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.
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.
- 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
ThinManager Client (TMC)
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Endress+Hauser SmartBlue | ThinManager Client (TMC) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Endress and Hauser Instruments International AG | Rockwell Automation |
In-app purchases
Endress+Hauser SmartBlue
No in-app purchases
ThinManager Client (TMC)
No in-app purchases
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