Comparison

INCHSTONE OPC Browser vs BoardTrace

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

Head to head
About

INCHSTONE OPC Browser

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At INCHSTONE, we make working with OPC UA data more convenient. With INCHSTONE OPC Browser, you can explore the OPC UA Information Model, mark favourite datapoints, and transfer them into INCHSTONE's IoT configurator to create user layouts for the INCHSTONE IoT App. The App is available for desktop and mobile devices and can be used for monitoring your OPC UA Servers.

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BoardTrace

Features
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BoardTrace is a local-first bench record for hardware bring-up. Capture test-point readings on a board, compare them against a known-good baseline, and freeze an observation session into an immutable, checksummed record โ€” then hand it off as a board-revision passport. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Create boards with your own test-point map: reference designator, signal name, unit, nominal value and tolerance. โ€ข Start a capture session and record measured values against every test point. โ€ข See pass/fail at a glance on a spatial Test-Point Map, color-coded per point. โ€ข Adopt a completed session as your known-good baseline โ€” adoption freezes the readings with a SHA-256 checksum, so the record can never silently change. โ€ข Clone an adopted session into a new draft to compare a later board revision, without ever touching the original record. โ€ข Archive superseded or old sessions; delete drafts freely (adopted records that are still referenced by a later revision are protected from deletion). HANDOFF AND BACKUP โ€ข Export a session as JSON (free), or as a formatted PDF report and CSV table (Pro). โ€ข Back up all your boards to a single JSON file and restore it on this or another device. Restore validates the file's schema and checksum first, so a corrupted or incompatible backup is rejected before anything is touched. PRIVACY BY DESIGN โ€ข No account, no sign-in, no server. All boards, test points, sessions and readings stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them. โ€ข No analytics, no advertising identifier, no tracking. PRO BoardTrace Pro removes the one-board limit and unlocks PDF/CSV handoff exports and the clone-to-compare workflow. Monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions and a one-time Lifetime purchase are available. Backup, restore and deletion stay free forever. BoardTrace is a record-keeping tool for your own observations. It does not control test instruments, interpret electrical safety, certify a board, or provide engineering advice. TERMS OF USE Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

INCHSTONE OPC Browser4 screens
BoardTrace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: INCHSTONE OPC Browser at none against BoardTrace's 3. INCHSTONE OPC Browser also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. BoardTrace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. INCHSTONE OPC Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
INCHSTONE OPC Browser versus BoardTrace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterINCHSTONE OPC BrowserBoardTrace
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size131 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINCHSTONE GmbHTECK SOON NG

In-app purchases

None

INCHSTONE OPC Browser

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BoardTrace

Subscriptions2
  • BoardTrace Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • BoardTrace Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • BoardTrace Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is INCHSTONE OPC Browser free?
INCHSTONE OPC Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BoardTrace free?
BoardTrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do INCHSTONE OPC Browser or BoardTrace have ads?
Neither INCHSTONE OPC Browser nor BoardTrace shows ads.

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