It facilitates provisioning, configuration, and real-time alerts for device status and policy violations. Visualize historical sensor data and easily identify nearby devices.
- Remote beacon provisioning and configuration
- Real-time device status alerts
- Policy violation notifications
- Historical sensor data visualization
- Scan and identify nearby beacons
- Device location management
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The Bluzone app provides developers the means to provision, configure, and remotely monitor Bluvision Beacons and Blufi's. For use with Bluvision's bluzone.io This app enables remote beacon management from your device and is linked to Bluzone — Bluvision's cloud solution that allows for remote fleet, event and workflow management of your Bluvision beacons and BluFis (Bluvision's Bluetooth to WiFi gateways.) This app helps you: Provision Bluvision Devices: * Create and edit templates to be applied to your devices and keep your fleet properly configured. * Determine and manage the location of your devices * Upload and modify the image of a device (with an image 'Selfie') so you can easily recognize the beacon or BluFi * Know the status of your device(s) at a glance Receive real-time alerts when: * A user-defined policy is violated and get visibility into which beacon(s) are in violation [Note: The policies are defined by you or other users of your account.] * Get historical graphs for beacon's sensor data - temperature, light, and accelerometer values Scan and Identify nearby beacons: * Scan for beacons near use to provision * Identify beacons that have already been provisioned for (Shows you Provisioned beacons and Unknown beacons.) Note: This app only works with Bluvision Bluetooth Beacons and BluFi's. Sold separately Please note that your device needs to be Bluetooth 4.0 compatible. Supported Devices include: * iPhone 4s or Newer * iPod 5 generation or Newer.
Kio Entity Manager
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Kio Entity Manager is a companion administrator app to Kontakt.io's solution-based Kio Apps within the Kio Cloud platform. This app offers a mobile-optimized experience for assigning Kontakt.io BLE Tags and Badges to Entities within the Kio Apps. An Entity is what a Tag is attached to (an asset) or the staff member wearing a Badge. From the Kio Entity app, you can*: • Assign Sticker Tags to mobile or fixed entity types (assets) • Assign Badges to people entity types (staff) • Scan third-party barcodes for quick lookup of entities *Entities must be added and available in your Kio Apps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bluzone at monthly against Kio Entity Manager's every 3 months. Bluzone also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bluzone ships an update monthly, Kio Entity Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bluzone | Kio Entity Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SSI America, Inc. | Kontakt Sp. z o.o. |
In-app purchases
Bluzone
No in-app purchases
Kio Entity Manager
No in-app purchases
Questions
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