IR vs HB Products BLE Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IR
Configure Bluetooth-enabled occupancy sensors wirelessly from your mobile device. This app simplifies setup and management for electrical contractors, installers, and facility managers, allowing adjustments without physical access to the sensors.
- Configure TRANS Bluetooth occupancy sensors
- Wireless sensor management
- Secure sensor installation data
- Adjust settings remotely
- No cellular or WiFi needed for configuration
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Configure TRANS Bluetooth enabled occupancy sensors from the floor. Leave the ladder behind. This sensor configuration app allows users (electrical contractors, installers, or facility managers) to configure and manage IR-TEC's BLE enabled sensor installations via a mobile device. It not only makes sensor configuration easier and faster, but also secure all important data of sensor installations. No more worry about cellular service or WiFi availability, the use of BLE allows you to make sensor configuration and setting change anytime.
HB Products BLE Tool
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This app enables you to connect to HB products sensors via Bluetooth, unlocking additional features and exploring diverse ways to use HB sensors. For instance, digital outputs can be easily configured as NPN/PNP and NO/NC. Additionally, you can set up, calibrate, and monitor measurements from the connected sensors using the app.This app allows you to connect via Bluetooth to HB products sensors. The sensors can be set up, calibrated and measurements can be monitored. A few examples are given below: - A digital output can be configured as NPN/PNP and NO/NC. - Measured data can be logged to a file. - A time constant for low pass filtering of a measurement signal can be set. - Properties for optimizing the measurement can be adjusted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HB Products BLE Tool at every 2 months against IR's every 4 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.
IR ships an update every 4 months, HB Products BLE Tool every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | IR | HB Products BLE Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IR-TEC INTERNATIONAL LTD. | HB Products AS |
In-app purchases
IR
No in-app purchases
HB Products BLE Tool
No in-app purchases
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