Comparison

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue vs XForms Cx Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue

This tool enables wireless configuration of field devices via Bluetooth, offering mobile access to diagnostics and process information. It ensures secure data transmission for efficient field device configuration and maintenance, even in challenging environments.

Highlights
  • Wireless field device configuration
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Mobile access to diagnostics
  • Process information access
  • Secure data transmission
  • Support for various Endress+Hauser devices
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SmartBlue - the configuration Tool from Endress+Hauser SmartBlue from Endress+Hauser allows easy wireless field device configuration (via Bluetooth). SmartBlue saves time due to mobile access to diagnostics and process information even in hazardous and hard to reach areas. With its secure data transmission, reviewed by Fraunhofer Institute, it is the perfect tool for field device configuration and maintenance. List of supported Endress+Hauser devices: • Micropilot: FMR10 and FMR20 • Micropilot: FMR20/30B • Micropilot: FMR5x and FMR6x (requires BT10 Adapter) • Micropilot: FMR6xB • Micropilot: Compact FMR43 • Levelflex: FMP5x (requires BT10 Adapter) • Liquiphant: FTL51B (requires Bluetooth Option) • Liquiphant: FTL43 • Gammapilot: FMG50 • Cerabar/Deltabar: 5xB/7xB • Cerabar: PMx43 • Picomag • Promag 800 • Promag 10 and Promass 10 • Liquiline Compact CM82 • Liquiline Mobile CML18 • Liquiline CM42B • iTEMP: TMT7x • iTEMP: TMT142B • FieldEdge: SGC200 • FieldPort: SWA50

About

XForms Cx Mobile

Features
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XForms Cx Mobile is the mobile application component of XForms built specifically for construction commissioning projects. With the app (which can run in both online and offline/airplane modes), your field crews can: - Pick a device/equipment from a list of system codes, from a list of device types, or by using the global search feature - Complete the commissioning forms assigned to a specific device - % complete calculations are automatically calculated for each commissioned device as forms are submitted - Submit a completed form or save a form as draft for completion later - View completed forms from a dashboard - Sync offline data The mobile application can run in both online mode and in offline/airplane mode. Assigned forms can contain list boxes, pre-populated fields, table grids, signatures, and photo fields with draw layer on top. All data collected can also be extracted programmatically via the XForms APIs and inserted into other software tools.

Screenshots

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue4 screens
XForms Cx Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue and XForms Cx Mobile are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue ships an update every 2 months, XForms Cx Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue versus XForms Cx Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEndress+Hauser SmartBlueXForms Cx Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEndress and Hauser Instruments International AGXForms LLC

In-app purchases

None

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue

No in-app purchases

None

XForms Cx Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Endress+Hauser SmartBlue free?
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is XForms Cx Mobile free?
XForms Cx Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Endress+Hauser SmartBlue or XForms Cx Mobile have ads?
Neither Endress+Hauser SmartBlue nor XForms Cx Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Endress+Hauser SmartBlue or XForms Cx Mobile?
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue ships an update every 2 months, and XForms Cx Mobile every 3 months. Most recently, Endress+Hauser SmartBlue was updated on September 8, 2026 and XForms Cx Mobile on September 14, 2026.

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