eco vs HOBOconnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eco
This utility app connects to specific counting devices to retrieve and manage data. It allows users to initialize counters, view real-time counts, update firmware, and adjust sensor settings.
- Initialize Evo range counters
- Display real-time count data
- Retrieve data by date
- Send data to Eco-Visio
- Perform tests and diagnostics
- Update firmware
- Adjust sensor settings
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Application only compatible with the 'Evo' range of counters. Eco-Counter® has more than 15 years of experience developing automated solutions for counting pedestrians and cyclists and enabling a data-driven approach to bike and pedestrian planning. Our durable, discreet counters are trusted all over the world – from bike counters deployed on the busiest cycle tracks of New York City, to trail counters in remote regions of the Rockies. Eco-Link Evo for iOS has been specifically designed to retrieve data on all kinds of counting systems in the Eco-Counter Evo® range from a simple smartphone. We're excited to offer this new app. Please feel free to share with us your feedback or any improvement suggestions you may have. Easy to use and intuitive, Eco-Link Evo allows among other things to: - Initialize counters of the Evo range - Display count data in real time - Retrieve data from a counter initialization or from a desired date - Send data to Eco-Visio (diagnostics, count data, modem status, photos) - Perform tests and diagnostics - Update firmware versions - Adjust the sensors settings - Take photos of the counting sites (displayed in Eco-Visio) - Set the time of a counter
HOBOconnect
Wirelessly configure, start, and download data from HOBO MX data loggers via Bluetooth. View, analyze, and export recorded data in various formats for further use in other applications.
- Wireless Bluetooth communication with HOBO MX loggers
- Configure logger settings (name, password, rate, alarms)
- Monitor logger status (memory, battery)
- Download and view recorded data
- Data analysis in graphical and list formats
- Export data as CSV, TXT, XLSX, and HOBO files
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HOBOconnect is designed to communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth Low Energy to the HOBO® MX data loggers. You can configure and start the data logger, download the recorded data, store and analyze the data. The data can be viewed in both graphical and list formats and also exported and shared to other programs including Numbers, Excel and HOBOware®. Features: * Wirelessly communicate to the HOBO® MX data loggers * Internet connection not required to use HOBOconnect * Set data logger's name, password, logging rate, alarm threshold, start & stop time * Check logger’s status included memory used and battery life * Clear audible alarms (for models with this feature) * Page the data logger * Manage data files with groups * Download and view data * Zoom in and out of the graph with gestures * Export and Share data as a CSV, TXT, XLSX and HOBO files Compatible Data Loggers * HOBO® MX1100 Series Temp/RH/CO2/Light/Analog Data Loggers * HOBO® MX2001 Water Level data logger * HOBO® MX100 Temperature data logger * HOBO® MX2200 Series Water Temp Data Loggers * HOBO® MX2300 Series Temp/RH/Soil Moisture data loggers * HOBO® MX2500 Series pH data loggers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eco at 3.0 against HOBOconnect's 2.2. HOBOconnect's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 4). 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.
eco holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HOBOconnect has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
eco ships an update every 2 months, HOBOconnect every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eco | HOBOconnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.2 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quanteo Group | Onset Computer Corporation |
Customer experience
eco
HOBOconnect
In-app purchases
eco
No in-app purchases
HOBOconnect
No in-app purchases
