XSPOC vs BlastShield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XSPOC
This comprehensive system integrates well management software, linking real-time data to diagnostic and design tools. It supports various wellhead devices and allows remote control of oil fields from anywhere. Analyze live data, view historical graphs, and manage alarms efficiently.
- Integrated well management system
- Real-time data linking
- Support for multiple wellhead devices
- Remote well control
- Live data analysis
- Historical data graphing
- Alarm management
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XSPOC is a comprehensive well management system that fully integrates all of Theta's software. It uses modern communication technologies to link real-time data to Theta's powerful diagnostic and design tools. XSPOC is not just for pump-off controllers anymore. It now supports other wellhead devices including submersibles and flow controllers. Other devices are being added all the time. Just take a quick look at the powerful features of XSPOC for the iPhone/iPad: *Licensing and login provided to protect your data and set user permissions for well control *Search all your groups to find the exact well you want to analyze *See the well name, pumping unit type, communication status, run status, and last good scan of all wells before you load the Well Status screen *Scanning any well to view live data for your POC, rods, wellhead pressures, loading and efficiency percentages, and a number of other important values for multiple different pumping unit types (Conventional, PCP, ESP, Mark 2, Air Balance, Rotaflex, and Hydraulic) *See your surface, downhole, POC, and Predicted cards by selecting a date and adding it to a graph to compare what's happening with your system *View graphs of your data history by selecting a date range, zooming, and manually changing the high and low values of any controller *Control your wells from anywhere in the world by starting, stopping, idling, enabling, disabling, and clearing the alarms right from your iPhone or iPad XSPOC is an essential tool for any engineer or oil industry professional that wants to control their oil fields whether they are in the office or in the oil field. Contact Theta Oilfield Services to find out how you can get this truly revolutionary mobile application!
BlastShield
This app provides a secure private network for IIoT assets and infrastructure, making them invisible to threats. It offers highly secure access through an authenticator that mimics a familiar payment experience.
- Software-defined private network
- IIoT asset protection
- Infrastructure security
- Application invisibility
- Secure authenticator
- Apple Pay-like access
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BlastShield™ is a revolutionary software-defined private network solution from BlastWave that protects IIoT assets, infrastructure and applications by rendering them invisible to malicious actors. The BlastShield™ Authenticator enables highly secure access into a BlastShield™ network via a convenient “Apple Pay” experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: XSPOC at 5.0 against BlastShield's 3.0. XSPOC also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
XSPOC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XSPOC | BlastShield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Theta Oilfield Services | Blastwave, Inc. |
Customer experience
XSPOC
BlastShield
In-app purchases
XSPOC
No in-app purchases
BlastShield
No in-app purchases









