Comparison

BAS vs HSI Config

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BAS

This utility app allows for the configuration of BAS-IP built-in and desktop readers with BLE modules. It enables adjustment of card operation modes, encryption settings, and audible confirmations for mobile identifier connections.

Highlights
  • Configure BLE readers
  • Adjust card operation modes (EM-Marine, MIFARE, BLE)
  • Set BLE ID encryption
  • Configure MIFARE card encryption and diversification
  • Set audible confirmation for mobile identifiers
  • Configure reader operating modes (Door, Touch, Gate/Barrier)
  • Save and upload reader configuration files
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BAS-IP UKEY Config is an application for setting the parameters of the BAS-IP built-in readers with the built-in BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) module, as well as individual BAS-IP UKEY desktop and wall readers with the built-in BLE module. Application features: · Adjustment of EM-Marine, MIFARE and BLE card operation modes - enabling and disabling of reading standards. · Setting the encryption for the BLE ID. This will make it possible to bind the identifiers encrypted key to the selected reader. · Enabling or disabling encryption modes for MIFARE Classic and MIFARE Plus cards. · Enabling diversification for MIFARE Classic and MIFARE Plus cards. · Configuring the audible confirmation when connecting mobile identifiers to the reader in standby and reading modes. · Setting the operating modes: Door, Touch, Gate/Barrier. · Setting the adjustable distance for the "Gate/Barrier" operating mode. · With the TR-03 reader, the configurator allows you to record MIFARE Classic and MIFARE Plus encryption cards. · Ability to save a file with settings for the specific reader. · Ability to upload a configuration file with settings to restore the reader parameters and for copying settings to other readers.

About

HSI Config

Features
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HSI Config allows users and engineers to generate configuration data for the VT Smart Pressure Gauge, a physical hardware device that measure pressure. The device is designed by HSI and produced by WorldBio HazTec - A company dealing with Bio-containment consulting and certification services. https://worldbiohaztec.com/singapore/about-world-biohaztec/ The purpose of the app is let users generate configuration data (text) to be exported to be used in the external physical hardware device. For more information, please contact: https://worldbiohaztec.com/singapore/

Screenshots

BAS3 screens
HSI Config4 screens

Verdict

The call

BAS and HSI Config are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BAS ships an update every 9 months, HSI Config every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BAS versus HSI Config: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBASHSI Config
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBAS-IP LPHotsource ESD

In-app purchases

None

BAS

No in-app purchases

None

HSI Config

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BAS free?
BAS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HSI Config free?
HSI Config is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BAS or HSI Config have ads?
Neither BAS nor HSI Config shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BAS or HSI Config?
BAS ships an update every 9 months, and HSI Config every 7 months. Most recently, BAS was updated on October 14, 2026 and HSI Config on October 25, 2026.

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