Comparison

Make Power Smart vs BlueEDM

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

Head to head
About

Make Power Smart

This app assists teams in managing MRO and energy costs. It provides tools for installing belts, evaluating drives, and upgrading to more energy-efficient solutions. Users can also track, schedule, and receive educational resources.

Highlights
  • MRO cost optimization
  • Energy cost reduction
  • Belt installation guidance
  • Drive evaluation
  • Energy-efficient upgrades
  • Team scheduling and tracking
  • Educational resources
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Make Power Smart helps you get the most out of your MRO and energy costs. It enables you and your team to properly install belts, evaluate a drive, assist you upgrade to a more energy efficient solution, reach out for assistance and help track, schedule and educate you and your team.

About

BlueEDM

Features
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With a serial cable and an RS232-Bluetooth adapter, this app lets you download engine monitoring data from your EDM700 device to your iPhone or iPad. Make the dowloaded data available for your favorite tools like Savvy directly from your cockpit. Besides downloading from JPI EDM700 devices via Bluetooth, you may import JPI monitoring files from any other location. The app will display important file information as well as basic information for each flight, such as peak engine parameters or warnings. The data may be exported as JSON data to be processed further by external tools.

Screenshots

Make Power Smart4 screens
BlueEDM1 screens

Verdict

The call

Make Power Smart and BlueEDM are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Make Power Smart versus BlueEDM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Power SmartBlueEDM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperContiTech AGCarl Philipp Staszkiewicz

In-app purchases

None

Make Power Smart

No in-app purchases

None

BlueEDM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Power Smart free?
Make Power Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueEDM free?
BlueEDM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Make Power Smart or BlueEDM have ads?
Neither Make Power Smart nor BlueEDM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Power Smart or BlueEDM?
Make Power Smart ships an update every 2 months, and BlueEDM every 2 months. Most recently, Make Power Smart was updated on September 18, 2026 and BlueEDM on September 29, 2026.

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