Comparison

Motion Platform vs APG Scout Communicator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

APG Scout Communicator

Features
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Configure any Modbus sensor with a convenient bluetooth-supported app from APG. The app pairs with APG’s Modbus Scout device for convenient sensor setup and close-range monitoring of your Modbus sensors. For more information go to apgsensors.com.

Screenshots

Motion Platform4 screens
APG Scout Communicator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Motion Platform at every 9 days against APG Scout Communicator's every 9 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Motion Platform ships an update every 9 days, APG Scout Communicator every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Motion Platform versus APG Scout Communicator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotion PlatformAPG Scout Communicator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotion LLCAutomation Products Group, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Motion Platform

No in-app purchases

None

APG Scout Communicator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Motion Platform free?
Motion Platform is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is APG Scout Communicator free?
APG Scout Communicator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Motion Platform or APG Scout Communicator have ads?
Neither Motion Platform nor APG Scout Communicator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Motion Platform or APG Scout Communicator?
Motion Platform ships an update every 9 days, and APG Scout Communicator every 9 months. Most recently, Motion Platform was updated on October 14, 2026 and APG Scout Communicator on October 7, 2026.

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