Thingview vs ProKit
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.
ProKit
This utility app offers a suite of tools including a barometer for altitude and pressure, a speedometer, a decibel meter, a heart rate monitor, a compass, NFC tag management, and QR code generation/scanning. It also includes Sudoku puzzles and guided breathing exercises.
- Barometer for altitude and pressure
- Speedometer with customization
- Decibel meter with live graphs
- Heart rate monitor via camera
- NFC tag reader/writer
- QR code creator and scanner
- Sudoku puzzles with statistics
- Guided breathing exercises
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ProKit: Barometer & Tools brings measurements, tracking and everyday utilities together in one modern, easy-to-use app. BAROMETER AND WEATHER • View local and sea-level pressure. • Track the altitude of your current location. • Review pressure and altitude changes with charts. • Access temperature, humidity, feels-like temperature and dew point. • Follow precipitation, cloud cover, visibility, wind and UV values. • View current conditions on the weather radar. SPEED AND TRIP TRACKING • View your current, average and maximum speed. • Track driving time, moving time, stopped time and distance. • Review trip history, route summaries and altitude changes. • Choose from different speed and altitude units. COMPASS AND DEVICE SENSORS • Use the magnetic compass and magnetometer. • Follow magnetic-field values live. • View the status of GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer and other device sensors. • Review hardware, system, battery, storage and connectivity information. EVERYDAY UTILITIES • Decibel meter • Heart-rate tool • NFC reading and writing • QR code creation and scanning • Breathing exercises • Sudoku • BlockNova • Device test center ProKit’s clean design and customizable tools help you reach the information you need quickly. Some features depend on your device hardware, sensor support, location permissions and internet connection. Measurements are for informational purposes only; the app is not a medical device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ProKit at 100% against Thingview's 50%. ProKit also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Thingview's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
ProKit is free to download; Thingview costs $1.99 up front. Thingview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ProKit asks for nothing beyond the download.
ProKit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thingview has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Thingview's written reviews are positive against 100% of ProKit's.
Thingview ships an update every 2 months, ProKit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thingview | ProKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcelo Prolo | omer yuksel |
Customer experience
Thingview
ProKit
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)
ProKit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thingview
- Thingview Full$1.99
ProKit
No in-app purchases
