Comparison

ThingsBoard Live vs DevicesTool

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

Head to head

ThingsBoard Live

IoT Mobile Application

About

ThingsBoard Live

Features

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The ThingsBoard Live is a mobile application that was built using open-source Flutter ThingsBoard Application available on github (https://github.com/thingsboard/flutter_thingsboard_app) and served by ThingsBoard IoT platform (https://demo.thingsboard.io). It demonstrates common capabilities provided by ThingsBoard Mobile Application. The application allows you: * Browse dashboards * Browse alarms and open alarm specific dashboards * Browse devices grouped by device profile and open device specific dashboards * Use mobile actions configured within dashboard widgets

About

DevicesTool

Features

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Devices.Tool Have the following functions * Configure or query LB NB devices * Upgrade the LB NB device

Screenshots

ThingsBoard Live4 screens

DevicesTool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ThingsBoard Live at 13.0 against DevicesTool's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

ThingsBoard Live ships an update every 2 months, DevicesTool every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level

ThingsBoard Live versus DevicesTool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	ThingsBoard Live	DevicesTool
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 2 months — better	Every 3 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	26.0
Further details — not scored
Size	71 MB	23 MB
Age rating	12+	12+
Developer	ThingsBoard, Inc.	Shenzhen Dragino technology development co.LTD

In-app purchases

None

ThingsBoard Live

No in-app purchases

None

DevicesTool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThingsBoard Live free?

ThingsBoard Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is DevicesTool free?

DevicesTool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do ThingsBoard Live or DevicesTool have ads?

Neither ThingsBoard Live nor DevicesTool shows ads.

Which is updated more often, ThingsBoard Live or DevicesTool?

ThingsBoard Live ships an update every 2 months, and DevicesTool every 3 months. Most recently, ThingsBoard Live was updated on September 18, 2026 and DevicesTool on September 7, 2026.