BDI by ControlPoint vs Fernhill SCADA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BDI by ControlPoint
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Capture and upload data from our bead integrity testing device, BDI. ControlPoint's BDI app captures data from our BDI bead integrity testing device and transmits it to http://www.jointmanager.com for analysis and archival.
Fernhill SCADA
Access and control industrial systems remotely. View real-time plant states, issue commands, and monitor historical data through graphic pages, trends, and alarm lists. Provides a time-stamped audit trail of events and custom data queries for comprehensive system oversight.
- Remote SCADA server access
- Graphic page display and control
- Historical tag value trends
- Alarm and event list monitoring
- Custom data list queries
- Remote alarm acknowledgment
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Fernhill SCADA is a free SCADA Operator Interface App for your Fernhill SCADA Server(s) providing access to: Graphic pages * Display plant and equipment states * Issue controls (if authorized), navigate between pages and other displays. Trends * See the history of tag values using one or more pens. * Scroll back and forward in time, zoom in, zoom out. Alarm list * See abnormal equipment states from a single list. * Acknowledge alarms remotely (if authorized). Event list * A time-stamped audit-trail of events (equipment state changes, alarms, user actions). Data lists * View custom data queries for example tag lists, PLC status lists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fernhill SCADA at monthly against BDI by ControlPoint's every 4 months. Fernhill SCADA also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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.
BDI by ControlPoint ships an update every 4 months, Fernhill SCADA monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BDI by ControlPoint | Fernhill SCADA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ControlPoint | Fernhill Software Ltd |
In-app purchases
BDI by ControlPoint
No in-app purchases
Fernhill SCADA
No in-app purchases
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