Comparison

materialAssist vs WIHA Cloud Control

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

Head to head
About

materialAssist

Features
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Would you like to keep an overview of your material in the workplace? Would you like to avoid the search for the right material (e.g. edgebands)? With the materialAssist you always know where all your edgebands are and how much material per type is still available at the workplace. At the same time, you can have the exact location of the edgeband that you want to process next located. In the future we will expand this function - then you can also use the HOMAG materialAssist to manage your plate remnants, for example. materialAssist Edge for edge band management Clear management of your edgebands: Document all storage and retrieval and always know how much edging material you still have at the workplace. LED display for optimal organization: Reduce your set-up times by changing edges faster and avoid searching for edge strips. LEDs show you the storage space on the edge shelf and mark the edge on the shelf that is to be processed next (pick by light). Time saving in label printing: Print the edging tape label directly from the app and thus label your edges. The free construction plan for the edgeband shelf (for organizing and storing the edgebands) is available for download free of charge: homag.com/edgebandmanagement

About

WIHA Cloud Control

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With WIHA Cloud Control, you can control and monitor your WIHA devices via the Internet and receive notifications in the event of errors. Setting up a compatible controller takes less than two minutes with the WIHA Cloud Control app. Scenarios allow you to control functions and target temperatures of controllers together, and automations enable scenarios to be executed automatically at specific times. You can also access old temperature data.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: materialAssist at 15.0 against WIHA Cloud Control's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

materialAssist ships an update every 3 weeks, WIHA Cloud Control every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
materialAssist versus WIHA Cloud Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermaterialAssistWIHA Cloud Control
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks โ€” betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size38 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHOMAG GmbHWIHA-THEKENTECHNIK Hakemann GmbH & Co. KG

In-app purchases

None

materialAssist

No in-app purchases

None

WIHA Cloud Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is materialAssist free?
materialAssist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WIHA Cloud Control free?
WIHA Cloud Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do materialAssist or WIHA Cloud Control have ads?
Neither materialAssist nor WIHA Cloud Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, materialAssist or WIHA Cloud Control?
materialAssist ships an update every 3 weeks, and WIHA Cloud Control every 4 weeks. Most recently, materialAssist was updated on September 17, 2026 and WIHA Cloud Control on September 12, 2026.

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