Benshaw Start Here vs Nanotech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Benshaw Start Here
This app provides secure Bluetooth connectivity for specific industrial starters, enabling enhanced control and monitoring. It also serves as a central hub for storing contacts, accessing technical documents, and reviewing trip data.
- Bluetooth connectivity for NX Controller
- Secure device interaction
- Enhanced control and monitoring
- Store key contacts
- Access technical materials
- Instant model recommendations
- Review trip data
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The latest update to the Benshaw Start Here app brings a host of new functionalities, including the introduction of the Connect feature for Benshaw Medium Voltage starters fitted with the next-generation ‘NX’ Controller. This new suite of connectivity options allows users to securely interact with compatible devices via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), offering enhanced control and monitoring capabilities. Start Here continues to serve as your all-in-one solution, retaining the features you already know and love. Effortlessly store key contacts, access essential technical materials, receive instant model recommendations, and review comprehensive trip data—all within one app. With added improvements and a refreshed look, Start Here now offers an even more intuitive user experience.
Nanotech
This tool helps select common mode cores to prevent motor bearing failures and protect electrical grids from VFD-generated noise. It also features a calculator for maximum allowable bearing current.
- Common mode core selector
- Kit selection
- Motor bearing failure prevention
- VFD EMC noise protection
- Maximum allowable bearing current calculator
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Common mode core selector for individual cores or Kits to eliminate premature motor bearing failures and protect your electrical grid from VFD generated EMC noise. Also includes a maximum allowable bearing current calculator.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nanotech at 12.4 against Benshaw Start Here's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Benshaw Start Here ships an update every 6 weeks, Nanotech every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Benshaw Start Here | Nanotech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AUCOM ELECTRONICS LIMITED | MH&W International Corporation |
Customer experience
Benshaw Start Here
Nanotech
In-app purchases
Benshaw Start Here
No in-app purchases
Nanotech
No in-app purchases
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