SSAB vs PFO SmartTeach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SSAB
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The SSAB app presents product and contact information for the following steel products from SSAB: • Strenx Performance Steel • Hardox Wear Plate • Docol – The Automotive Steel • Greencoat Colorful Steel • Toolox Engineering & Tool Steel • Armox Protection Plate • SSAB Boron • SSAB Domex • SSAB Form • SSAB Laser • SSAB Weathering • SSAB Multisteel • Duroxite • COR-TEN • Expandable Rock Bolts Contact details: marketing@ssab.com
PFO SmartTeach
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PFO SmartTeach is an application for your programmable focusing optics PFO. It facilitates generation and set-up of the laser welding and laser cutting programs you execute with the PFO. The integrated camera on the C-mount of the optics transmits the live image to the app. This enables you to teach comfortably right at the component. If you want to generate and teach-in PFO geometries, this can be carried out via intuitive, gesture-based operation on the iPad. Thanks to PFO SmartTeach you save a lot of set-up time – depending on the component this can be as much as 50%. PFO SmartTeach synchronizes the generated or changed programs with the laser. Users of the control software TruControl will adjust to it quickly because the familiar properties for generation of a PFO program have been retained. Known sequences and functions have been preserved. PFO SmartTeach can be tested without risk. For productive use, activate the option “PFO SmartTeach App”. Your benefits at a glance: 1. Mobile teach-in 2. Saves time 3. Easy to operate
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PFO SmartTeach at none against SSAB's shown. PFO SmartTeach also leads on iOS requirement (12.3 vs 15.0). SSAB's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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.
SSAB ships an update every 6 weeks, PFO SmartTeach every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SSAB | PFO SmartTeach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SSAB AB | TRUMPF GmbH & Co. KG |
In-app purchases
SSAB
No in-app purchases
PFO SmartTeach
No in-app purchases









