Comparison

Graph vs SoftMax Pro Remote

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

Head to head
About

Graph

This app creates various types of graphs from numerical data. Users can easily input and edit data, then export their visualizations via email, print, or save them. It offers extensive graph types and interactive features for exploring data.

Highlights
  • Multiple 1D, 2D, and 3D graph types
  • Data input and editing via table interface
  • Interactive graph manipulation (rotate, zoom)
  • Export graphs via email, print, or save
  • AirDrop to Graph IDE on iPad
  • Project-based data and preference organization
Features
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Graph is straightforward: • Makes graphs from numbers. • Made by the data visualization expert - VVI®. • Touch-hold a graph to email, print or save to your Photo Album. • Plenty of built-in options. • AirDrop your graph to the most powerful data visualization application on the iPad, Graph IDE. FEATURES • Includes several 1D, 2D and 3D graph types such as bar, column, pie, line, area, scatter, 3D perspective scatter, trajectory and surface, volumetric, z-sliced cell, maps, linear, semi-log, x-log, log-log, polar, r-log, Gregorian date and many variations. • Data is pasted from the pasteboard and inserted and edited using a table interface. • Touch-hold a graph to export it to Graph IDE on the iPad. Graph IDE is the most powerful data visualization application for the iPad and gives access to a wide variety of graph types and graphical effects. (Graph IDE is separately available for the iPad). • Touch graphs to rotate, zoom, scroll and scan data. • Touch data graphics, such as lines and bars, to show data values. • Touch-hold a graph to copy, print, mail, AirDrop and save it to other applications. • Data and preferences are organized by project and each project is persistent and automatically saved so you can show and retrieve your settings and data on subsequent use. NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. The Location Tracking task requires GPS for its function.

About

SoftMax Pro Remote

Features
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Save time and plan your experiments more efficiently with SMP Remote, an app which enables you to remotely control your Molecular Devices® plate reader through SoftMax® Pro Data Acquisition and Analysis Software and your wireless network. You can use SMP Remote to set the reader temperature, shake the microplate, initiate a plate read, and more. Whether your microplate reader is in the next room, upstairs, or in another building, you can use SMP Remote to monitor your reader. SMP Remote will notify you when the set temperature is reached or show you the instrument status during kinetic or spectrum reads so you are free to continue with your planned lab work. SMP Remote Features: • Set the instrument temperature • Receive temperature notifications • Open and close the drawer • Shake the microplate (push and hold the Shake button) • Initiate a plate read • Monitor instrument status • Open a new protocol • Add a new Experiment or Plate section • Switch between different plate sections within a protocol NOTE: SMP Remote requires SoftMax Pro v6.5 or higher and a compatible microplate reader

Screenshots

Graph4 screens
SoftMax Pro Remote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SoftMax Pro Remote at none against Graph's 1. SoftMax Pro Remote also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Graph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SoftMax Pro Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Graph ships an update every 5 weeks, SoftMax Pro Remote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Graph versus SoftMax Pro Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGraphSoftMax Pro Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVVI, INC.Molecular Devices, LLC

Bugs and requests

Graph

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • Numbers disappear when entered
  • App crashes
  • Pie graph missing
  • Export function doesn't work
  • Data sheet not intuitive
Show 22 more
  • Cannot scroll data sheet
  • Buttons too tiny
  • No obvious way to relabel columns
  • Cannot add labels
  • Graphics are terrible
  • No tutorial
  • Instructions are complex
  • Unable to use
  • Data gets randomly erased
  • Doesn't keep data once entered
  • Data gets randomly erased as it's being entered
  • Doesn't save entered data
  • Entered data disappears once written
  • Table cannot be edited
  • Cannot enter data in a table
  • X values are flipped
  • Graph doesn't look as it should
  • Full of bugs
  • Nothing worked as wanted
  • Saving-stuff disappears
  • Cannot plot points on the graph
  • Doesn't show graph, only example

Requested features

14 requests
  • Make it more simple
  • Add pie graph option
  • Improve data sheet intuitiveness
  • Allow relabeling of columns
  • Add tutorials
Show 9 more
  • Export function to work
  • Ability to edit graph labels
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to plot two sets of data on the same x-y axis
  • Easier way to enter data
  • Add tutorial for data entry and graph setup
  • Ability to export charts to other applications
  • Ability to save multiple charts
  • Import data from spreadsheets

SoftMax Pro Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Graph

One-time1
  • Additional Features$5.99
None

SoftMax Pro Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Graph free?
Graph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SoftMax Pro Remote free?
SoftMax Pro Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Graph or SoftMax Pro Remote have ads?
Neither Graph nor SoftMax Pro Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Graph or SoftMax Pro Remote?
Graph ships an update every 5 weeks, and SoftMax Pro Remote weekly. Most recently, Graph was updated on October 23, 2026 and SoftMax Pro Remote on October 26, 2026.

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