Comparison

Vesscomm vs Fogstar

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

Head to head
About

Vesscomm

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Vesscomm provides boat owners direct access to their boat through our hardware and service. Our application features monitoring and control for: Batteries Bilge Tanks Engines Switch Modules Lighting and many more Apply a geofence to you your boat for movement alerts or set the impact detection to be notified of potential damage. With push notifications turned on you'll get live updates for everything onboard.

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Fogstar

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Fogstar Drift is the companion app for Fogstar Drift lithium (LiFePO4) leisure batteries. It connects to your battery over Bluetooth and shows you exactly what it's doing – at a glance on the dashboard, in detail down to each cell, and over time in History. LIVE DASHBOARD • State of charge, voltage, current and power • Remaining capacity, cycle count and temperatures • Whether the battery is charging, discharging or resting CELLS • Every cell's voltage, the spread between highest and lowest, and when the BMS is balancing • A cell drifting out of balance is the earliest warning you get – long before the battery lets you down HISTORY • Readings recorded automatically while you're connected • Charts of charge, voltage, current and temperature over hours, days or months • Up to 90 days kept on the phone; export it all to CSV ALERTS • Low charge, high or low temperature, winter guard and protection trips • Set your own thresholds and quiet hours, so nothing wakes you at 3am MORE • Multiple batteries and battery banks in one app – see the whole system totalled, or drill into any single pack • Tools for real installs: battery recovery for a pack that won't wake, connection diagnostics and a timestamped event log • Report a problem in one tap – the app sends Fogstar a full diagnostic bundle with a reference number, so we can help without the back-and-forth PRIVACY No ads, no tracking. Everyday monitoring is Bluetooth only – your battery's data never leaves your phone unless you send a support report. Cloud features run on Amazon Web Services in Europe. Works with Fogstar Drift batteries fitted with the Bluetooth module. If anything isn't right, use Report a problem in Settings and we'll take a look.

Screenshots

Vesscomm4 screens
Fogstar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fogstar at every 4 days against Vesscomm's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vesscomm ships an update every 2 weeks, Fogstar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Vesscomm versus Fogstar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVesscommFogstar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMetrix Advanced TechnologiesFogstar Drift

In-app purchases

None

Vesscomm

No in-app purchases

None

Fogstar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vesscomm free?
Vesscomm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fogstar free?
Fogstar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vesscomm or Fogstar have ads?
Neither Vesscomm nor Fogstar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vesscomm or Fogstar?
Vesscomm ships an update every 2 weeks, and Fogstar every 4 days. Most recently, Vesscomm was updated on October 5, 2026 and Fogstar on October 16, 2026.

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