Comparison

OPX vs MapYourOTDR

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

Head to head
About

OPX

Features
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OPX-BOXe Tool app is used to remote administer OPX-BOXe OTDR via Bluetooth.

About

MapYourOTDR

Features
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MapYourOTDR turns your iPhone or iPad into a full OTDR trace analyzer โ€” read, interpret, and report on optical-fiber test data without the instrument's desktop software, and entirely offline. Open a Telcordia SR-4731 (.sor) file from any OTDR and get an interactive trace you can pinch-zoom, pan, and measure. Drop two markers to read the distance, loss, and attenuation across any span โ€” the way you would on the instrument itself. WHAT IT DOES - Decode and plot .sor traces with full acquisition parameters - Automatic event classification โ€” connectors, splices, gainers, ghosts, fiber end - A/B two-marker measurement: distance, 2-point loss, and dB/km - Link health score with a clear pass/fail verdict - ORL, section attenuation, uniformity, and a full loss-budget breakdown - Baseline comparison โ€” overlay a commissioning trace and see exactly what changed - Bidirectional true splice loss โ€” pair both directions and average out the backscatter bias (ITU-T G.650.3 method), with gainers resolved - Dual-wavelength macrobend detection โ€” compare 1310 vs 1550 nm and flag bends that lose more at the longer wavelength - On-device PDF test reports, branded with your company and name - CSV export of the event table LEARN 23 illustrated, vendor-neutral topics covering dead zones, dynamic range, reflectance, ghosts, gainers, bidirectional testing, PON and splitter testing, multimode limits, OTDR variants, calibration, fiber types, and a field troubleshooting workflow. TOOLS Field calculators for distance, dead zone, reach from dynamic range, loss budget, optical-vs-route length, splitter loss, and averaging gain. SIMULATE Generate synthetic traces with seeded faults โ€” connectors, splices, gainers, macrobends, ghost echoes โ€” to practise reading them. PRIVACY No account, no tracking, no ads. Every trace is parsed, analyzed, and turned into a report on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Free to use: trace viewer, basic analysis, demo traces, the core simulator, and 7 LEARN topics. A one-time Pro unlock adds the full analysis engine, all 23 topics, every simulator fault, configurable thresholds, and PDF/CSV export. Built for fiber-optic field technicians and network engineers. Grounded in public standards โ€” Telcordia SR-4731, ITU-T G.650.x / G.652 / G.657, IEC 61746, TIA-568.

Screenshots

OPX3 screens
MapYourOTDR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OPX at none against MapYourOTDR's 1. OPX also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. MapYourOTDR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OPX asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
OPX versus MapYourOTDR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOPXMapYourOTDR
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVeEX IncSanjay Yadav

In-app purchases

None

OPX

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MapYourOTDR

One-time1
  • MapYourOTDR$14.99

Questions

Is OPX free?
OPX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapYourOTDR free?
MapYourOTDR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OPX or MapYourOTDR have ads?
Neither OPX nor MapYourOTDR shows ads.

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