Comparison

TM+ Pro vs Apogee InSight

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

Head to head
About

TM+ Pro

Remotely monitor and control horticulture automation systems for your growth facilities. Features a new UI, historical charts, customizable device displays, and a logbook for tracking plant data. Connect with a community of growers and access support resources.

Highlights
  • Remote access to control systems
  • Historical data charting
  • Customizable device naming and photos
  • Plant growth logbook
  • Grower community and forum
  • Controller sharing with authorization
Features
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TM+ Pro offers you remote access and control of the TrolMaster control systems: Green-X,Tent-X,Hydro-X,Hydro-X Pro,Hydro-X Plus, Aqua-X,Aqua-X Pro,Aqua-X Plus, Carbon-X and Hawkeye. The controllers and control systems provide the ultimate solution for horticulture automation, enabling you to monitor and control every aspect of your growth facilities anywhere, anytime. This new and advanced version is a major upgrade and improvement featuring: New UI: Clear and friendly user experience. Historical Chart: All historical data will be presented in one graph, making it easier to compare the data collected. New devices display customization: You can individually rename and add photos on all devices in the App for better management. New Logbook function: Allows you to track your plant stages, time and date. Log the plant data such as Environment and feeding parameters; plant information and room setup details. New Community page: Follow your favorite growers. Share your logbook and view other grower’s logbooks, a more user-friendly Forum. New Support page: Featuring “Product Learning” “Help” page with FAQ and Q&A. Forum: You can also share, like, comment, and post questions or any thoughts in Community, a place where growers can share ideas and grow together. Sharing controller: Owner can share his controllers with other user accounts. Giving the ability to authorize multiple accounts to access the same controller.

About

Apogee InSight

This app supports handheld spectroradiometers for measuring light metrics crucial for growers. It allows users to take spot samples or log measurements over time via Bluetooth, providing detailed spectral analysis.

Highlights
  • Connects to handheld spectroradiometers
  • Measures illuminance, CCT, and PAR
  • Logs light measurements over time
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Displays spectral power distribution
  • Calculates color rendering index
Features
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The Apogee InSight app provides support for handheld spectroradiometers (MS-100 series) by Apogee Instruments, Inc. The Apogee spectroradiometers are self-powered, portable devices that can instantly measure and display the most important metrics for serious growers. The Apogee Insight app allows the user to take spot samples or to log light measurements over time via Bluetooth. The Apogee InSight app measures these metrics: - Illuminance (LUX)/Foot Candle (fc) - Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) - CIE Chromaticity Coordinates - CIE 1931 x, y Coordinates - CIE 1976 u’, v’ Coordinates - CIE 1931 XYZ Value - Dominant Wavelength (λd) - Color Rendering Index (CRI, Ra)/R1 to R15 - Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - PPFD (400 to 700 nm) m^-2 s^-1 - ePAR (400 to 750 nm) m^-2 s^-1 - PPF-UV (380 to 400 nm) m^-2 s^-1   - PPF-B (400 to 500 nm) m^-2 s^-1 - PPF-G (500 to 600 nm) m^-2 s^-1 - PPF-R (600 to 700 nm) m^-2 s^-1 - PPF-NIR (700 to 780 nm) m^-2 s^-1 - Percent Flicker - Spectral Power Distribution (SPD) mW/m2 - Peak Wavelength (λp) - Peak Wavelength (λpV) - Integration Time (I-Time)

Screenshots

TM+ Pro4 screens
Apogee InSight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Apogee InSight at 5.0 against TM+ Pro's 3.1. Apogee InSight also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). TM+ Pro's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 1). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Apogee InSight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TM+ Pro has 97 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TM+ Pro versus Apogee InSight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTM+ ProApogee InSight
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (97 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings97 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTrolMaster Agro Instruments Co., LimitedApogee Instruments

Customer experience

TM+ Pro

All ratings97 ratings
Positive49.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative42.3%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative55.9%

Apogee InSight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TM+ Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Apogee InSight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TM+ Pro free?
TM+ Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apogee InSight free?
Apogee InSight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TM+ Pro or Apogee InSight?
Apogee InSight is rated higher. TM+ Pro averages 3.1 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while Apogee InSight averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TM+ Pro or Apogee InSight have ads?
Neither TM+ Pro nor Apogee InSight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TM+ Pro or Apogee InSight?
TM+ Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Apogee InSight every 2 months. Most recently, TM+ Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and Apogee InSight on September 14, 2026.

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