Node Runner vs SenseCAP Hotspot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Node Runner
Monitor your decentralized network nodes instantly from your device. View node name, earnings, uptime, and location directly from a home screen widget. Log in with your existing credentials to access all your node information in one convenient place.
- Real-time node status monitoring
- View earnings and uptime
- Node location display
- Home screen widget support
- Login with existing credentials
- All node information in one place
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Mysterium is a decentralized service based on the Ethereum Blockchain, this app lets you constantly ad instantly monitor your nodes status, uptime and earnings. Stop going to the website, make login, choose the node you want to monitor and read informations. Now, with a simple swipe you can check every nodes stats, directly from the widget section of your iOS device. For every node you will be able to see directly from the widget section of the home screen: - the name of the node; - the earning of the node; - how many hours the node has been running for; - the country the node is located. You will just need to login in the app with the same credentials you'd use in the "my.mysterium.network" dashboard and we will gather all the info you could be interested in. Everything will be displayed in one place.
SenseCAP Hotspot
This app enables users to set up and manage a LoRaWAN indoor/outdoor gateway powered by the Helium LongFi Network. It offers wireless network coverage and data transmission for LoRa devices, with easy setup via BLE and internet connectivity options.
- LoRaWAN gateway management
- Helium LongFi Network integration
- Wireless network coverage
- BLE setup
- WiFi and Ethernet connectivity
- Indoor/outdoor use
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SenseCAP M1/M2 is a high-performing, ready-to-use LoRaWAN indoor/outdoor gateway powered by the Helium LongFi Network, and provides miles of wireless network coverage and data transmission capacity for LoRa/LoRaWAN devices. It provides built-in BLE, which helps set up the device in a few simple steps, and it supports connecting to the internet via WiFi or Ethernet. SenseCAP M1/M2 has US915/EU868 versions with FCC/CE certificates respectively.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Node Runner at every 3 days against SenseCAP Hotspot's every 6 weeks. SenseCAP Hotspot's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 40%) and rating (3.6 vs 3.3). 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.
SenseCAP Hotspot holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Node Runner's written reviews are positive against 58% of SenseCAP Hotspot's.
Node Runner ships an update every 3 days, SenseCAP Hotspot every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Node Runner | SenseCAP Hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 3.6 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | H501 di Leonardo Zanobi | SEEED K.K. |
Customer experience
Node Runner
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In-app purchases
Node Runner
No in-app purchases
SenseCAP Hotspot
No in-app purchases
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