Smarty is a good choice.

The Quadzilla Adrenaline IS “the cats meow” for a 2nd gen 24 valve. It’s light years ahead of all the other obsolete units that haven’t seen any development in years.
You don’t have to connect the pump tap wire if you don’t want to.
ALL non-pump-tap tuners can only make about 65 additional HP, because that’s the limit of the canbus-only tuning on the fuel injection setup on these trucks.

But even untapped the Quadzilla is the only one that has current software development.
Its the only one that lets you set your own timing curve and fueling curves.
The Adrenaline has a phone app and either Bluetooth or Wfi transmitter so you can program and control it on your phone or tablet. It gives you full gauges on your screen. It can do data logging to make it easier to dial in your tune. It can do turbo cool-down timer, going on either time or temp. And lots of other things.
You can write as many tunes as you like and switch between them or adjust them on the fly.
The others just don’t compare.
The people or shops that recommend Smartys or Edges or whatever either haven’t kept up with the times or just don’t specialize in 2nd gen Dodges and aren’t aware.

The Smarty was once the top of the line, but that was years ago.

The ECM is an electronic gadget.
Shouid a Quadzilla ever fail, it will not leave you stranded, you can unplug it and your truck still runs as if you’d never had it.

One thing a Quad can do that others cannot is the opposite of “go wild”. You can adjust your fueling level DOWN as far as 50% below stock, as well as up above stock.
You can do it in 1% increments, and separately in 1psi boost level increments.

That allows you to install larger fuel injectors and then adjust them down so they don’t overfuel and make smoke at low boost levels, and lets them come on stronger as you build boost.

You can use rather large injectors and get all your extra power that way instead of using the VP44 “tap” wire, which avoids voiding the warranty on a new pump, and is easier on it.
Or use the tap wire and really turn the power up, in fully tunable amounts.

Yiu don’t have to use it to make big power, you can use it to just make the truck run as clean as possible.

You can use it as a security device... just write a tune that won’t even let the truck run well enough to even drive, and when you park just switch to that tune.

You can choose an exhaust temp at which you want it to defuel to prevent overheating your turbo. It will do timed high-idle. It will do rev-limiter function at an RPM you choose.

When I p-pump my truck (mostly for reliability) I’ll really miss the Quad. But until you get rid of the electronic engine management, stock or otherwise, you’re depending on electronic gadgets.

If you want a smoky truck that doesn’t run as well as it should by all means get a Smarty.