Blynk Reviews

Summary: Blynk is a great app that lets you create Internet of Thing prototypes for free and launch them when you are ready. It provides an easy to use app creator and lots of other features to work with.

Positive: Build & launch IoT projects
Drag & drop IoT app creator
Blynk Cloud
Good customization options
Free to use Android & iOS apps for prototyping

Negative: Decent learning curve for beginners
Documentation should be made easier

Summary: Blynk is very easy to set up for IoT application. It lets you manage multiple projects on the same dashboard. It's available on cross-platform and no plan purchase required.

Positive: Now to build IoT app is very easy. For this Blynk application is the best choice for me. It does work flawless and easy IoT implementation platform.

Negative: I never encountered any problem using this software.

Summary: Having had a good experience in the past with Bynk's original entry/hobbyist level, the news of a dashboard approach was welcome. However, the out-of-the-box experience and the disconnect between the documentation and actual experience with the NEW Blynk, along with the severely reduces options and widgets left at the "Free" level, has become a disqualifying factor for recruiting future engineers and small companies who would later upgrade to a professional level.

Positive: One of the disadvantages of Blynk was the lack of a Dashboard. Your only graphical user interface was the smartphone. The NEW Blynk has a dashboard. Other than that, the ability to generate GUI on smartphones and the wide variety of microcontrollers, including Arduino, that could be employed made it a standard in its field. The first time, out-of-the-box, experience was remarkable. Engineers and small companies could quickly see the benefits of this technology approach and confidently move on to the commercial side.

Negative: Blynk has been criticized in the past for its use of its own terminology (such as virtual pins), technical writing, and approach to distributive control at the "hobbyist" level. The hobbyist or DIY level was free, however, you were required to buy the widgets (energy) on a one-time basis per project. The NEW approach is anchored around the dashboard and employs classes and objects that are used in OOP to provide the basis of a control strategy to support company-wide logistics. Once again, Blynk has renamed these functions with their own terminology. and as a result, the documentation has become very convoluting if one is familiar with OOP. More elements, such as OTA firmware updates and device registering are also introduced for a more professional GUI install to support the company-wide logistical approach, however, the approach is on a commercial level requiring a much greater understanding of the technology and logistical network topology. Expect an extreme learning curve overhead at the intro level and only a few widgets to experience Blynk. Future updates to the support documentation as the new approach settles and matures should remedy this.