Arduino Manager App Reviews

Looks like a fake app. Not user friendly interface. No clear instruction what to do next. Does not work without buying code generator. For each primitive code wants to charge you for money. No working sample even after app purchase. I would like to return my money.

I have had this app for months and it had been working flawlessly. When the latest version was released, the app no longer functions. As soon as the app is done opening, everything freezes. I cant open the menu, push any buttons, or even swipe left or right. Im going to try and return to the old version tomorrow. Hopefully they can get these issues resolved.

Unsupported and poorly written. How to use it and why to use it are just unanswered mysteries.

Awful product, doesnt work without in app purchase. Documentation crashes. I want my money back!

Every thing I tried required payment. Useless app for me.

Hello fellow Arduino enthusiasts, I read many good reviews about the Arduino Manager and I believe it is one of the most interesting and vversatile Arduino APPs out there. Unfortunately I can’t tell how great it is because it doesn’t work for me. I’m blind so I need to use Voiceover to do anything on the iPhone. I purchased the App almost two years ago and have not had the enjoyable experience some of you may have had. The App has very limited accessability with Voiceover, key features like Add, Delete or Move wigits can only be accessed by a sighted person. When I contacted Fabrizio first time, he was very responsive and promised to fix the Voiceover compatibility issue. That was almost two years ago and nothing got fixed. Since then I contacted Fabrizio several times, but he doesn’t even have the courtesy to respond ,as if the problem doesn’t exist or perhaps hoping that it will go away. In my opinion the changes I’m asking for are easy to implement, but perhaps Fabrizio has no desire nor he feels that he has any moral obligation to do so. It may sound that I’m judging based on a very subjective or narrow perspective and some of you may not agree with me. But I’m speaking for all the disabled people out there who for no fault of their own have to put up with all sorts of restrictions every day. We are not asking for much, we just want to be treated with the same respect as evrYbody else So based on my personal experience, I have no choice but to rate this App in very unfavorable terms. JP

Update April 2016. Been using Arduino Manager for a couple of years now. Its a very stable and useful development kit. iPad programming is simple drag and drop. Arduino programming is necessary. Documentation gets you started. Some the capabilities are tremendously powerful, like reading files from an SD drive and data logging. Very satisfied with this platform. Written some time ago... I now have a couple of useful, stable, control applications running on Arduino Manager using both Uno and Mega with Ethernet shields. Code transports perfectly between Uno and Mega. Even a fairly complex control program fits on an Uno. Some larger wifi sketches may call for the bigger Mega. Arduino Managers documentation gets you going quickly assuming you have decent Arduino familiarity. Working with an Ethernet shield is very easy. Arduino Managers iPad widgets offer one-way or two-way communications with Arduino and are pretty clearly explained. Theres NO programming needed on the iPad. I havent tried the code generator, but the example sketch gets you up and running quickly. Fabrizio Boco actually answers email and continues to support the program. This is a well made tool. I continue to develop on it.