Motion Platform vs APG Scout Communicator
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.
APG Scout Communicator
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Motion Platform | APG Scout Communicator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motion LLC | Automation Products Group, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Motion Platform
No in-app purchases
APG Scout Communicator
No in-app purchases
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