Comparison

Maxima Control vs BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART

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

Head to head
About

Maxima Control

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Maxima Control lets you monitor and interact with all the features of your Maxima devices. Easily set power, control effects, create array of lamps and extend your workflow with powerful networking and synchronization features.

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BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART

Features
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The BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART professional camera battery series offer integrated wireless connectivity features as standard. This App allows users to have remote control at their fingertips on the field, in any studio environment, TV or cinematic production. They will be able to visualise on a single screen in real time, data being transmitted from one or several BLUESHAPE batteries. Through this App, users can read or monitor several performance and status parameters for each of the batteries, and get pre-alerts from batteries that are going to be empty or full within minutes. Parameters that can be read directly on the App: - Voltage - Current - State of Charge - Capacity - Residual runtime to empty (or to full, if in charge) - Temperature - Cycle life, and other useful diagnostic details The App is compatible with all the BLUESHAPE batteries of the GRANITE SMART series, either B-Mount 28V and V-Lock 14V, and the 14V Pocket series. The GRANITE SMART wireless connectivity boosts the usage in the field: compatible with most smartphone and tablets, connects immediately out of the box and helps to control all the batteries in real time during use without lengthy pairing operations.

Screenshots

Maxima Control4 screens
BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Maxima Control at every 3 weeks against BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART's every 21 months. Maxima Control also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maxima Control ships an update every 3 weeks, BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Maxima Control versus BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxima ControlBLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks โ€” betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better14.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrico RipaltiNEW CELL TOP SRL

In-app purchases

None

Maxima Control

No in-app purchases

None

BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maxima Control free?
Maxima Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART free?
BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Maxima Control or BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART have ads?
Neither Maxima Control nor BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maxima Control or BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART?
Maxima Control ships an update every 3 weeks, and BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART every 21 months. Most recently, Maxima Control was updated on October 19, 2026 and BLUESHAPE GRANITE SMART on October 7, 2026.

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