RIDGID Link vs Navisizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RIDGID Link
This mobile platform connects with compatible tools to provide real-time data and insights. Even without connected tools, users can access manuals, instructional videos, and service center locations for all products.
- Connects with Bluetooth-enabled tools
- Real-time data and insights
- Access tool manuals
- Watch instructional videos
- Locate service centers
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Introducing the new RIDGID® Link, the mobile platform that connects with RIDGID® tools equipped with Bluetooth® technology. The connected tool lineup keeps growing, giving you access to real-time data and insights right from your phone or tablet. Don’t have a smart tool yet? No problem—you can still use the app to access manuals, instructional videos, and locate the nearest service centers for all RIDGID® products. Sign up today to start working faster—and smarter.
Navisizer
This app helps size domestic hot water heating systems for residential and commercial use. It calculates operating costs, savings, and generates comprehensive job specifications for Navien NPE Series tankless water heaters.
- Residential system sizing
- Operating cost and savings calculation
- Commercial application sizing (ASHRAE Hunter Curve)
- Tankless and tankless with storage solutions
- Comprehensive job specification output
- Save, print, or email system specs
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NaviSizer is designed to assist with sizing of domestic hot water heating systems with Navien NPE Series tankless water heaters. For residential applications, NaviSizer offers system sizing, calculation of operating cost and savings, and provides a comprehensive output to be used as a job spec. For commercial applications, NaviSizer uses ASHREA Hunter Curve calculations to size a broad range of applications. Both tankless and tankless with storage solutions are offered along with a comprehensive system spec that can be saved, printed, or emailed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RIDGID Link at 4.6 against Navisizer's 2.4. RIDGID Link also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 13%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
RIDGID Link holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RIDGID Link has 307 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of RIDGID Link's written reviews are positive against 13% of Navisizer's.
RIDGID Link ships an update every 3 weeks, Navisizer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RIDGID Link | Navisizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (307 ratings) — better | 2.4 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 307 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIDGID Software Solutions | Navien |
Customer experience
RIDGID Link
Navisizer
Bugs and requests
RIDGID Link
Reported bugs
11 issues- App freezes before loading/logging in
- Cannot find registered items, especially online purchases
- App does not track tools
- App does not show the last location of tools
- App does not update the press count
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- Bluetooth tracking does not work
- Cannot select language or country during account creation
- Account creation fails with an error
- Login issues, with repeated error messages
- App does not register or track power tools
- Registered tools from online account are not displayed in the app
Requested features
3 requests- Improve app updates and functionality
- App should be able to register and track all Rigid tools, including power tools
- Fix the app to track tools, show last location, and update press count
Navisizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RIDGID Link
No in-app purchases
Navisizer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RIDGID Link free?
Is Navisizer free?
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