Ecatcher Mobile vs StrideLinx Portal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ecatcher Mobile
Monitor machine status and performance remotely with live KPI and alarm data from Ewon Flexy routers. Securely access HMIs from various automation vendors via your mobile device.
- Live KPI and alarm monitoring
- Remote machine status access
- Secure remote access
- HMI integration
- Touch ID/PIN code login
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Ecatcher Mobile now offers live monitoring of KPI’s and alarms from any machine equipped with an Ewon® Flexy router. By using Ecatcher Mobile app users can get a live look into their machines’ status and performance from anywhere in the world. The Ewon Ecatcher Mobile application is used to initialize secure remote access and allows you to use mobile applications with HMIs from automation vendors such as Schneider Magelis, Rockwell and Siemens SIMATIC. Once you have logged in for the first time to your Ecatcher account, you can take advantage of the user-friendliness and security of Ecatcher Mobile by validating direct access to your account through Touch ID (or a PIN code), similar to most mobile banking applications.
StrideLinx Portal
Access and manage your industrial machines and equipment remotely and securely from any mobile device. Monitor machine status with intuitive data widgets and receive real-time push notifications for important alerts. Offers robust user and access rights management.
- Secure VPN connections to machines
- Direct HMI, PLC, or robot access
- Global machine access
- Mobile-optimized data widgets
- Real-time push notifications
- User and access rights management
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StrideLinx Portal is the new mobile app for StrideLinx Cloud, allowing for easy and secure access to your machines, equipment and installations all over the world via any mobile device. Features: • Secure VPN connections via the app to your machines • Direct access to your HMI, PLC or robot in the StrideLinx Portal app via VNC or HTTPS • Access to all your machines, equipment and installations at any time • Insight into machine status on the go with intuitive data widgets in dashboards optimized for mobile • Push notifications with real-time updates about important machine warnings, alarms or events • Extensive user and access rights management with the ability to enforce two-factor authentication Support: • Documentation at https://support.stridelinx.com • Ask the ADC community StrideLinx Cloud. The next generation IIoT platform for all remote machine service and maintenance management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StrideLinx Portal at 4.5 against Ecatcher Mobile's 3.6. StrideLinx Portal also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 36%). Ecatcher Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
StrideLinx Portal holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Ecatcher Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of StrideLinx Portal's.
Ecatcher Mobile ships an update every 3 months, StrideLinx Portal weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ecatcher Mobile | StrideLinx Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HMS Networks AB | Automationdirect.com |
Customer experience
Ecatcher Mobile
StrideLinx Portal
In-app purchases
Ecatcher Mobile
No in-app purchases
StrideLinx Portal
No in-app purchases
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