Ferret Tools vs Span Installer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ferret Tools
View and record live video from your inspection camera. This app allows you to capture photos and videos of hard-to-reach areas. Requires a separate Ferret inspection camera to function.
- Live video streaming
- Photo capture
- Video recording
- Inspection camera control
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A Ferret inspection camera is required to use this App – sold separately. Need help? Please visit ferrettools.com/support
Span Installer
This app streamlines the installation and servicing of new and existing SPAN panels. It offers enhanced navigation, an improved breaker labeling process, and integrated troubleshooting support. Users can also confirm communications with battery systems and program setpoints for energy management.
- Faster new SPAN Panel commissioning
- Simplified user navigation
- Improved breaker labeling
- Integrated troubleshooting and support
- Confirm hardware communications
- Program setpoints with SPAN PowerUp
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The new and improved SPAN Installer App supports the seamless installation of new SPAN panels. The SPAN Installer App also allows for seamless service calls of existing SPAN Panel installations. - Set up and commission a new SPAN Panel faster than ever before - Enhanced and simplified user navigation and design - New and Improved breaker labelling process making it even easier to install SPAN - Seamless troubleshooting and support integrated into the app - Confirm communications with battery systems and other hardware like SPAN Drive - Program setpoints to help customers avoid service upgrades with SPAN PowerUpTM Shift to smarter, cleaner energy with SPAN and ensure quality installations for your customers. **You must be a SPAN Authorized Installer to login to the SPAN Installer App.**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ferret Tools at 27% against Span Installer's 0%. Ferret Tools also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.6). Span Installer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (3.3 vs 3.1). 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.
Span Installer holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Ferret Tools's written reviews are positive against 0% of Span Installer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ferret Tools ships an update every 6 weeks, Span Installer fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Ferret Tools | Span Installer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (23 ratings) | 3.3 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Cable Ferret Company Limited | Span.io, Inc |
Customer experience
Ferret Tools
Span Installer
In-app purchases
Ferret Tools
No in-app purchases
Span Installer
No in-app purchases
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