iQagent vs cMT Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iQagent
This augmented reality app uses QR codes to display live process data, schematics, and resources for industrial equipment. It allows users to access production numbers, maintenance procedures, and troubleshooting information directly from their devices.
- Augmented reality equipment recognition
- Live process data display
- Schematics and resource access
- QR code scanning for POIs
- Preventative maintenance procedures
- Trouble reporting
- Data recording and snapshot features
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iQagent is an award winning 'Practical' Augmented Reality app that recognizes equipment on your plant floor using QR Codes (Points Of Interest) and displays relevant live process data, schematics and other resources about it on your iPad or iPhone. For instance, you could scan a QR code an assembly line with your iPhone or iPad, and show the number of units produced, production rate, and number of rejects, all live data from your HMI, SCADA, PLC (via OPCDA or OPCUA) or Database via ODBC. You can also view preventative maintenance procedures and trouble reports from your local systems, or call up production schedules from a database, or email or call a vendor or supervisor. iQagent is also a holistic data display and recorder for industrial and process environments. It will allow you to make your plant floor a data rich environment where you can access live process data, documentation, and resource links on specific machines, equipment, and processes on the plant floor. Recent Awards: - Sikorsky Innovation Award, Honorable Mention, 2015 - Tabby/Business - Best Business Intelligence, and Resource App, 2014 - Control Engineering Apps For Engineers (Finalist) 2013 - Plant Engineering's Product Of The Year, Gold Award, 2012 How It Works: Using the iQagent configuration utility, create and configure Point Of Interest (POIs) for equipment, machines, work cells and processes around your plant. The POI Data View shows live process data you configure by browsing your existing SCADA, HMI, PLC or DCS via OPCDA or ODBC. You can also configure charts to show the data such as trends, bar graphs or pie charts. The POI Info View allows you to associate any document, URL, email address or other resource to allow for quick access. Next, print each POI's QR code and place them near the actual equipment or process in the plant or environment. On the Plant floor, use the iQagent iPad App to scan the QR Codes to show the data views for POI. You can also quickly view any POI by simply browsing to them. There is even a favorites list for quick access. Having problems with your process, or unscheduled downtime? iQagent can help resolve these costly problems quickly! Use our patented record or snapshot features to record the problem, which includes everything on the display: live Data Views, Info Views, video and your annotations directly on the screen. The audio feed will capture the process sounds and operator feedback on the issue. The resulting mp4 video is a holistic representation of your process which can be emailed or sent to offsite support personnel who can quickly identify and isolate the problem without waiting for them to come to the site! iQagent works with Apple TV, so the display can be streamed to your conference room's HDTV, allowing management to review process issues real time without having to disturb production. iQagent comes with a full featured internal mode to allow scanning of QR Codes and simulated data and info views. Visit us online for sample QR Codes that work with the demo mode for testing. Features: Display live process data and info views anywhere you have a connection (wireless or 4G). Instant access to relevant data for any configured POI: Live data (PLC, SCADA or ODBC), charts, documents, URLs, email addresses, work order requests, or intranet data sites. Record holistic videos, including Live video from process, data and document overlays; audio from user and on screen notes. Send these recordings to remote technical staff for quick problem analysis.
cMT Viewer
This application allows for the visual control of HMI hardware and software directly on an iPad. It offers seamless integration with powerful project editor software, enabling intuitive multi-touch gesture operation for data display and trend analysis.
- Multiple iPad clients
- Simultaneous operation of multiple HMI servers
- Intuitive multi-touch gestures
- Fluid and vivid visualization
- Account management for access privileges
- Hot project switching
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Breaking through the architecture of HMI hardware and software, we freed HMI from its traditional combination with LCD panel and touch screen, and perfectly integrated HMI’s visual control into iPad with the powerful EasyBuilder project editor software. Not only do we inherit the advantage of traditional HMI and the motto of “Make Things Easy,” we also encourage infinite innovation in HMI technology and lead HMI into the cloud. FEATURE ● Multiple iPad Clients A cMT-SVR can be operated by three iPads simultaneously, and by Account Management in EasyBuilder, user accounts and access privileges can be managed properly. ● One iPad, Multiple cMT-SVRs An iPad can connect to operate up to 253 cMT-SVRs, and 3 of the connected cMT-SVRs can be set as hot projects for instant switch in operation. ● Break with Tradition Embrace the Trend Through the integration of iPad and EasyBuilder, cMT Viewer, requiring no additional learning, break the public image of traditional HMI operation. By multi-touch-gesture-enabled Trend Display, Data Display, etc., you can immediately experience fluid and vivid visualization as well as the most intuitive HMI operation. Learn more: http://www.weintek.com/global/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iQagent at 5.0 against cMT Viewer's 4.6. cMT Viewer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
iQagent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iQagent | cMT Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iQuest, inc. | Weintek Labs., Inc. |
Customer experience
iQagent
cMT Viewer
In-app purchases
iQagent
No in-app purchases
cMT Viewer
No in-app purchases









