Comparison

BWC5 vs IP Scanner & Service Watcher

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

Head to head
About

BWC5

Features
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BWC5 - application for heating controllers Buderus Logamatic 5000. It's used for monitoring and control heating system from smartphone or tablet. Functions: - Display boiler information - Display fault messages - Display data from FM-CM module - Display data from FM-AM module - Display of heating circuit information - Display of hot water circuit information - Change heating circuit mode (Day/Night or Automatic/Manual) - Change the room's set temperature - Change hot water mode (Day/Night or Automatic/Manual) - Change hot water set temperature - Change FM-AM module mode and temperature setpoints Features: - Quick access to control system parameters from your local network - Show controller settings without SMS and registration - Don't required connect to Buderus Commercial Center Connection: First, you'll need connect Buderus Logamatic to your local network and find IP address. Second, for LAN1 controller settings select connection type - Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus - w/o HeartBeat. Attention! If you select this types you can't use Buderus Control Center. After all, start application, enter system IP address and connect to controller. If you need remote control you can set up your router, for example VPN connection to your local network. System requirements: - Buderus Logamatic 5000 (version from 1.4.7) - LAN/WLAN router Supported devices: - Buderus Logamatic 5311 - Buderus Logamatic 5313 - Bosch Control 8000 For more information, please visit our website: www.techno-line.info

About

IP Scanner & Service Watcher

Features
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IP Scanner & Service Watcher is a field toolkit for IT support engineers, network administrators, CCTV/camera technicians, and home lab users. Diagnose the network you are connected to, discover LAN devices, check open ports, inspect TLS certificates, resolve DNS, run ping/traceroute, and watch important services from your phone. KEY FEATURES - LAN discovery: scan the current subnet or a custom CIDR/IP range and review device IP, MAC, vendor, online/offline state, and open-port status. - Port scanning: use focused profiles for IT, servers, network devices, and CCTV systems, or enter custom ports and ranges. - Multi-instance tasks: run ping, LAN port checks, WAN checks, traceroute, and loop scans side by side, then jump back to each live task from the running-task badge. - WAN visibility: detect public IPv4/IPv6 and check public port reachability through an external probe. - Network tools: Ping, DNS Lookup, Traceroute, Website Check, Site Alive, Endpoint Health, Content Match, SSL/TLS Check, Domain Expiry, Subnet Calculator, Wake-on-LAN, and MAC vendor lookup. - Service Watchers: convert supported tool runs into recurring checks with healthy/failing/recovered states, thresholds, cooldowns, history, and optional notifications. - Clear diagnostics: TLS, HTTP, DNS, TCP, IPv6, and OS-level limitations are reported clearly so field work does not stop at a vague network error. The app is designed for networks and systems you own or are authorized to test. It is not a nearby Wi-Fi/SSID scanner, Wi-Fi analyzer, wardriving tool, VPN, proxy, or broad internet scanner. No account is required for the core scanning tools.

Screenshots

BWC54 screens
IP Scanner & Service Watcher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IP Scanner & Service Watcher at every 2 months against BWC5's every 15 months. BWC5's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BWC5 ships an update every 15 months, IP Scanner & Service Watcher every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
BWC5 versus IP Scanner & Service Watcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBWC5IP Scanner & Service Watcher
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleg NovoseltsevHung Cao Vu

In-app purchases

None

BWC5

No in-app purchases

None

IP Scanner & Service Watcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BWC5 free?
BWC5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IP Scanner & Service Watcher free?
IP Scanner & Service Watcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BWC5 or IP Scanner & Service Watcher have ads?
Neither BWC5 nor IP Scanner & Service Watcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BWC5 or IP Scanner & Service Watcher?
BWC5 ships an update every 15 months, and IP Scanner & Service Watcher every 2 months. Most recently, BWC5 was updated on November 3, 2026 and IP Scanner & Service Watcher on October 31, 2026.

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