EMS.Waste vs ArcGIS IPS Setup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EMS.Waste
This hazardous waste tracking tool transforms your iPad into a mobile solution for managing consolidation, lab packs, and bulk waste. Easily track items in and out of accumulation areas, tanks, and shipping containers, with options for barcode scanning. Data syncs wirelessly with a web module for seamless management.
- Hazardous waste tracking
- Consolidation and lab pack management
- Bulk waste tracking
- Barcode scanning
- Wireless data synchronization
- Mobile manifest preparation
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With the EMS.Waste app, your iPad becomes a mobile hazardous waste tracking tool. Use EMS.Waste to track your consolidation and lab pack items into shipping containers, in and out of accumulation areas and on to manifests. Bulk waste material can be tracked in and out of tanks and accumulation areas and into shipping containers for manifesting. Tracking waste is easily performed with a few touches of the screen. Waste can also be tracked with barcode scanning technology. Scan your waste container barcodes with the iPad camera or with a barcode scanning device. EMS.Waste works with various wireless barcode scanning peripherals. Waste tracking data will be synced wirelessly between the EMS.waste mobile app and the EMS Waste web module.
ArcGIS IPS Setup
This app helps you survey indoor spaces to enable precise indoor positioning using Bluetooth beacons. It allows for the visualization of floor plans, testing of positioning systems, and the collection of reference data for accurate blue dot navigation indoors.
- Record radio signals for indoor positioning
- Visualize floor plans
- Test and experience indoor positioning
- Collect indoor positioning reference data
- Plan and execute radio signal surveys
- Sketch and execute survey recordings
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ArcGIS IPS Setup for iOS provides you with the necessary tools to take recordings of radio signals inside the facility you would like to equip with an indoor positioning system powered by ArcGIS IPS. Once you have your Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon infrastructure in place, use ArcGIS IPS Setup to survey your indoor spaces to enable the blue dot indoors. IPS Setup includes the following components: · Map list: View map details, set favorites, open maps, and access the recordings menu · Map mode: Visualize floor plans, test and experience indoor positioning in a facility and access Survey to collect indoor positioning reference data · Survey mode: Plan and execute a radio signal survey. Sketching and executing the radio survey recordings allow data collection and maintenance workflows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EMS.Waste at every 2 months against ArcGIS IPS Setup's every 6 months. EMS.Waste also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EMS.Waste against 5.0 for ArcGIS IPS Setup. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
EMS.Waste ships an update every 2 months, ArcGIS IPS Setup every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EMS.Waste | ArcGIS IPS Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SFS Chemical Safety Inc. | ESRI |
Customer experience
EMS.Waste
ArcGIS IPS Setup
In-app purchases
EMS.Waste
No in-app purchases
ArcGIS IPS Setup
No in-app purchases
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