Cloud Builder vs Grinding Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Cloud Builder
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Cloud Builder is an application that allows you to manage easily your Cloud infrastructure from your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. To be able to use it, you need to have an account of the product CloudBuilder Next from Arsys and to enable the API access. Features: - Servers (cloud and dedicated) management: list, creation, deletion, power on/power off, reboot, snapshots, connect (RDP, SSH)... - Images management: list, creation and deletion - Block storages management: list, creation and deletion - Shared storages management: list, creation and deletion - Firewall policies management: list, creation and deletion - Load balancers management: list, creation and deletion - Public IPs management: list, creation and deletion - Private Networks management: list, creation and deletion - VPN management: list, creation and deletion - Monitoring policies management: list and deletion - SSH keys management: list and deletion - Monitoring center - API key vault
Grinding Connect
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Grinding Connect - the easy way to track the health status of your grinding machines and get access to health notifications as the result of advanced analytics, and events generated by controllers. Grinding Connect is the mobile app version of ABB Abilityβ’ Predictive Maintenance for Grinding platform, to bring condition monitoring to your phone. ABB Abilityβ’ Predictive Maintenance for grinding is a unique digital solution to maintain, assess and analyze your machines. Based on the condition monitoring, the solution provides an easy access to the grinding system parameters and visualization, taking a look into the past, considering real-time data in the present and assessing the future. With this App and its Platform solution, you can get access to the health condition of your grinding machines at any time from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloud Builder at every 2 months against Grinding Connect's every 6 months. Cloud Builder also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloud Builder ships an update every 2 months, Grinding Connect every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Cloud Builder | Grinding Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months β better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monema Communications SL | ABB Information Systems AG |
In-app purchases
Cloud Builder
No in-app purchases
Grinding Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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