SmarterView vs Baldrick Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmarterView
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SmarterView: the Smart Building management app that gives you real-time data in the palm of your hand. Are you lagging behind with limited visibility of your assets and performance? Get real-time smart building information at the swipe of a finger We created SmarterView to help you measure and manage anything you can imagine. SmarterView provides a single view of all your smart building data in one convenient mobile app. Three simple steps to solving your asset visibility and data management issues 1. LOG IN: View your company profile, portfolios and sites on the dashboard. 2. CONFIGURE: Schedule alerts and automation to your satisfaction. 3. UNLOCK: Realise your true data potential with real-time information on all your assets. Take your building monitoring to the next level The smart analytics and AI capabilities of SmarterView make it easy for you to gain a summarised or detailed overview of the data collected by your sensors and tags. At a glance, you'll be able to see: - Device summary: Latest read time, physical location, description of the device, status & issues - History: Log of alerts and commands triggered - Statistics: Including utility consumption totals and your consumption by hour, day or phase. Features: - Powerful, real-time insights that allow you to optimise your operations effectively - Unlock building energy monitoring capabilities - Real-time alerts - Real-time visual status Reporting - Daily/weekly/monthly—your choice - Automatically compiled and sent to you - Historial records on demand Benefits - Streamline your smart building experience - Solve the lack of asset visibility - Reduce manual management tasks - Improve compliance and reporting - Reduce downtime and asset failure - Develop smarter maintenance protocols - Create a healthier building environment - Improve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) tactics and reporting - Work towards net zero goals - Maximise revenue How SmarterView works Connected to the award-winning Orion, The Real-Time Data Network™, Smarter Technologies' smart sensors and tags turn everyday objects into smart IoT devices. Tag any high-value asset, tool, or equipment with the small, robust, wireless smart tags to collect vital data points, such as location, sound, vibration, temperature, status, etc. Data from tags is transmitted wirelessly and in real time using Smarter Technologies' Orion, The Real-Time Data Network™. You can then command, control, monitor and manage your assets on SmarterView. This comprehensive asset management overview gives you immediate action, automation and analysis. Using SmarterView is as simple as: 1. Receiving your logins from Smarter Technologies 2. Viewing your company profile, portfolios and sites on the dashboard 3. Configuring alerts and automations for specific devices 4. Reading the data of all IoT devices and solutions connected to your site 5. Understanding your data “The world around us is becoming an increasingly connected one. It’s one thing to collect the data, but its usefulness is only as good as its management and analysis. With SmarterView, you can measure and manage anything you can imagine.” - Mark Read, Smarter Technologies Chairman “One of the most useful applications of SmarterView in the current climate is for effective energy management. By using the IoT to connect your electrical and mechanical systems to the cloud-based SmarterView platform, you’ll have access to data and insights that offer actionable insights for innovations and cost-saving solutions. For example, SmarterView enables energy load balancing and phase readings that enable you to reroute power to a battery between units to balance your electricity consumption more efficiently.” - Matthew Margetts, Smarter Technologies Director of Sales & Marketing
Baldrick Buddy
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Baldrick Buddy finds the Baldrick lighting controllers on your network and lets you run and set them up from one place, without hunting for IP addresses or opening each board's web page. FIND YOUR BOARDS • Every board on the network in one list, with name, type, firmware, address and whether it is receiving data • Search, filter and sort when you have a lot of boards • Tap a board's address to open its web interface in Safari RUN THEM • Start a test pattern to check your wiring, with brightness and colour • Start and stop Cunning FX presets, and choose the one that runs at power-up • Busk Board: big buttons for running looks live, with a Blackout button • See what is sending a board data, and how fast SET THEM UP • Outputs and pixel models: names, pixel counts, colour order, brightness • Relays and dimmers • DMX presets, and the preset sent at power-up • Physical buttons: what a press and a long press do • Board name and network: fixed IP address and WiFi • Create and edit Cunning FX presets and Busk Board buttons Nothing is changed on a board until you tap Save. KEEP THEM UP TO DATE • Update one board, or every board that needs it, and watch them come back • Switch boards between the main, beta and commercial release channels, one at a time or all together • Offline update: download firmware while you have internet, then update boards on a network that has none PRIVATE BY DESIGN Buddy talks only to the boards on your own network. There is no account and no cloud, and your board list and settings never leave your device. The only internet use is downloading firmware when you ask for it. You need Baldrick hardware on the same WiFi or Ethernet network. If nothing is found, check you are on the right network and allow Local Network access when asked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Baldrick Buddy at every 3 days against SmarterView's every 4 weeks. SmarterView's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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.
SmarterView ships an update every 4 weeks, Baldrick Buddy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmarterView | Baldrick Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Visionist Limited | ILightThat |
In-app purchases
SmarterView
No in-app purchases
Baldrick Buddy
No in-app purchases









