Swift Island vs edgLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swift Island
This app serves as an official companion for an experimental conference focused on new technologies and frameworks. It helps users stay updated and experiment with the latest developments, especially after major tech events.
- Official conference companion
- Stay updated on new technologies
- Experiment with new frameworks
- Post-event catch-up tool
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You know that feeling you get after WWDC ends, when all you want to do is catch up on all the videos Apple just released? That urgent need to experiment and play with all the new betas, frameworks and APIs. The overwhelming desire to spend hours on all of the above, quickly followed by the sinking realization that you can't - because you have actual work to do. Yep, we've all been there and that feeling sucks. Swift Island is an all-inclusive experimental conference happening in September 2025. This is the official companion app for Swift Island.
edgLink
Easily connect your EDG IoT devices to Wi-Fi or cellular networks using your phone's Bluetooth. Once online, your device can send sensor data and receive commands remotely via the cloud.
- Wi-Fi network configuration
- Cellular connectivity enablement
- Bluetooth device pairing
- Remote data transmission
- Command reception from cloud
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The edgLink mobile app allows you to connect your EDG IoT devices to an active Wi-Fi Internet connection by applying your SSID network name and password through your phone's bluetooth. The app can also enable cellular connectivity if a cellular connection is supported by the device. Once connected to the Internet, your device will be able to transmit sensor data and receive commands from remote applications through EDG’s cloud infrastructure. This app is designed to be used only with devices designed and manufactured by Engineering Design Group, LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Swift Island at every 3 days against edgLink's every 46 months. edgLink's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Swift Island against 5.0 for edgLink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Swift Island ships an update every 3 days, edgLink every 46 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Swift Island | edgLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 46 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swift Island | Engineering Design Group, LLC |
In-app purchases
Swift Island
No in-app purchases
edgLink
No in-app purchases
