EcoNet vs BLE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EcoNet
Monitor and control your Rheem smart air and water products from anywhere. Receive alerts for maintenance and leaks, and track your energy and water usage to save money.
- Remote comfort control
- Energy usage scheduling
- Maintenance alerts
- Leak detection
- Water usage reports
- Energy savings
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EcoNet® is the brains of Rheem smart air and water products Using the latest in sensor technology the EcoNet smart monitoring system offers a new level of protection, comfort, and energy savings. The EcoNet app puts control of your home comfort in your hands anytime, anywhere. - Comfort: From across the room or across the country - Control: Schedule and automate your energy usage - Protection: Timely maintenance and care alerts to your phone. Leak detection and auto shut off available for some water heaters - Power to Know: Water and Energy usage reports available for some models - Energy Innovation: Save energy and save money EcoNet® is a registered trademark of Rheem Manufacturing Company.
BLE
This utility tool assists developers in creating and maintaining Bluetooth Low Energy products. It enables connection establishment, monitoring, and configuration for RF testing of BLE devices. Log files can be shared for further analysis.
- Connect to BLE devices
- Monitor connections
- Configure connection parameters
- Start/stop test mode
- Share log files
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This tool is intended to support developers in their work to develop and maintain Bluetooth Low Energy products. BleRf Test can measure the quality of an RF link in both direction for any product implementing the BLE service for RF test. Features: - establish a connection to a BLE device - monitor said connection - share log files with other smartphone apps This app is only intended to support the development of BLE devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BLE at 3.0 against EcoNet's 1.4. BLE also leads on device support. EcoNet's advantage is ratings volume (291 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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.
BLE holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EcoNet has 291 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | EcoNet | BLE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (291 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 64 months |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rheem Manufacturing Company | Arendi AG |
Customer experience
EcoNet
BLE
In-app purchases
EcoNet
No in-app purchases
BLE
No in-app purchases
