CEI vs Illumagear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CEI
Track and map spare electronics inventory for businesses needing on-hand replacements. Virtually tag items for repair, associate problems, and record deployment settings. Map deployments and failures within the application.
- Remote inventory tracking
- Spare electronics management
- Virtual tagging for repair
- Associate repair problems
- Record deployment settings
- Map deployments and failures
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A remote inventory application aimed at tracking and mapping spare electronics inventory in businesses that have a need to have spare electronics inventory on hand for maintenance/replacements. It is also used to virtually tag an inventory item for repair allowing the user to associate problems for the repair. It can also be used to associated deployment settings for equipment when deployed to the filed. Deployments and failures can both be mapped in the app.
Illumagear
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The ILLUMAGEAR app is a companion app for our product Sixth Sense. Sixth Sense is a personal voltage, current and hard hat free-fall detector designed to be worn on any standard hard hat or integrated into Halo SL. This device gives audible and visible warnings to high risk workers of foreign electrical threats. This app allows users to adjust Sixth Sense's settings via bluetooth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CEI at 11.0 against Illumagear's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
CEI ships an update every 2 months, Illumagear every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CEI | Illumagear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Commercial Electronics, Inc. | K8R Applications Inc. |
In-app purchases
CEI
No in-app purchases
Illumagear
No in-app purchases
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