KDM Inspector vs IPS Mobile Insight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KDM Inspector
This utility app helps professionals working with Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) and KDM encryption keys. It allows users to quickly open and view essential key information directly from their iOS device, supporting various file formats.
- Open KDM keys from email
- View key active and expiration times
- See show player public key and UUID
- Supports .xml and .zip KDM files
- Mobile DCP/KDM management
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Check KDM playback windows, content titles, and server details on your iPhone or iPad. Built for projectionists, theater technicians, post-production facilities, and anyone working with Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), KDM Inspector turns Key Delivery Message (KDM) XML files into clear, readable information. Open a key from Mail or Files, or import a ZIP containing multiple KDMs. Keep the details in a searchable library for quick reference before your next screening. With KDM Inspector, you can: - See whether a playback window is Active, Upcoming, or Expired. - View start and expiration times in your local time zone or UTC. - Find server or media block serial numbers when recognized in the KDM. - Inspect content titles, composition playlist IDs, message IDs, and content key counts. - View recipient details, certificate serial numbers, and show player public key thumbprints. - Search by title, server serial number, recipient, filename, or composition playlist ID. - Filter your library by playback status. - Share a readable summary of key details. Designed for iPhone and iPad, with Dark Mode, support for larger text, and Liquid Glass controls on iOS and iPadOS 26 or later. KDM information is read and stored on your device. No account or upload is required. Active, Upcoming, and Expired describe the playback time window recorded in the KDM.
IPS Mobile Insight
Connect to condition monitoring devices via Bluetooth to access real-time equipment performance data. View status, alarms, and trends, and manage device configurations and data uploads.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Real-time equipment status
- Vibration, temperature, pressure data
- Alarm management
- Trend graphing
- Cloud data upload
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The IPS Mobile Insight App provides users with the ability to interface, via Bluetooth radio, with the IPS Beacon 2™ and IPS Beacon Pulse™ condition monitoring products, which are purchased from Flowserve. Real time equipment performance data can be accessed through any Bluetooth enabled iOS mobile device. The IPS Mobile Insight App can configure the IPS Beacon 2 and IPS Beacon Pulse devices and upload data to the cloud with the touch of a button. While using the IPS Mobile Insight App within range of the IPS Beacon 2 or the IPS Beacon Pulse condition monitoring devices: • Immediate equipment status and operating conditions is displayed • IPS Beacon 2 - Access to vibration, temperature, runtime, and maintenance status is given • IPS Beacon Pulse - Access to fluid conditions present (liquid or gas), temperature, and pressure • Access to last alarm time and date along with details of the condition causing the alarm • Alarm threshold management for all of the devices • Examine trend graphs for a variety of conditions • Upload data to the IPS Insight Portal©. Once device data is uploaded to the IPS Insight Portal, additional data management, reporting, and data sharing can be performed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: IPS Mobile Insight at Free against KDM Inspector's $2.99. IPS Mobile Insight also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
IPS Mobile Insight is free to download; KDM Inspector costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for KDM Inspector against 4.0 for IPS Mobile Insight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
KDM Inspector ships an update every 38 months, IPS Mobile Insight every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KDM Inspector | IPS Mobile Insight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Judelson | Flowserve Corp |
Customer experience
KDM Inspector
IPS Mobile Insight
In-app purchases
KDM Inspector
No in-app purchases
IPS Mobile Insight
No in-app purchases
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