Comparison

SmartBridge Connect vs HoleCopy

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

Head to head
About

SmartBridge Connect

Features
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This app works in combination with SmartBridge WiFi dongles for your smart meter and WiFi plugs to measure energy consumption on appliance level. Install your dongle or smart plug and follow the instructions in the app.

About

HoleCopy

Features
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Replacing a bracket, a hinge or a speaker plate? The holes are the hard part. Measuring them one by one with a ruler stacks up error until the last hole is off. HoleCopy copies the pattern instead of measuring it: lay the old part on the reference sheet, take one photo, and get every hole center and diameter in real millimetres. HOW IT WORKS 1. Print the A4 or US Letter reference sheet at 100% 2. Lay the old part on the sheet and take one photo 3. HoleCopy squares up the perspective and detects round through-holes 4. Check the result on screen: move a center, resize a hole, add one the camera missed, delete one it invented 5. Export a true 1:1 PDF or SVG, tape it to the new material and drill WHAT YOU CAN DO BEFORE EXPORTING Photographing the part, perspective correction, hole detection, editing and the output preview all work with any part you try. You can see whether HoleCopy reads your part correctly before you export anything. WHAT UNLOCKING EXPORT ADDS Saving, sharing and AirPrinting the actual-size PDF or SVG, as often as you like. That includes patterns larger than one sheet, split across pages with overlap marks and alignment crosses, ready to tape together. BUILT FOR THE WORKSHOP - Mirror the template for the back side of a part - SVG export for vector programs - A 100 mm and 1 inch check bar on every page, so you can confirm your printer did not scale it - Everything is processed on your device; photos never leave it WHO IT IS FOR Furniture repair, woodworking and metalwork DIY: brackets, hinges, handles, table legs, speaker cabinets, control panels, car or motorcycle mounts, gasket and flange hole patterns. BEFORE YOU DRILL HoleCopy works with flat parts and round through-holes of 3 mm and larger, when the part and the reference sheet fit in one photo. It is a positioning aid, not a guarantee of precision: check that the printed bar measures exactly 100 mm and drill a small pilot hole first when it matters. Not intended for safety-critical parts.

Screenshots

SmartBridge Connect3 screens
HoleCopy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SmartBridge Connect at Free against HoleCopy's $1.99. SmartBridge Connect also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

SmartBridge Connect is free to download; HoleCopy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
SmartBridge Connect versus HoleCopy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartBridge ConnectHoleCopy
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size55 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNET2GRID BVNetflowers Inc.

In-app purchases

None

SmartBridge Connect

No in-app purchases

None

HoleCopy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartBridge Connect free?
SmartBridge Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HoleCopy free?
HoleCopy costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartBridge Connect or HoleCopy have ads?
Neither SmartBridge Connect nor HoleCopy shows ads.

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