VBusTouch vs ScaleRemote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VBusTouch
Monitor your solar system's performance worldwide with detailed temperature charts and yield balances. This app provides real-time system status updates directly on your iPad.
- View detailed temperature charts
- Generate yield balances
- Monitor system status
- Worldwide access
- iPad optimized
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The new RESOL app for the Apple iPad makes your solar yield palpable – worldwide. A touch of your finger is all you need to view detailed temperature charts, generate yield balances and monitor your system‘s status. The basic version of the VBus®Touch app is available for download free of charge in the App Store. More features and extensions are under way. To visualise your individual system with VBus®Touch, a RESOL controller with VBus® data interface (e. g. DeltaSol® BX Plus), connected to the Internet via a DL2 or DL3 datalogger, is required.
ScaleRemote
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Simply mirror the display and operation of the SysTec weighing indicators IT9, IT6000E(T)* and IT8000E(T)* on your smartphone or tablet. Far away scales and plants can effortlessly be monitored and controlled. The app allows to fully operate the scale, set the scale to zero, tare or view the alibi memory. You can make the same entries and control the same functions from your mobile device that you know from your SysTec weighing indicators. The safe and encrypted connection between the app and the scale is made via wireless LAN or via Ethernet. Licensing is tied to the respective SysTec weighing indicator and is done in the device. *In order to use the ScaleRemote app for IT6000E(T) and IT8000E(T), the weighing indicators require 128 MB RAM. Furthermore, special programming must be carried out by SysTec.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ScaleRemote at weekly against VBusTouch's every 28 months. ScaleRemote also leads on device support (3 vs 1). VBusTouch's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.4). On price, 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.
VBusTouch ships an update every 28 months, ScaleRemote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VBusTouch | ScaleRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RESOL GmbH | SysTec Systemtechnik und Industrieautomation GmbH |
In-app purchases
VBusTouch
No in-app purchases
ScaleRemote
No in-app purchases
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