Comparison

Retmes Suite vs ValueStreamMapper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Retmes Suite

Features
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• Retmes is a solution package consisting of integrated systems between production lines and ERP, encompassing essential MES needs. • As the Retmes team within Konzek Technology, we provide support in all processes, from data collection to analysis, through our Artificial Intelligence-supported MES solutions. We enable you to achieve more efficient and high-quality production. • Take control of your production processes with Retmes. Monitor, report, and Manage. Increase the efficiency and profitability of your business. • Manage your business from anywhere using the Retmes Suite mobile application on mobile devices.

About

ValueStreamMapper

Features
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Value Stream Mapping turns the classic lean whiteboard exercise into a digital tool you can carry to the shop floor. Draw the material and information flows that bring a product from order to delivery, record the numbers that matter, and let the app show you where time and inventory are being lost. MAP IT • The full value-stream icon set: processes with data boxes, customers and suppliers, inventory, supermarkets, FIFO lanes, buffer and safety stock, trucks, trains, planes and ships, kanban posts, load leveling, operators, kaizen bursts and more. • Push, pull and material-flow arrows, manual and electronic information flows, production, withdrawal and signal kanban paths. • Pan, zoom, drag and connect directly on the canvas. Undo and redo. • Keep a current-state map, derive the future state from it, and sketch the ideal state. MEASURE IT • Data boxes for cycle time, value-creating time, changeover, uptime, operators, EPE, scrap and batch size. • Takt time from customer demand and available time. Inventory counts become days of demand automatically. • Analysis view with a cycle-time-vs-takt chart, the lead-time ladder, total production lead time, processing time and process-cycle efficiency. • A register of your kaizen bursts: the countermeasures that lead to the future state. WATCH IT FLOW • The flow animation simulates your map with its own numbers: the supplier delivers at takt, each process works at its effective cycle time, the customer pulls at takt. • See material move step to step, information pulse back from the customer, and WIP pile up in front of the constraint. • Bottlenecks and starved processes are highlighted as they emerge. Play, pause, restart, 0.5x to 5x speed. • End-of-run summary of where material accumulated, which process limited the flow and how much demand was covered, downloadable as a PDF report or CSV. BRING YOUR DATA • Import a map from a CSV or spreadsheet file using the bundled template, or from any table with name and type columns. Positions and connections are optional: the app lays out and links the stream for you. • Import value-stream drawings from Microsoft Visio (.vsdx) and spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel (.xlsx). • A built-in guide shows exactly how to format your sheets, with examples. SHARE IT • Export the map as a PDF drawing or PNG image, the data as CSV, or the whole map as a document you can open on another device. • Maps appear in the Files app and open directly from mail or AirDrop. LEARN IT • An in-app reference explains the method, the time metrics, the flow concepts and every icon and arrow. Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account, no subscription, no internet connection needed. Your maps stay on your device.

Screenshots

Retmes Suite4 screens
ValueStreamMapper3 screens

Verdict

The call

Retmes Suite and ValueStreamMapper are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Retmes Suite versus ValueStreamMapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetmes SuiteValueStreamMapper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKonzek TechnologyVINCENZO RENZO

In-app purchases

None

Retmes Suite

No in-app purchases

None

ValueStreamMapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retmes Suite free?
Retmes Suite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ValueStreamMapper free?
ValueStreamMapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Retmes Suite or ValueStreamMapper have ads?
Neither Retmes Suite nor ValueStreamMapper shows ads.

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