B vs Max Report
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
B
Monitor your home's real-time energy consumption and costs with this app. Track individual appliance usage, manage budgets, and optimize self-produced energy to reduce electricity bills and dependency on market prices.
- Real-time consumption display
- Appliance cost tracking
- Monthly budget calculator
- Historical consumption diagrams
- Self-produced energy optimization
- Individual circuit monitoring
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The Energy Manager App unfolds its full potential in connection with a fully integrated smart meter from B-control. The Energy Manager EM100 is the ideal energy meter for capturing the power consumption of your house in real-time and directly taking action to lower energy costs. Through an easy data transfer via ethernet or wifi you can call up your power consumption conveniently from a smartphone, tablet, or PC. The Energy Manager App offers a multitude of graphical assessments, which document your success and identify further possibilities of saving resources. The following functions await you in the app: - Display of momentary consumption - Display of momentary consumption as progression curve - Display of consumption itemized according to your 3-phase connection - Energy Stopwatch: measure the costs of individual appliances - Budget calculator: Keep an overview of your monthly budget - Display of past consumption data in diagrams - Display of your electricity tariff - Display of current meter readings You produce your own energy? The Energy Manager EM210 enables you to optimize your energy supply. You have control over when you draw and feed in power. Through the controlled usage of your self-produced power you not only sink your electricity costs, you also reduce the dependency of rising prices in the electricity market. In connection with the EM210 you have access to the following additional functions with the app: - Display of momentary power supply or feed-in - Display of all past values in diagrams designated as power supply or feed-in With the EM300 the individual circuits can be read out with the B-control sensors via the RS485 interface of the Energy Manager. If sensors are connected to the EM300, the following values are available in the app: - Power consumption values of individual circuits in real-time - Power consumption of individual circuits as a real-time curve - Historical consumption data of individual circuits in diagrams - Comparable representation of the consumption data of individual circuits
Max Report
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MAX Report is a qualitative reporting tool for observers. Based on a secure and solid web-based structure the report format enables observer groups to get a fast and reliable summary of the key findings from the field in real-time. This will ensure that the quality of observer reports is enhanced and enable the maximisation of observer input throughout the election observation period into overall mission analysis. All questions, analytical frameworks, search and viewing/mapping functionalities are fully customizable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Max Report at every 4 months against B's every 14 months. B's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
B ships an update every 14 months, Max Report every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | B | Max Report |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 4 months โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 โ better | 18.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TQ-Systems GmbH | Democracy Essentials |
In-app purchases
B
No in-app purchases
Max Report
No in-app purchases









