Thingsee Toolbox vs Wifi Rig CTRL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thingsee Toolbox
Deploy and manage IoT device installations with ease. Organize devices into custom groups for efficient monitoring and status checks. Simplify your everyday IoT management.
- Deploy and manage IoT installations
- Add, edit, and remove devices
- View device status
- Create device groups
- Organize by floor, room, or building
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Thingsee Toolbox is a mobile application for deploying and managing Haltian Thingsee IoT installations. With Thingsee Toolbox, you can add, edit and remove stacks of devices and view your devices' status. Thingsee Toolbox makes managing your IoT installation simple and easy, allowing you to create groups of installed devices according to, e.g., floor, room, building, etc.
Wifi Rig CTRL
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WifiRigCTRL is a controller app that lets you remotely operate an amateur (ham) radio transceiver from your iPhone or iPad over Wi-Fi. Two ways to connect: 1. Via Raspberry Pi (Hamlib/FastAPI) — CAT control for a wide range of rigs, plus RX audio, CW, FT8 and APRS 2. Direct CI-V — connect to an IC-705 / IC-9700 on the same Wi-Fi, no Raspberry Pi required for basic operation ■ Features - Real-time display of RX frequency, mode and signal strength (S-meter) - Change frequency, mode, TX power, squelch and filter width - Play received audio through the speaker (with noise reduction) - PTT ON/OFF and microphone audio transmission - Wi-Fi PTT (PTT control via external devices such as M5Atom) - CW decoding (multi-station, up to 5) and CW transmit (presets, WPM control) - BLE CW keyer support (connect DualKey-BLE / RemoteKeyer-BLE over Bluetooth) - FT8/FT4 decode and transmit - APRS beacon transmission (with smartphone GPS) - Multiple profiles (switch between connection targets) - API key authentication and remote access over WireGuard VPN ■ What you need (important) This app does not work on its own. You must have one of the following (your own hardware): - A set-up Raspberry Pi Zero 2W connected to your radio (Hamlib/FastAPI installed), or - An IC-705 / IC-9700 (for direct CI-V connection) Connect it to the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone. Raspberry Pi setup instructions and firmware are published on GitHub: https://github.com/ji1ore/M5CoreHamCAT ■ Who it's for For licensed amateur radio operators who have a compatible radio setup. This app contains no ads and no usage tracking. Any information is used only on your device and is never sent to external servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wifi Rig CTRL at every 3 days against Thingsee Toolbox's every 7 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thingsee Toolbox ships an update every 7 months, Wifi Rig CTRL every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thingsee Toolbox | Wifi Rig CTRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haltian Oy | JIRO UENO |
In-app purchases
Thingsee Toolbox
No in-app purchases
Wifi Rig CTRL
No in-app purchases
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