IR vs Ara Authentic
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.
Ara Authentic
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With the ARA-Authentic -LT® technology developed by us, we offer you labeling and coating solutions that are... are tailored exclusively to your products, can be applied additively to your products on site using a standard marking laser - without damaging the product surface, provides you with a wide range of individual design options - be it extraordinary optical effects or features that are only visible under certain conditions, are cost-effective, ecologically harmless and extremely resource-friendly and whose authenticity can be quickly and reliably verified both visually and by simple means, e.g. with a smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ara Authentic at every 3 weeks against IR's every 4 months. IR's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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, Ara Authentic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IR | Ara Authentic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IR-TEC INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Maik Arink |
In-app purchases
IR
No in-app purchases
Ara Authentic
No in-app purchases
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