Ignition Perspective vs Field Device Configurator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ignition Perspective
This application allows users to view and control industrial processes directly from their mobile devices. It provides responsive interfaces optimized for smartphones and tablets, enabling remote management of industrial automation systems.
- Remote process viewing
- Touch-based control
- Responsive mobile interfaces
- Industrial automation system access
- Enterprise data connectivity
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The Ignition Perspective mobile app empowers users to run Ignition Perspective sessions on their phone so they can view and control industrial processes with the touch of a finger through beautiful, responsive interfaces, optimized for mobile devices. Ignition Perspective is a module for Ignition, the world’s first unlimited industrial application platform that empowers you to connect all of the data across your entire enterprise, rapidly develop any industrial automation system, and scale your system in any way. Adding the Ignition Perspective Module to the Ignition platform gives users a rapid design environment for creating industrial web-based applications that can run anywhere: on smartphones, laptops, desktops, and overhead displays.
Field Device Configurator
This mobile tool provides wireless access to diagnostics and process information for field devices via Bluetooth. It streamlines configuration and maintenance tasks, even in hazardous environments, with secure data transmission. An integrated device list offers a quick overview of nearby devices.
- Wireless configuration via Bluetooth
- Mobile access to diagnostics
- Process information access
- Secure data transmission
- Integrated device list
- Time-saving maintenance tool
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Wireless Field Device Configurator - the field device configuration tool via Bluetooth. The configuration tool saves time due to mobile access to diagnostics and process information even in hazardous areas. With its secure data transmission, reviewed by Fraunhofer Institute, it is the perfect tool for configuration and maintenance. The integrated device List helps to get a quick overview of all devices within range.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Field Device Configurator at 5.0 against Ignition Perspective's 4.4. Field Device Configurator also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Ignition Perspective's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Field Device Configurator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ignition Perspective has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ignition Perspective ships an update every 4 months, Field Device Configurator every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ignition Perspective | Field Device Configurator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inductive Automation LLC | Endress and Hauser Instruments International AG |
Customer experience
Ignition Perspective
Field Device Configurator
In-app purchases
Ignition Perspective
No in-app purchases
Field Device Configurator
No in-app purchases
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