Geo SCADA Mobile vs zdSCADA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geo SCADA Mobile
Monitor and control your Geo SCADA system remotely with this app. View alarms, events, and system performance data, and perform controls on selected points. Customize your experience with user favorites and leverage location-based alarm redirection.
- Remote SCADA system monitoring
- Alarm and event management
- Data visualization and trends
- Remote control of system points
- Database browsing and search
- User-defined favorites
- Location-based alarm redirection
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The efficient way of monitoring and controlling your Geo SCADA system remotely. Geo SCADA Mobile, coupled to Geo SCADA, a Schneider Electric product, provides remote access to data within your SCADA system, allowing users to monitor performance while "on the move". It also improves staff productivity and enhances overall system performance: an easy way to add value to your organisation! Fully compatible with ClearSCADA – Use GeoSCADA Server to take advantage of new features. Alarms and Events * Alarm actions such as acknowledge, disable and enable. Actions logged to the Geo SCADA event journal. * View alarm and event lists. Mobile "Displays" * Mimics are available when connected to Geo SCADA Expert 2025 or later. * Summary data displays for "at a glance" understanding of system performance. * Available as a shortcut from alarms or database hierarchy, where configured. Database * Browse and Search the Geo SCADA database. * View object status at any level. * Display filtered alarm and event lists based on database hierarchy. Data Visualization * Display historic data trends for points; optimized for mobile connectivity. * Display custom database queries; useful for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Controls * Perform controls on selected points in the Geo SCADA database. * Actions logged to the Geo SCADA event journal. User Favorites * Customize the app for easy retrieval of your commonly used views. Security * Integrated security with Geo SCADA. * Additional security measures for communications outside of the SCADA firewall. Location * Use your device location to allow Alarm redirection based on your position (Requires ClearSCADA 2017 R1) Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Search Database * Search the database's object by object name. From the resultset, navigate back into the database to view events, alarms, status information and select Mobile Methods. Mobile Methods * Configure object methods on the server, to be selectable on the mobile app and/or ViewX client Contact your local Schneider Electric sales channel to provide this functionality for your Geo SCADA system(s). NOTE: For security reasons, this application does not communicate directly with the Geo SCADA server, so additional software is required to enable this. The additional software can be found on the Geo SCADA server installation media.
zdSCADA
This mobile application offers data collection and monitoring for electronic devices within the oil and gas sector. It extends a web-based solution to a mobile platform, catering exclusively to existing customers.
- Data collection
- Device monitoring
- Oil and gas industry focus
- Mobile platform extension
- Web-based solution integration
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*** For zdSCADA customers only *** zdSCADA provides data collection and monitoring services for a wide variety of electronic devices in the oil and gas industry. This application builds on our completely web-based solution and brings it to a mobile platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: zdSCADA at 4.3 against Geo SCADA Mobile's 1.0. 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.
zdSCADA holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Geo SCADA Mobile ships an update every 4 months, zdSCADA every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geo SCADA Mobile | zdSCADA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Schneider Electric SA | zdSCADA, L.P. |
Customer experience
Geo SCADA Mobile
zdSCADA
In-app purchases
Geo SCADA Mobile
No in-app purchases
zdSCADA
No in-app purchases









