Vision C5 vs BloodCOMM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vision C5
This app allows users to easily update configuration settings for a specific facepiece device. It is designed to enhance situational intelligence with advanced features for improved visibility and breathing.
- Update configuration settings
- Enhance situational intelligence
- Improve field of view
- Optimize breathing regulator
- Integrate headphone technology
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The Vision C5 app makes it easy to update configuration settings on your 3M™ Scott™ Vision C5 facepiece. Designed using a platform approach, the 3M Scott Vision C5 Facepiece with E-Z Flo C5 Regulator incorporates the latest technology to enhance situational intelligence in a customizable solution. Featuring a wider field of view to see more, a new regulator design to breathe easier, and optional bone conduction headphone technology to hear what matters, the Vision C5 Facepiece with E-Z Flo C5 Regulator delivers the key performance qualities to help meet the changing needs of today’s firefighter.
BloodCOMM
This application allows users to wirelessly monitor and manage the temperature of blood products stored in compatible portable medical refrigerators and smart blood coolers. It provides real-time data, historical records, and alerts for temperature excursions, ensuring compliance and product integrity.
- Real-time temperature monitoring
- Bluetooth and cellular monitoring
- Temperature history and graphs
- Excursion alerts and recording
- Downloadable PDF/CSV reports
- Unit nickname assignment
- Low battery notifications
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BloodCOMM is a highly intuitive, blood program management software application that allows users to wirelessly connect to existing APRU 6L Portable Medical Refrigerators and Delta ICE 2L Smart Blood Coolers. It is the next evolution in mobile blood management to ensure compliance with Blood Banks, Hospitals, and Agency Directors. The app extends the functionality of existing APRU & ICE units in the following ways: - Real-time Temperature Monitoring and Recording - Close Range, Bluetooth Monitoring - Remote, Cellular Monitoring (currently available for Delta ICE) - Download, Export, and Email Reports (PDF or CSV) - View Temperature History - View Temperature Graphs - View Exact Excursion Dates, Times, and Temperatures - Record static snapshots of data for sharing or storage - Assign Nicknames to Individual Units - Wirelessly monitor and receive notifications for approaching excursions, low battery, and active excursions. ...and much more! Learn more at the BloodCOMM Resource Center website: https://docs.blood.dev/ Compatible with the following products: - Delta Development APRU 6L - Delta Development ICE 2L ----------------- About the Autonomous Portable Refrigeration Unit (APRU): The APRU provides constant cooling of blood products, vaccines, virus samples, and temperature-controlled medications with superior performance, in military operations, disaster relief response, and emergency medical systems. https://deltadevteam.com/portable-medical-refrigerator/ About the Smart Blood Cooler (Delta ICE): The Delta ICE provides monitored storage of blood products, vaccines, virus samples, and temperature-controlled medications for extended periods of time. Utilizing a smart monitoring system, the cooler will alert of temperature excursions and report when it is time to change the internal ICE pack. https://deltadevteam.com/smart-blood-cooler/ https://blood.dev https://www.deltadevteam.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BloodCOMM at fortnightly against Vision C5's every 3 months. Vision C5's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Vision C5 against 5.0 for BloodCOMM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Vision C5 ships an update every 3 months, BloodCOMM fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Vision C5 | BloodCOMM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 3M Company | Delta Development Team, Inc. |
Customer experience
Vision C5
BloodCOMM
In-app purchases
Vision C5
No in-app purchases
BloodCOMM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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