Comparison

yDrives vs ECMTools Mobile

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

Head to head
About

yDrives

Access alarm descriptions and troubleshooting guides for Yaskawa AC drives instantly. This professional tool provides essential information for commissioning and service, including links to user manuals. Supports a wide range of Yaskawa drive models.

Highlights
  • Quick alarm descriptions
  • Troubleshooting guides
  • Links to user manuals
  • Support for multiple Yaskawa drive models
  • Multilingual alarm descriptions
  • Offline access to information
Features
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The 'yDrives - VFD help' app provides quick access to alarm descriptions of Yaskawa AC 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, must have in your First Aid Kit. Currently supported drives: A1000, D1000, E7, F7, G7, J1000, L1000A, P7, P1000, R1000, U1000, V7, V74X, V1000, VS mini, Z1000. The app is in English. For most popular drives the main alarms descriptions are also available in Russian, Português, Spanish and French. DISCLAIMER: This app IS NOT affiliated with Yaskawa Electric Corporation or any of its affiliates!

About

ECMTools Mobile

This app enables wireless configuration and real-time monitoring of ABB EC Titanium™ motor drives via Bluetooth. It allows for parameter transfer, editing, and troubleshooting, as well as remote control functions like starting, stopping, and resetting drives.

Highlights
  • Wireless configuration via Bluetooth BLE
  • Real-time parameter monitoring and editing
  • Parameter set transfer (send/receive via email)
  • Drive status and motor performance monitoring
  • Remote control (start, stop, reset trips)
  • Troubleshooting with default value comparison
Features
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ECMTools Mobile is an intuitive and easy-to-use Smartphone App designed to work exclusively with the ABB EC Titanium™ product range and provides wireless configuration and monitoring for the motor mounted drive. Wireless operation is carried out via Bluetooth BLE low energy interface and is available for the EC Titanium Bluetooth enabled drive or when the COPYSTICK2 is plugged into a drive or a drive network. PARAMETER TRANSFER The powerful tool allows parameter transfer, monitoring and edit functions for individual drive parameters in real-time or transfers complete parameter sets between the drive and the Smartphone. Compare default values to drive settings to check for changes and perform troubleshooting. Parameter sets can be sent and received by Email and are fully compatible with the ECM Tools Studio PC software. MONITOR AND CONTROL Monitor drive status, motor speed, motor current and motor power in real-time. When unlocked, the user can adjust motor speed, start the drive, stop the drive and reset trips from the Smartphone App. Contact your local Baldor-Reliance ABB account team for more information.

Screenshots

yDrives4 screens
ECMTools Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ECMTools Mobile at 5.0 against yDrives's 4.3. ECMTools Mobile also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). yDrives's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. yDrives sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ECMTools Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ECMTools Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: yDrives has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

yDrives ships an update every 5 weeks, ECMTools Mobile every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
yDrives versus ECMTools Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteryDrivesECMTools Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeny MakarenkovInvertek Drives Limited

Customer experience

yDrives

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral66.7%
Negative33.3%

ECMTools Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

yDrives

One-time1
  • All Drives$1.99
None

ECMTools Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is yDrives free?
yDrives is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ECMTools Mobile free?
ECMTools Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, yDrives or ECMTools Mobile?
ECMTools Mobile is rated higher. yDrives averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while ECMTools Mobile averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do yDrives or ECMTools Mobile have ads?
Neither yDrives nor ECMTools Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, yDrives or ECMTools Mobile?
yDrives ships an update every 5 weeks, and ECMTools Mobile every 9 months. Most recently, yDrives was updated on October 3, 2026 and ECMTools Mobile on October 12, 2026.

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