PQI Air Pen+ vs Sentry Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PQI Air Pen+
Wirelessly access and manage files stored on a PQI Air Pen WiFi Flash Drive. Browse documents, images, and audio/video files, with playback support for media. Configure WiFi settings and perform device resets.
- Browse remote PQI Air Pen contents
- Browse local device files
- Download files to local storage
- Browse and play media files
- Supports various document formats
- Configure WiFi settings
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This is the app designed for PQI Air Pen (a WiFi Flash Drive). Users can browse the files from PQI Air Pen wirelessly through WiFi connection. Features: 1. Browse remote PQI Air Pen contents. 2. Browse local contents in the App. 3. Download files from PQI Air Pen to local directory. 4. Browse all image files from PQI Air Pen. 5. Browse all audio files from PQI Air Pen, and select a single file to playback the audio content. 6. Browse all video files from PQI Air Pen, and select a single file to playback the video content. 7. Supported file formats: Document: .pdf, .txt, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx Image: .jpg, .png Audio: .mp3, .wav, .aif Video: .mp4, .mov 8. Setting WiFi password, channel, and SSID, and perform reboot and factory reset.
Sentry Connect
This app allows you to view and manage dashcam footage from your car's USB port. It provides real-time car status, playback of drives with overlays, charging history, and secure cloud storage. It's designed for easy access to your vehicle's data.
- View car status (battery, range, temps)
- Playback dashcam footage with overlays
- Replay drives with speed and map data
- Track charging sessions and costs
- Secure encrypted cloud storage
- File management and alerts
- Metric/imperial unit selection
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Sentry Connect is the companion app for Sentry USB, the Raspberry Pi that turns your car's USB port into a smarter dashcam drive. See your car, watch your footage, replay your drives and track every charge, all from your iPhone or iPad. No web browser needed. Version 2.0 rebuilds the app from the ground up. HOME Your car at a glance: battery, range, temperatures, tire pressures and Sentry Mode, with Sync, Keep Awake and Away Mode a tap away. CLIPS Smooth playback across every camera, with live speed, gear, turn signals, braking and self-driving overlays, plus a map that follows the car. DRIVES Every drive on a map you can replay, with your self-driving share, speed charts and tags. FSD tracking works for all cars, even Hardware 3. CHARGING Charge, power and range charts for every session, with costs that follow your rates and schedules. SENTRY CLOUD Sign in and your drives and charging history come with you, encrypted so only you can read them. MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN iPad puts everything side by side. On iPhone Duo you get two pages when folded like a book, one big screen when flat, and a cover screen layout of its own. AND MORE Pair your Pi with your car as a key, browse and manage files, get alerts for Sentry events, choose metric or imperial right down to tire pressure, and let your Pi install stable updates on its own. Not set up yet? Explore the Demo shows every screen with sample data. Requires a Sentry USB running v3.26.4 or newer. Learn more at sentry-six.com. Built by Tesla owners, for Tesla owners. Sentry Connect is not affiliated with Tesla, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sentry Connect at 100% against PQI Air Pen+'s 17%. Sentry Connect also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). PQI Air Pen+'s advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Sentry Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of PQI Air Pen+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Sentry Connect's.
PQI Air Pen+ ships an update every 5 weeks, Sentry Connect every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PQI Air Pen+ | Sentry Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Power Quotient International Co., Ltd. | Scott Vandereems |
Customer experience
PQI Air Pen+
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In-app purchases
PQI Air Pen+
No in-app purchases
Sentry Connect
No in-app purchases
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