Trane BAS Operator vs CMS Tech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trane BAS Operator
Monitor and control your building's HVAC system remotely. View system status, manage alarms, and make adjustments to temperature and equipment settings to ensure optimal comfort and efficiency.
- View system status and graphics
- Manage active and historic alarms
- Acknowledge and comment on alarms
- Adjust setpoints and override equipment
- Remember connection information
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Check your building’s HVAC system to see the status, make adjustments, respond to hot/cold calls quickly and get more done in your day. The Tracer BAS Operator works with the Trane building automation system controller: Tracer SC version 3.6 and higher. The BAS Operator is fully integrated with Tracer SC – just log in to view your building! The Trane BAS Operator Features: Manage Alarms • See the active and historic alarms in your system, their severity and what generated the alarms. • Acknowledge new alarms and add comments for others to see • Keep the alarm log tidy with the delete alarm functionality View Status • See what’s happening in spaces, with equipment and entire systems. • Built-in graphics for easy to read status, at a glance, including animations. Take Action • Respond to hot/cold calls by adjusting setpoints, overriding equipment and occupancy. A feature of BAS Operator is it remembers the connection information for your connected devices. This is very helpful! However, when Updating to a new version, do not Un-install (or delete) the old version. Doing so will erase the device connection data.
CMS Tech
This mobile application streamlines healthcare facility management by enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and productivity. It empowers all levels of an organization with a responsive CMMS solution.
- Mobile CMMS solution
- Promotes efficiency
- Enhances accuracy
- Boosts productivity
- Empowers all organizational levels
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Healthcare’s most responsive mobile CMMS app! Promote efficiency, accuracy, and productivity with CMS Tech: a truly mobile CMMS app designed to empower every level of your organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CMS Tech at 3.0 against Trane BAS Operator's 2.4. Trane BAS Operator's advantage is review sentiment (36% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CMS Tech holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Trane BAS Operator's written reviews are positive against 20% of CMS Tech's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trane BAS Operator ships an update every 3 months, CMS Tech every 4 months. Both last shipped on August 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Trane BAS Operator | CMS Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (45 ratings) | 3.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TRANE U.S. INC | Facilities Survey Inc |
Customer experience
Trane BAS Operator
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In-app purchases
Trane BAS Operator
No in-app purchases
CMS Tech
No in-app purchases
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