Comparison

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue vs ThinManager Client (TMC)

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

ThinManager Client (TMC)

Features
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The ThinManager Client application, also known as TMC, is a mobility must for ThinManager customers and users. TMC allows your mobile device to become a ThinManager managed device operating in your environment like a thin client terminal. ThinManager Client offers the most secure way to control content delivery to a mobile device without storing any content on that device, eliminating potential risk of stolen intellectual property. Features Include: · User Authenticated Content Delivery · Resolver Authenticated Content Delivery o Bluetooth o WIFI o GPS o QR Codes · Content Tiling · Shadowing · And much more ThinManager Client is the updated application of the original iTMC application that supports older versions of ThinManager.

Screenshots

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue4 screens
ThinManager Client (TMC)2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Endress+Hauser SmartBlue at every 2 months against ThinManager Client (TMC)'s every 5 months. Endress+Hauser SmartBlue also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 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

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, ThinManager Client (TMC) every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue versus ThinManager Client (TMC): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEndress+Hauser SmartBlueThinManager Client (TMC)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEndress and Hauser Instruments International AGRockwell Automation

In-app purchases

None

Endress+Hauser SmartBlue

No in-app purchases

None

ThinManager Client (TMC)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Endress+Hauser SmartBlue free?
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThinManager Client (TMC) free?
ThinManager Client (TMC) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Endress+Hauser SmartBlue or ThinManager Client (TMC) have ads?
Neither Endress+Hauser SmartBlue nor ThinManager Client (TMC) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Endress+Hauser SmartBlue or ThinManager Client (TMC)?
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue ships an update every 2 months, and ThinManager Client (TMC) every 5 months. Most recently, Endress+Hauser SmartBlue was updated on September 8, 2026 and ThinManager Client (TMC) on September 16, 2026.

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