IPS Mobile Insight vs Solaris Optics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPS Mobile Insight
Connect to condition monitoring devices via Bluetooth to access real-time equipment performance data. View status, alarms, and trends, and manage device configurations and data uploads.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Real-time equipment status
- Vibration, temperature, pressure data
- Alarm management
- Trend graphing
- Cloud data upload
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The IPS Mobile Insight App provides users with the ability to interface, via Bluetooth radio, with the IPS Beacon 2™ and IPS Beacon Pulse™ condition monitoring products, which are purchased from Flowserve. Real time equipment performance data can be accessed through any Bluetooth enabled iOS mobile device. The IPS Mobile Insight App can configure the IPS Beacon 2 and IPS Beacon Pulse devices and upload data to the cloud with the touch of a button. While using the IPS Mobile Insight App within range of the IPS Beacon 2 or the IPS Beacon Pulse condition monitoring devices: • Immediate equipment status and operating conditions is displayed • IPS Beacon 2 - Access to vibration, temperature, runtime, and maintenance status is given • IPS Beacon Pulse - Access to fluid conditions present (liquid or gas), temperature, and pressure • Access to last alarm time and date along with details of the condition causing the alarm • Alarm threshold management for all of the devices • Examine trend graphs for a variety of conditions • Upload data to the IPS Insight Portal©. Once device data is uploaded to the IPS Insight Portal, additional data management, reporting, and data sharing can be performed
Solaris Optics
Monitor industrial equipment remotely for maintenance and repair. Designed for field personnel to keep track of machinery status and facilitate timely interventions.
- Remote equipment monitoring
- Maintenance tracking
- Repair facilitation
- Field personnel support
- Industrial equipment oversight
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Solaris Optics allows field personnel to remotely monitor our industrial equipment for maintenance and repair.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IPS Mobile Insight at 100% against Solaris Optics's 0%. IPS Mobile Insight also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
IPS Mobile Insight holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of IPS Mobile Insight's written reviews are positive against 0% of Solaris Optics's.
IPS Mobile Insight ships an update every 6 weeks, Solaris Optics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPS Mobile Insight | Solaris Optics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flowserve Corp | Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, LLC |
Customer experience
IPS Mobile Insight
Solaris Optics
In-app purchases
IPS Mobile Insight
No in-app purchases
Solaris Optics
No in-app purchases
Questions
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