Comparison

YB Connect vs Wakespeed

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

YB Connect

Remotely configure and manage your YB Tracking devices. Adjust settings like tracking frequency and GPS accuracy directly from your iPhone or iPad. Compatible with specific YB Tracking device models.

Highlights
  • Remote device configuration
  • Adjust tracking frequency
  • Modify GPS accuracy settings
  • Bluetooth LE compatibility
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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YB Connect allows you to remotely connect and configure your YB Tracking devices from your iPhone or iPad. It allows you to adjust tracking frequency, GPS accuracy settings, and much more. Compatible with Bluetooth LE versions of the YB Tracking YB3 and YB3i products, purchased after 1st October 2014.

About

Wakespeed

This app provides a simple and reliable way to configure, update, monitor, and diagnose your Wakespeed Advanced Regulator. It offers pre-defined parameters for various components and an expert mode for advanced customization.

Highlights
  • Configure, update, and monitor WS500 Pro via Bluetooth
  • Pre-defined parameters for alternators, batteries, and BMS
  • Save and retrieve configurations
  • Share configurations with others
  • Import configurations
  • Expert Mode for advanced customization
Features
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The Wakespeed App allows for simple and reliable configuration, updating, monitoring, and diagnostics of your Wakespeed Offshore WS500 and WS500 Pro Advanced Regulator. Create configurations using Wakespeed's 100's of built in of pre-defined, manufacturer recommended configuration parameters for batteries, alternators, and BMS's; select the brand and models you are using from three easy-to navigate screens to create a customized configuration for your regulator -- just pick-n-go. 'Expert Mode' allows the configuration to be further refined and customized, including adjusting the Charge Profile and accessing some of the more advanced options and capabilities. Once you have created your configuration it may be saved for later retrieval, shared with others via the built in 'share' tools (Email, messaging, etc), or sent to your WS500 / WS500 Pro Alternator Regulator. Connect your iPhone or iPad to your WS500 Pro using Bluetooth to configure, monitor, update, or take logs. With your WS500 regulator 'share' your configuration with a Windows based PC and use the Wakespeed "Universal Configuration Utility" (downloadable at http://www.wakespeed.com/technical ) and a USB cable. Alternatively you can share the configuration to an Android based phone for direct transfer using an OTG adapter. Configuration and updating can even be done before the WS500 / WS500-Pro is installed by powering it through the USB port. Key features include: · Configure, Update, Monitor your WS500 Pro using Bluetooth directly from yoru iPhone or iPad. · Simple 'pick from the list' of 100's of pre-defined Alternators, Batteries, and BMS's to create a reliable and optimized configuration for your install · Save and retrieve configurations for later use. · Share configurations with others using built-in share tools · Import configurations which have been shared with you for use, modification, and/or sending to your regulator. · Share the configuration for later transfer using a Windows based transfer tool. · Advanced 'Expert Mode' allows for modification of pre-defined values, as well as access to advanced features. For more information on this application, supporting tools, as well as the WS500 Advanced Alternator Regulator, visit http://www.wakespeed.com  Email: support@wakespeed.com if you have any questions or need technical support.

Screenshots

YB Connect2 screens
Wakespeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: YB Connect at every 2 months against Wakespeed's every 5 months. Wakespeed's advantage is rating (2.2 vs 2.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wakespeed holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of YB Connect's written reviews are positive against 33% of Wakespeed's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YB Connect ships an update every 2 months, Wakespeed every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
YB Connect versus Wakespeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYB ConnectWakespeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)2.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGround Control Technologies UK LtdDragonfly Energy Corp.

Customer experience

YB Connect

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Wakespeed

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

YB Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Wakespeed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YB Connect free?
YB Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wakespeed free?
Wakespeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YB Connect or Wakespeed?
Wakespeed is rated higher. YB Connect averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Wakespeed averages 2.2 from 5 ratings.
Do YB Connect or Wakespeed have ads?
Neither YB Connect nor Wakespeed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YB Connect or Wakespeed?
YB Connect ships an update every 2 months, and Wakespeed every 5 months. Most recently, YB Connect was updated on October 8, 2026 and Wakespeed on October 2, 2026.

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