CS Modbus vs Fernhill SCADA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CS Modbus
Access and monitor remote I/O and RTU devices running on Modbus protocol. Troubleshoot addresses, verify data accuracy, and convert values to various formats like binary, float, and integers. Ideal for learning and demonstrating Modbus functionality.
- Access holding registers, coils, and input registers
- Monitor remote I/O and RTU devices
- Troubleshoot Modbus addresses
- Verify data accuracy
- Convert values to binary, float, unsigned integer, and integer
- Learn Modbus protocol
- Perform equipment demonstrations
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CS Modbus allows you to access to holding registers, coils and input registers. With CS Modbus you can : - Monitor any remote I/O or RTU that runs on modbus. - Trouble shoot modes addresses to check whether the value that reads is accurate. - Learn further on Modbus protocol - Perform Equipment Demonstration - Converts value to Binary, floating value, unsigned integer and integer.
Fernhill SCADA
Access and control industrial systems remotely. View real-time plant states, issue commands, and monitor historical data through graphic pages, trends, and alarm lists. Provides a time-stamped audit trail of events and custom data queries for comprehensive system oversight.
- Remote SCADA server access
- Graphic page display and control
- Historical tag value trends
- Alarm and event list monitoring
- Custom data list queries
- Remote alarm acknowledgment
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Fernhill SCADA is a free SCADA Operator Interface App for your Fernhill SCADA Server(s) providing access to: Graphic pages * Display plant and equipment states * Issue controls (if authorized), navigate between pages and other displays. Trends * See the history of tag values using one or more pens. * Scroll back and forward in time, zoom in, zoom out. Alarm list * See abnormal equipment states from a single list. * Acknowledge alarms remotely (if authorized). Event list * A time-stamped audit-trail of events (equipment state changes, alarms, user actions). Data lists * View custom data queries for example tag lists, PLC status lists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fernhill SCADA at 4.0 against CS Modbus's 1.0. CS Modbus's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fernhill SCADA holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | CS Modbus | Fernhill SCADA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SikYi Chan | Fernhill Software Ltd |
Customer experience
CS Modbus
Fernhill SCADA
In-app purchases
CS Modbus
No in-app purchases
Fernhill SCADA
No in-app purchases
