Motion Platform vs EVO Devices
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Motion Platform
This application provides building control and alarm management for engineers, tenants, and owners. It offers real-time data, historical charts, configuration tools, and scheduling for building systems. Receive instant push notifications for all alarm events, ensuring immediate awareness and response.
- Real-time live data for building systems
- Data history and live charts
- Configuration tools for hubs and devices
- Alarm management and logging
- Versatile scheduling for writable tiles
- Push notifications for alarm events
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Motion.cloud (a.k.a. Motion®) is what building engineers, tenants, owners, and literally everyone in the building wants to use! These are building controls designed for every type of user in (or away from) the building. The Motion Platform app takes alarms and control to the next level with a full series of push notifications that accompany every Motion® alarm event on your iPhone and iPad. And for iPad specifically, a fullscreen experience makes the Motion Platform app kiosk-mode-ready—no more web browser elements taking up precious space on the screen. The Motion Platform app keeps your team fully aware of alarm conditions by immediately notifying you when alarm events start, are acknowledged, and are cleared. Like Motion® in your web browser, the Motion Platform app provides you with: • The absolute fastest live data for all your tiles (data points) at all your properties • Data history and live charts for supported data types • Configuration tools for Motion® hubs, devices, grants (permission sharing), tiles, apps, and more • Management tools for alarms, and data logging for alarm acknowledgments, clearances, and historical data • The easiest and most versatile scheduling tools for all writable tiles (e.g. temperature set points, on/off settings, etc.) Motion.cloud is designed for architects, building engineers, contractors, building automation control hardware distribution providers, property owners, property staff, and all others involved in building automation control installation, management, and procurement. Motion Hub software layers on top of your existing layer of hardware and makes creating dead-simple, yet robust dashboards for your properties. Motion® uses the same protocols you're already using (BACnet/IP, Modbus TCP, etc.) so no proprietary hardware is required. And even better: no programming skills are required (that would make us as hard to use as the other guys) and no messing around with networks, firewalls, and ancient servers in closets running operating systems from decades ago. As long as you have an internet connection, our software takes care of secure access to your controls, all from our cloud—and this app! This is the cloud-based platform the building automation controls industry has been waiting for. Don't get us wrong—we love our competitors because they make the controls hardware you already know and trust. But we're not a hardware company. We're all about making the best software. Motion's cloud-based platform offers simply the best user experience, and it's backed by a state-of-the-art infrastructure a generation ahead of all the others.
EVO Devices
This utility app enables users to scan for and connect to EVO ECM-BCU controls within their phone's signal range. It facilitates various operations, including renaming controls, adjusting motor speed, monitoring RPM, and configuring passwords. Users can also receive alerts for RPM alarms and track the status of up to three air filters.
- Scan for EVO ECM-BCU controls
- Connect to selected units
- Change control name
- Set motor speed
- Read motor RPM
- Configure user/admin passwords
- Monitor air filter status
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EVO Devices app allows the user to scan and discover the EVO\ECM-BCU controls within the phone's signal range. It allows the user to connect with a selected unit to perform the following operations. - change control name - set motor speed - read motor RPM - configure user and admin passwords - monitor RPM alarm if RPM alarm is configured - monitor the status of up to three air filters if air filter life is configured
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Motion Platform at 5.0 against EVO Devices's 1.0. Motion Platform also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Motion Platform holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Motion Platform has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Motion Platform ships an update weekly, EVO Devices every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Motion Platform | EVO Devices |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motion LLC | Evolution Controls Inc. |
Customer experience
Motion Platform
EVO Devices
In-app purchases
Motion Platform
No in-app purchases
EVO Devices
No in-app purchases
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