Comparison

cState vs GLA Family

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

Head to head
About

cState

Features
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cState is the companion app for Channel 28 radio systems installed on board yachts. It connects to the yacht’s Channel 28 control processor over the on-board network and lists every crew radio handset by number and name. For each handset you can see and change its features at a glance – for example engineering (ENG), stewarding (STE), watch (WAT) and GPS tracking – exactly as configured for that yacht. Changes take effect immediately and are shared with every other device running cState, so the whole crew sees the same, up-to-date picture. Features: β€’ Live view of every radio handset and its feature settings β€’ One-tap switches to turn features on and off β€’ Compact rows on phones; full rows on iPad and larger screens β€’ GPS map showing the position of handsets that have GPS turned on β€’ Primary and optional secondary server, with automatic switch-over β€’ Repeater frequency and escalation settings, where the yacht supports them cState requires a Channel 28 system installed on board. Your Channel 28 engineer can supply the server address for your yacht.

About

GLA Family

Features
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Our users are the customers who attend our offline exhibitions. Our app provides the following features to our customers 1. Information related to the exhibition, including booth location information, on-site photos, videos, exhibitor information, etc. 2. Exhibitor information, displays all information about this exhibitor, and provides a search function 3. Provide minutes of meetings between exhibitors during the exhibition, grades of lateness, absence 4. Other functions related to the exhibition

Screenshots

cState3 screens
GLA Family4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GLA Family at every 2 weeks against cState's every 5 months. GLA Family also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cState ships an update every 5 months, GLA Family every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
cState versus GLA Family: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercStateGLA Family
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB91 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFastMouseShenzhen GLA CO.,LTD

In-app purchases

None

cState

No in-app purchases

None

GLA Family

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cState free?
cState is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GLA Family free?
GLA Family is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do cState or GLA Family have ads?
Neither cState nor GLA Family shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cState or GLA Family?
cState ships an update every 5 months, and GLA Family every 2 weeks. Most recently, cState was updated on November 6, 2026 and GLA Family on November 4, 2026.

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