Alterante vs QuickSelect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alterante
Access all your files from any computer on your phone or tablet. Automatically organizes and protects your data, making it instantly searchable and viewable. Share documents, stream media remotely, and save files for offline access.
- Remote file access from any device
- Automatic file organization
- Keyword search and recommendations
- View photos, videos, and documents
- Offline file access
- Customizable file tagging
- Remote media control
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Overview -------- Alterante allows you to set up your own private personal cloud on your Mac/PC and access all your files from your phone or tablet. Alterante automatically discovers, organizes, and protects all your files across all your computers, and makes them instantly accessible from any device using this mobile app or using any modern web browser. Mobile features ------------- - All your files from all your computers become instantly accessible on your iPad/iPhone. - Easy to find any file, using keyword search and recommendations made by Alterante. - All your files are automatically organized by filetype & date range . For example, you can quickly find all the XLS documents you created this week on multiple computers. - View photos, watch videos, open any Office/PDF document right on your mobile device. - With a single click, share any photo or document via email, or post them on Facebook/Twitter. - Launch a video, play a song, or watch a photo on your computer, using this app as your remote control. Works great as a remote control for your living room media server computer! - Save files locally to your mobile device for offline access (e.g. Photos will be stored in Photo Gallery). - Add your own searchable custom tags to any group of files for quick access. - Access all your files from any remote location. Quick Setup instructions --------------------- 1. Install Alterante Mobile app on your iPad/iPhone 2. Download and Install Alterante your computer (installing on more computers is better, so you can access all the files on all computers) Download instructions available at: https://www.alterante.com/download.htm?id=1 3. Launch mobile app, click Choose Server, select your PC and login with user/password created in PC/Mac setup (Step 2). 4. All files should be visible on your mobile app.
QuickSelect
Instantly select and size Westermeyer Industries catalog products for HVAC systems. Input system conditions to find optimal products, perform sizing calculations, and generate PDF summaries. It also allows for checking existing installations and organizing selections into projects.
- Quick product selection
- Instant sizing calculations
- PDF summary generation
- Check existing installations
- Project organization
- Transcritical CO2 selections
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The QuickSelect App is designed around the premise of quick selection and sizing of Westermeyer Industries catalog product. Refrigeration and air conditioning system conditions may be entered for quick retrieval of products that will operate at peak performance. This App supplements the standard catalog but will conduct all necessary sizing calculations instantly and provide clear and concise pdf files summarizing the selections. May also double check existing product installations to ensure proper sizing. Product Selections Included: - Oil Separators** - Liquid Receivers** - Suction Line Accumulators** - Water Cooler Condensers - Direct Expansion Chiller Barrels - Mueller Pressure Relief Valves **Transcritical CO2 Selections Available A Projects section allows for adding product selections to a group, where this Project can be exported via pdf, listing all the selections and initial conditions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuickSelect at none against Alterante's 2. Alterante's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Alterante sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. QuickSelect asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Alterante against 5.0 for QuickSelect. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Alterante ships an update every 3 weeks, QuickSelect monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alterante | QuickSelect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alterante | Westermeyer Industries Inc. |
Customer experience
Alterante
QuickSelect
In-app purchases
Alterante
- Custom Tagging Feature (In-App purchase)$0.99
- Remote Access Feature (in-app purchase)$0.99
QuickSelect
No in-app purchases









