Sensibo Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience49.7% of reviews
Neutral7.8% of reviews
Negative experience42.5% of reviews

~ Based on 811 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Sensibo

Is Sensibo Safe?

Sensibo appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Sensibo is 78/100.

This assessment is based on 342 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.9/5.

Safety Analysis

69.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
25.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 342 App Store ratings for Sensibo.

Is Sensibo Legit?

Sensibo appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sensibo is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Does. Good job but….

The last thing I need is another subscription. The basic app does the basic functions. Want some more and pay $5 a month. Charge a bit more for the unit but don’t charge a monthly fee. People are well and truly over the subscription model.
I would have been left with a positive impression of Sensibo and have happily recommended it if it weren’t for the paywall.
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Terrible onboarding experience

The app gives almost no useful guidance during setup (the product itself came with zero instructions). It doesn’t clearly tell you that Sensibo Sky requires 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, doesn’t explain what the different LED states mean, tells you to scan a QR code that’s on the device after you already might have mounted it, and when Wi-Fi setup fails it just spins without explaining why or what to do next. I eventually had to find Sensibo’s support pages online and configure Wi-Fi manually. Even after setup, the app shows a warning triangle without explaining what the warning means.

The hardware may be fine, but the app turns what should be a five-minute setup into an unnecessary IT troubleshooting project.

The app should guide the user through the process instead of requiring external documentation, and it should tell you the steps and what you need to prepare before you start. Worst UX in quite a while.
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“Smart” features make it really dumb

If all you need to do is turn AC on, this works fine. However, if you are looking for any kind of smart responses to humidity, temperature, time etc. it’s unreliable and glitchy. For instance, if we turn off the AC because it’s going to be cold overnight, it will turn itself back on at 2 AM. If a kid touches a button on the AC, the Sensibo loses contact and needs to be reset in person. We were better off with the app that came with the AC.
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Rubbish

This product has become absolutely useless! It worked fine for 2 years, now suddenly, back into hot weather, trying to use sensibo and it has no idea! When it does work, I will turn on the AC and when time comes to turn it off, it goes into “help” mode. So I switch it off wit the remote and during the night, sensibo turns the AC back on 😡 i’ve had to unplug this useless piece of trash
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Good but been playing up

It’s handy BUT lately it has not been turning off when it says it’s off I get home 8 hours later and it’s still on

Greedy subscription mode

It makes sense that you need to pay for cloud-based logging and analytics, because that is an ongoing service cost that needs infrastructure. Fine. However…

I can’t believe the app requires a subscription to use OS built-in widgets. There’s no technical reason for this, just money grubbing.

App and user

Not a good app. Very hard to install and set up. No support

Just a few requests to make this awesome please!

There are SO many reasons for SO many seasons to have pre-sets. Please add them! Change the “Graphs and Logs” to show back to back events (like milliseconds apart) as one timed event! There is NO need to show them as two events. It’s mind-numbingly painful to have to skim through so many logs for no reason! Save space and add extra time backwards!
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Below Average

Having all the features locked behind an additional subscription feels grubby. I could almost forget about it but all the features are pushed in the app. I have to scroll all the way past features I’ll never buy to see my data on the Home Screen. I don’t want your extended warranty.

Good when it works. Doesn’t work for long.

Sensibo didn’t have my air conditioners’ controls in this database but a different model at least allowed very basic controls. I was happy enough with it until, about a year or so after buying it, it just stopped being able to detect any WiFi signals. I’m assuming hardware failure. I’ll try a different brand next time.
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Terrible connection problems

They really need to improve the connection to the units

Low quality app with excessive memory leaks

This is a very low quality app with numerous memory leaks that increase CPU utilization and drain battery.

Subscription

After paying $150 for the product, you would expect to have all features available. Cannot recommend, buy one of aliexpress, does the same thing and no monthly fee to use your device on your phone on your air conditioner.

Seriously a SCAM

Paying $150 for an infrared wifi pod and THEN paying $5 a MONTH for a subscription to add a WIDGET to my Home Screen? You’ve got to be joking. ABSOLUTELY ridiculous.

Good enough but full of ads

App works, though disappointing to pay a decent whack of money and then get blasted with ads or locked features at every point.

Used to be free feature now paid

Used to be free feature now paid . Stay away. Go for tplink infra red if u just need on-off like this useless device now.

Expensive and always asking for more money

Apparently the device payment isn’t enough so they spam you to give them more money

Sensibo Plus pricing/purchasing?

The app description says Sensibo + costs 2.99/mo, but the app says it's 4.99/mo, but then the app won't even let you purchase by the month, it just ignores you if you try to purchase a monthly subscription and only works if you purchase by the year, which is $34.99.

Also please change the way you can adjust the temperature in climate react. The little + and - things drive me crazy (I always get near the temp I want, and then bam it slides all the way to the end!), and the slider is so hard to get exact. Just let me type in the friggin temp I want.

And climate react needs a home and away setting. I’d love to be able to maintain my AC at a less power hungry setting when in away then when I’m home.
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Sensors are terrible

On average its off by atleast 5 degrees at all times

Limited Functionality

Mitsubishi MiniSplit has loads of functions…
Sensibo cannot even adjust in 1° increments… instead changing temp by 2° at a time.
…and even basic functions are unavailable.

I don’t recommend this app or product!
It seemed like it would be so cool. Not really though.