Lightning NFC vs ColdStream® Site
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightning NFC
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Lightning NFC App provides support for Cargo Data Corporation’s Lightning NFC digital temperature recorders. Once Lightning NFC App is installed, you can: • Download temperature data from Lightning NFC temperature recorders by placing the instrument back to back within 1 inch of your device’s NFC antenna (typically on the back of your NFC enabled phone or tablet). No cord required. • View the complete time stamped temperature chart up to 80 days in duration • Select a desired temperature range, view detailed reports • Add shipping documentation including PO number, carrier, commodity, etc. • Add notes for quality attributes including pulp (internal) temperature, grade scorecard, and general comments • Add up to three photographs of the shipment contents • Immediately send a link to the online temperature record to an email recipient Lightning NFC allows to upload all temperature, shipping, quality attribute data to the UpLink cloud server. Data can be retrieved online without a password at http://lightningNFC.com/. Simply enter the Lightning NFC instrument ID number in the UpLink field on the homepage. The complete temperature can be viewed, printed, and/or downloaded from the website.
ColdStream® Site
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The ColdStream Site app is the companion mobile application to the core, desktop version of the ColdStream Site web portal. From the convenience of a smartphone, the app allows users to receive push notifications, view alarmed events, and enter corrective actions for those alarmed events. A level of user management is available that allows users to customize how they choose to receive alerts on their smartphone. • Download the ColdStream Site Mobile App to receive alert events across all temperature sensors in a facility and complete corrective action checklists. • See what a difference it makes when you have timely access to actionable alerts with our mobile app. • Quickly take action on temperature excursions in the form of alert events as a responder-level user in the life sciences and foodservice industries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ColdStream® Site at 12.4 against Lightning NFC's 15.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Lightning NFC | ColdStream® Site |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cargo Data Corporation | Sensitech Inc. |
In-app purchases
Lightning NFC
No in-app purchases
ColdStream® Site
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is ColdStream® Site free?
Do Lightning NFC or ColdStream® Site have ads?
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