Comparison

Ignition Perspective vs e

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote process viewing
  • Touch-based control
  • Responsive mobile interfaces
  • Industrial automation system access
  • Enterprise data connectivity
Features
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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.

About

e

This tool allows water quality professionals to collect, manage, analyze, and track water quality test parameters. It is designed for water treatment facilities and professionals in the field.

Highlights
  • Water quality data collection
  • Data management
  • Analysis of test parameters
  • Tracking of water quality
  • Designed for professionals
  • Supports water treatment facilities
Features
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The e-sens ROAM app is a free water quality collection tool to gather, manage, analyze and track all your water quality test parameters. Built for Water quality professionals and water treatment facilities.

Screenshots

Ignition Perspective4 screens
e4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: e at 5.0 against Ignition Perspective's 4.4. e also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Ignition Perspective's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

e 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ignition Perspective ships an update every 4 months, e every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ignition Perspective versus e: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIgnition Perspectivee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (25 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInductive Automation LLCe-sens, Inc.

Customer experience

Ignition Perspective

All ratings24 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

e

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ignition Perspective

No in-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ignition Perspective free?
Ignition Perspective is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ignition Perspective or e?
e is rated higher. Ignition Perspective averages 4.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while e averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Ignition Perspective or e have ads?
Neither Ignition Perspective nor e shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ignition Perspective or e?
Ignition Perspective ships an update every 4 months, and e every 2 months. Most recently, Ignition Perspective was updated on June 3, 2026 and e on September 19, 2026.

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