Comparison

SSAB vs PFO SmartTeach

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

Head to head
About

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

About

PFO SmartTeach

Features
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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 call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
SSAB versus PFO SmartTeach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSABPFO SmartTeach
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.012.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSSAB ABTRUMPF GmbH & Co. KG

In-app purchases

None

SSAB

No in-app purchases

None

PFO SmartTeach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SSAB free?
SSAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PFO SmartTeach free?
PFO SmartTeach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SSAB or PFO SmartTeach have ads?
SSAB shows ads; PFO SmartTeach does not.
Which is updated more often, SSAB or PFO SmartTeach?
SSAB ships an update every 6 weeks, and PFO SmartTeach every 3 months. Most recently, SSAB was updated on September 25, 2026 and PFO SmartTeach on September 26, 2026.

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