Thingview vs Sensor Node
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thingview
Visualize your ThingSpeak data channels with ease. Simply input your channel ID to start viewing your data in a user-friendly interface.
- Visualize ThingSpeak channels
- Enter channel ID to view data
- Easy to use interface
- Data visualization tool
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ThingView enables you to visualize your ThingSpeak channels in an easy way, just enter the channel ID and you are ready to go.
Sensor Node
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The Sensor Node App allows device owners and administrators for corporate accounts to access their Sensor Node device data and manage their devices. Devices can be added to the account, edited and deleted. To add a new device, you scan a QR code, and give it a name. It's as simple as that! The Sensor Node Device and the App are both subject to continuous improvement. Monkeytronics welcomes feedback to help improve users' experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sensor Node at Free against Thingview's $1.99. Sensor Node also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Sensor Node is free to download; Thingview costs $1.99 up front. Thingview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sensor Node asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thingview | Sensor Node |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcelo Prolo | Monkeytronics Ltd |
Bugs and requests
Thingview
Reported bugs
20 issues- App closes abruptly when creating channel
- App does not open on mobile version
- Search button covered by keyboard when adding channel
- Only 3 days of data displayed
- Time scale fixed to two hours on overview screen
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- Zoom axes option has no effect
- Latest version displays graphs on left 1/3 of screen
- Display shrunk on iPad/iPhone
- Stopped using full screen, wide border on right/bottom
- Only graph/trend available, other widgets not visible
- Year button shows same data as month button
- Month and year time presets do not work
- App crashes immediately after clicking on channel
- Invalid URL error when adding channel
- App isn't working with iOS 14 after changing standard browser
- Not possible to retrieve data for a complete year
- App closes when consulting a channel
- Refresh button doesn't work and crashes app
- App crashes randomly
- Asking to purchase app again after reinstalling
Requested features
13 requests- Add status update reporting
- Add lat/long display
- Add alert/notification options
- Add widget support
- Add auto-refresh functionality
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- Add Apple Watch functionality
- Allow user-defined Y-axis max scale
- Allow plot color to follow ThingSpeak settings
- Show date along with time on X-axis
- Improve visibility of selected panel/point
- Move last reading number to bottom left
- Add dark mode option
- Add ability to set desired data amount (points or time)
Sensor Node
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thingview
- Thingview Full$1.99
Sensor Node
No in-app purchases
