RideController vs Arduino IoT Cloud Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RideController
Wirelessly control electrical circuits in vehicles using your iPhone or iPad. This app provides a complete power distribution system for comprehensive vehicle control.
- Bluetooth Low Energy control
- Wireless electrical circuit management
- Complete power distribution system
- Vehicle control via iPhone/iPad
- Free to download
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RideController is an app that uses Bluetooth Low Energy to control electrical circuits wirelessly via a complete power distribution system. This enables you to have complete vehicle control from your iPhone or iPad. Order your very own RC on our site today and download the app for free to #ControlYourRide
Arduino IoT Cloud Remote
Easily access, monitor, and control your Arduino IoT Cloud projects from your mobile device. Manage various aspects of your connected devices remotely, from home automation to industrial processes.
- Remote monitoring and control
- Access IoT Cloud dashboards
- Variety of widgets (switches, sliders, gauges)
- Real-time data visualization
- Home automation control
- Industrial process monitoring
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A powerful companion for the Arduino IoT Cloud – simply access, monitor and control your dashboards with a few screen taps. Arduino IoT Cloud Remote can be very useful in a variety of use cases where you need to monitor or control regardless of the time or place: - In the field: you can read the data from your soil sensors or start your irrigation system directly from anywhere. - In the factory: constant visibility of the state of your manufacturing process status, with the ability to control your automation remotely. - In the home: simply monitor your home automation systems, check your previous or actual energy consumption from the convenience of your sofa. Create your dashboards on https://app.arduino.cc from your computer or tablet and control them with IoT Cloud Remote from your iPhone. When creating your dashboards on the Arduino IoT Cloud you can link your widgets to multiple IoT projects for maximum flexibility. Featuring a broad set of versatile and simple widgets, including: - Switch - Push-button - Slider - Stepper - Messenger - Color - Dimmed light - Colored light - Value - Status - Gauge - Percentage - LED - Map - Chart - Time picker - Scheduler - Value Dropdown - Value Selector - Sticky Note - Image - Advanced Chart - Advanced Map - Image Map - Link
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arduino IoT Cloud Remote at 4.6 against RideController's 4.0. Arduino IoT Cloud Remote also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (433 vs 15). RideController's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Arduino IoT Cloud Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arduino IoT Cloud Remote has 433 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of RideController's written reviews are positive against 43% of Arduino IoT Cloud Remote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RideController ships an update every 3 months, Arduino IoT Cloud Remote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RideController | Arduino IoT Cloud Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (433 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 43.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 433 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RideController LLC | Arduino LLC |
Customer experience
RideController
Arduino IoT Cloud Remote
Bugs and requests
RideController
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Arduino IoT Cloud Remote
Reported bugs
14 issues- Dashboard loading spinner hangs indefinitely
- App crashes when opening dashboards with graphs
- Dashboard fails to load after app backgrounding
- Account registration and email verification failures
- Vague error messages during signup
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- Status button non-functional on iOS
- Double authentication not working
- Values not updating in real-time on mobile
- Blank screen appears randomly
- Chart scrolling issues
- Boards intermittently disappear from network
- Digital pin compatibility issues with ESP-32
- Requires constant re-login
- UTC timezone not customizable
Requested features
12 requests- iOS widgets support
- Dashboard editing capability in mobile app
- Dark mode support
- iPad/tablet layout optimization
- Custom dashboard cover images
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- Apple Shortcuts and Home app integration
- Siri voice command compatibility
- GitHub login option
- Background data refresh for iPhone
- Wider selection of preset dashboard icons
- GPS functionality
- More widget variety
In-app purchases
RideController
No in-app purchases
Arduino IoT Cloud Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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