TIMS Assistant vs Hypertherm Cartridge Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TIMS Assistant
Streamline your sales operations with this business assistant. It provides real-time price and availability checks, order creation, note-taking, and customer account management.
- Real-time price and availability checks
- Order creation
- Record notes and tasks
- Review customer and prospect activity
- Sales function assistance
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TIMS Assistant is the perfect assistant for your business, making everyday sales functions a breeze. Check real time price and availability, create orders, record notes and tasks, and review customer and prospect account activity.
Hypertherm Cartridge Reader
This app allows users to read data from cartridges used with Powermax SYNC systems. It transfers information via NFC to analyze cartridge utilization, performance metrics, and identify training opportunities.
- Read cartridge data via NFC
- Add custom labels to cartridges
- Analyze performance metrics (starts, arc-on time)
- Identify operator training opportunities
- Export data for further analysis
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The Hypertherm cartridge reader and app for Powermax SYNC™ systems provides a simple process for reviewing data stored in the cartridges. The cartridge reader fits into the cartridge and works with the near-field communication (NFC) antenna of your mobile device to transfer data stored in the cartridge into the app. Scan cartridges, add labels, and analyze data in the app. Data can be imported into the cartridge excel data analysis tool, or a customer created tool, to analyze performance for starts, transfers, arc-on time, and other valuable cartridge data. Analysis of this data helps customers better understand cartridge utilization and identify operator training opportunities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hypertherm Cartridge Reader at 5.0 against TIMS Assistant's 3.4. TIMS Assistant's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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.
Hypertherm Cartridge Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of TIMS Assistant's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hypertherm Cartridge Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TIMS Assistant ships an update monthly, Hypertherm Cartridge Reader every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TIMS Assistant | Hypertherm Cartridge Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Computers Unlimited | Hypertherm, Inc. |
Customer experience
TIMS Assistant
Hypertherm Cartridge Reader
In-app purchases
TIMS Assistant
No in-app purchases
Hypertherm Cartridge Reader
No in-app purchases
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