Comparison

sDrives vs Yaskawa Connect Pro

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

Head to head
About

sDrives

Access alarm descriptions, troubleshooting guides, and user manuals for Siemens drives. This professional tool provides essential information for commissioning and service, supporting a wide range of drive models.

Highlights
  • Quick alarm description access
  • Troubleshooting guides
  • Links to user manuals
  • Support for multiple Siemens drive models
  • Multi-language alarm descriptions
  • In-app purchase to unlock all drives
Features
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The 'sDrives - VFD help' app provides quick access to alarm descriptions of Siemens drives. In a second you get a full alarm description, troubleshooting guide and even a link to the latest user manual. App greatly helps by commissioning and service giving you the necessary information when you need it and where you need it. It is small but really feature full application. A professional tool for professionals. Currently supported drives: G110, G120 CU240B-2, , G120 CU240E-2, G120 CU230P-2, G120C, G120P, MM420, MM430, MM440, S110, SIMOREG DC-MASTER, SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES VC, V20, V60, V90. The app is in English. For most popular drives the alarms descriptions are also available in Russian, Spanish, French, Italian and simplified Chinese. Free version is fully functioning but is limited with only one randomly chosen drive. If you like the app, you can unlock all the drives by means of in-app purchase. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER This app IS NOT affiliated with Siemens AG or any of its affiliates!

About

Yaskawa Connect Pro

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*Able to connect to hardware such as FG4E, FG4C, WiFi gateway, GPRS gateway, FOMlink module. *By connecting the FOMlink module, you can initialize the ENC NO-LCD inverters, modify parameter settings, and upgrade firmware. *When installing the ENC series gateway, you can choose different communication ways to access the Internet; configure the gateway to send data directly to the 3rd party server. *When installing ENC series gateways, you can scan the Modbus bus and perform required configuration and maintenance. *When installing ENC and various types of gateways, the process of activating and creating a PV plant becomes simpler; even when encountering field problems, the configuration process and diagnostic data can be sent directly to the cloud.Timely access to technical services. *Operation and maintenance users with accounts can directly view data and alarms through mobile phones; according to different permissions, they can remotely control power plants.

Screenshots

sDrives4 screens
Yaskawa Connect Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yaskawa Connect Pro at none against sDrives's 1. Yaskawa Connect Pro also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. sDrives sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Yaskawa Connect Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sDrives ships an update every 2 months, Yaskawa Connect Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
sDrives versus Yaskawa Connect Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersDrivesYaskawa Connect Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB233 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeny MakarenkovFOMWARE LIMITED

In-app purchases

1 purchases

sDrives

One-time1
  • All Drives$1.99
None

Yaskawa Connect Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sDrives free?
sDrives is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yaskawa Connect Pro free?
Yaskawa Connect Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do sDrives or Yaskawa Connect Pro have ads?
Neither sDrives nor Yaskawa Connect Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, sDrives or Yaskawa Connect Pro?
sDrives ships an update every 2 months, and Yaskawa Connect Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, sDrives was updated on October 24, 2026 and Yaskawa Connect Pro on October 11, 2026.

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