Comparison

Sense Home vs beestat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sense Home

Gain real-time insights into your home's energy consumption to reduce electricity bills and minimize environmental impact. Identify energy-wasting devices and receive custom notifications for enhanced home safety and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy consumption monitoring
  • Identify energy-wasting devices
  • Personalized energy-saving tips
  • Customizable real-time notifications
  • Remote home monitoring
  • Carbon footprint reduction
Features
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→ Take control of your home energy use, in real time. Sense turns your home's electrical activity into real-time insight, so you can use energy more efficiently, spend less, and stay ahead of your electric bill. → Save energy. Save money. Most people only find out what they used once the bill arrives, when it’s too late to change anything. Sense shows you how much energy your home is using right now and how this month compares with the last, straight from your phone. You’ll see what’s driving your bill, get tips that fit your home, and start reacting less and planning more. → Find your home’s energy hogs. Minimize what you waste. A lot of devices in your home draw power even when they're off: some by design, some because they've grown less efficient over time. Sense helps you find what's quietly running in the background, so you can decide what's worth unplugging, fixing, or replacing. → Get real-time notifications. Keep your home running the way it should. Peace of mind starts with knowing. Worried about heavy rain? Get notified if your sump pump stops running. Forgot the oven was on? Sense will tell you. Customize your alerts so the people and things you care about stay looked after. → Check in from anywhere. Know what's happening at home. Whether you're at the office, running errands, or spending time with family, the Sense app keeps you connected: what's on, what it's costing, and whether anything needs your attention. → Small changes. Real impact. Understanding your home's energy use is one of the clearest ways to cut waste and lower your footprint. Sense gives you the visibility to make smarter choices, so saving energy and doing right by the planet can be the same thing. → Customer support Website: https://help.sense.com Submit a Ticket: sense.com/contact

About

beestat

Gain deeper insights into your home's energy consumption with advanced thermostat analytics. Visualize runtime, sensor data, and air quality history to understand and reduce your environmental impact.

Highlights
  • Current thermostat and sensor status
  • Thermostat runtime chart
  • Sensor runtime chart
  • Aggregate historical runtime
  • 3D sensor data visualizer
  • Advanced thermostat profiling
  • Comparisons to other homes
  • Air quality history
Features
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Use your thermostat data to help inform your decisions and see how the changes you make lower your energy footprint. Features: • Current thermostat and sensor status • Thermostat runtime chart • Sensor runtime chart • Aggregate historical runtime • 3D sensor data visualizer • Advanced thermostat profiling • Comparisons to other homes • Air quality history

Screenshots

Sense Home4 screens
beestat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: beestat at 98% against Sense Home's 39%. beestat also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Sense Home's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 209). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

beestat holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sense Home has 2.3K ratings behind it against 209, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Sense Home's written reviews are positive against 98% of beestat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sense Home ships an update fortnightly, beestat every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sense Home versus beestat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSense Homebeestat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.3K ratings)4.9 (209 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews98.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better209
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSense Labs, Inc.beestat.io

Customer experience

Sense Home

All ratings2,306 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews183 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative48.6%

beestat

All ratings159 ratings
Positive99.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative0.0%

User reviews

Sense Home

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Real-time energy monitoring
  • 📊 Detailed usage insights
  • 🔍 Automatic device detection
  • 🌞 Solar production tracking
  • 🔌 Integrates with smart home devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent device detection
  • 🤷‍♀️ Limited customization options
  • ⚠️ Connectivity issues and data loss
  • 🕰️ Slow device learning process
  • 🔍 Difficulty identifying specific devices

beestat

From 209 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📊 Detailed data & analytics
  • 📈 Excellent historical graphs
  • 💡 Provides valuable insights
  • 👍 Great for troubleshooting HVAC
  • 🏠 Helps understand home usage

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Charts reset settings
  • 🐛 UI feels janky/basic
  • 🐛 Date picker is awful

Bugs and requests

Sense Home

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Inaccurate device identification
  • Sync issues between app and hardware
  • Frequent disconnections from network

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow manual device labeling
  • Improve billing cycle tracking
  • Add voltage and current monitoring
  • Provide more detailed energy usage data
  • Integrate with more smart home platforms
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  • Offer Ethernet connectivity option

beestat

Requested features

2 requests
  • Humidifier data integration
  • Floorplan/data visualizer improvements

In-app purchases

None

Sense Home

No in-app purchases

None

beestat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sense Home free?
Sense Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is beestat free?
beestat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sense Home or beestat?
beestat is rated higher. Sense Home averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while beestat averages 4.9 from 209 ratings.
Do Sense Home or beestat have ads?
Neither Sense Home nor beestat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sense Home or beestat?
Sense Home ships an update fortnightly, and beestat every 8 months. Most recently, Sense Home was updated on November 6, 2026 and beestat on November 4, 2026.

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