Flame Services Browser vs IPMI light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flame Services Browser
Discover and interact with services on your local wireless network. This utility lists available Bonjour (ZeroConf) services, displays their details, and allows you to launch compatible applications directly from the service listing.
- Discover Bonjour/ZeroConf services
- Browse services by server
- View detailed service information
- Copy service details
- Launch compatible applications
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Flame is a browser for Bonjour (also known as ZeroConf) network services. It lists the services advertised on your wireless network and you can browse them by server. When selecting a service, its advertised details are displayed. You can copy any of the service details by long-pressing a row. If an application on your iPhone or iPod touch can handle any of the advertised services, a command to open it right away is provided.
IPMI light
Remotely monitor IPMI-enabled devices using the industry-standard IPMI-over-LAN protocol. It supports various sensor groups like temperature, fan, and voltage, and is compatible with IPMI v1.5 and v2.0 protocols. This app is designed for monitoring a single server.
- Remote IPMI monitoring
- Supports IPMI v1.5 and v2.0
- Monitors various sensor groups
- IPMI v2.0 SHA1 authentication
- Configurable network settings
- Single server monitoring
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Monitor IPMI-enabled devices remotely via industry standard IPMI-over-LAN protocol! - supports Temperature, Fan, Voltage, Current, Power Supply, Battery, Processor, Drive, Interconnect and Security sensor groups - compatible with IPMI v1.5 and IPMI v2.0 protocols - IPMI v2.0 SHA1 and SHA1/SHA1-96 ciphers for authentication and integrity - IPMI SDR cache for fast sensor status refresh - configurable network retry and timeout settings - no ads IPMI light is designed to monitor a single server only. For multiple server support, power control functions and ability to see detailed information about the chassis and individual sensors check out IPMI touch, also on the App Store! Follow latest IPMI light news on Twitter @yellowKompressr or read IPMI light development blog at yellowKompressor.com/ipmi-touch/ * IPMI light requires devices equipped with IPMI-compliant management controllers like DELL DRAC, HP iLO2, IBM RSA, SUN ILOM, Xserve LOM or similar for proper operation. * IPMI-over-LAN protocol requires unrestricted access to UDP port 623.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flame Services Browser at 4.9 against IPMI light's 4.5. Flame Services Browser also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 2). IPMI light's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flame Services Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flame Services Browser has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Flame Services Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of IPMI light's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flame Services Browser ships an update every 7 months, IPMI light every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 20, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Services Browser | IPMI light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Insam | yellowKompressor |
Customer experience
Flame Services Browser
IPMI light
In-app purchases
Flame Services Browser
No in-app purchases
IPMI light
No in-app purchases
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