Humiditrak vs UAFX Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Humiditrak
Protect your musical instruments from damaging environmental changes. This app works with a Bluetooth sensor to monitor temperature, humidity, and impacts, sending alerts to your devices when conditions become hazardous. Easily manage and monitor your instrument collection.
- Real-time temperature monitoring
- Real-time humidity monitoring
- Impact detection alerts
- Bluetooth sensor integration
- Instrument collection management
- Hazardous condition notifications
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Musical instruments can be easily damaged by large and rapid changes in humidity and temperature. Now you can protect your investment by simply placing D’Addario’s Humiditrak or TKL's Safe & Sound with Blustream Technology inside your instrument or case. Humiditrak and Safe & Sound use a patent-pending Bluetooth sensor to provide a constant stream of temperature, humidity, and impact data to the free smart phone app to alert you of hazardous conditions that can lead to diminished playability, costly repairs, and lost value of your instrument. When Humiditrak detects dangerous conditions, notifications are sent to all your devices allowing you to take corrective action before damage occurs. Cataloging and monitoring a collection of instruments is so easy and convenient, you’ll want one for every instrument you own! D'Addario is known for innovative, problem-solving, quality musical accessories. D'Addario accessories offer a complete line of award-winning accessories including cables, picks, tuners, capos, straps, humidifiers, maintenance tools and more. Find out more about the Humiditrak at www.daddario.com/humiditrak/.
UAFX Control
This app enhances the functionality of Universal Audio's stompbox effects pedals. Users can customize pedal features, manage presets, and access new functionalities through firmware updates. It offers improved Bluetooth connectivity for faster and more reliable connections.
- Customize pedal features
- Manage presets
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Firmware update support
- OX Stomp editor
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UAFX Control is the companion application for Universal Audio's line of stompbox effects pedals. You can use the app to customize pedal features and more. What's New in v3.0.5 • Fixed slider value and slider responsiveness issues What's New in v3.0.4 • OX Stomp editor and preset improvements • Other minor fixes and enhancements What's New in v3.0.2 • Minor bug fixes and improvements What's New in v3.0.1 • Bluetooth redesigned for faster connections and rock-solid reliability • Support for new features in UAFX firmware version 2.0 • (OX Stomp) Off-Axis mic states are now correctly displayed Note that UAFX firmware updates are only available using the UA Connect desktop application, available at: uaudio.com/uafx/start
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Humiditrak at 2.6 against UAFX Control's 2.1. Humiditrak also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (35% vs 9%). UAFX Control's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Humiditrak holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Humiditrak's written reviews are positive against 9% of UAFX Control's.
Humiditrak ships an update every 2 months, UAFX Control every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Humiditrak | UAFX Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (54 ratings) — better | 2.1 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews — better | 8.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D'Addario & Company, Inc. | Universal Audio |
Customer experience
Humiditrak
UAFX Control
User reviews
Humiditrak
From 54 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Great idea for instrument care
- 👍 Useful for monitoring humidity
- 👍 Provides peace of mind
- 👍 Good when it works
- 👍 Excellent support (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes
- 🐛 App no longer works
- 🐛 Device stopped working
- 🐛 Bluetooth connection issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent readings
UAFX Control
From 19 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy Bluetooth pairing
- 🚀 Presets load quickly
- 💡 Useful preset library
- 🔧 Firmware updates improve functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent Bluetooth connection issues
- 🐛 App crashes when trying to access pedals
- 🐛 Unreliable app performance
- 🤔 Limited preset customization options
- 🤔 Lack of visual feedback on preset settings
Bugs and requests
Humiditrak
Reported bugs
87 issues- Battery life not accurate
- App not opening
- App quit working
- Device won't update
- Disappeared from list of instruments
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- Couldn't detect device
- Fail to give readings
- Don't push warnings
- Support link doesn't work
- Impossible to update settings
- Impossible to see dropdown menus
- App crashes
- Bluetooth connection intermittent
- Readings not reliable
- Quits working intermittently
- Troubleshooting needed frequently
- Device is a brick
- Customer support is a joke
- Attempted to re-link, not reading
- Alerts inconsistent/non-existent
- Low battery warning inconsistent
- Cannot set alert thresholds
- Cannot set guitar brand
- Picklist box has no options
- App won't let me update settings
- Won't let me update purchase date
- Won't let me update temp/humidity min/max
- App fails to update
- App fails to send notifications
- Has not logged readings for months
- Bluetooth is sluggish
- Slow to respond
- Never get alerts pushed
- Works 40% of the time
- App connects fine initially, then not
- Gives false data when not connected
- Sensors drained batteries
- App showed 80% battery but drained
- App back working like before
- Great product and good tech support
- App eats phone battery in background
- Device batteries drain fast
- Reads incorrectly
- Erratic readings after new battery
- No reset or calibration on unit
- No way to 'tune' the Humiditrak
- Message 'sensor updates in two weeks' for months
- App completely stopped working after iOS update
- App stuck on loading screen
- App no longer refreshes data
- 10 hours without data updated
- Sync only by shutting down and restarting app
- App finally launched successfully
- Servers back up
- App no longer works
- App crashes constantly
- App cannot work correctly
- Latest update broke the app
- Impact details crash the app
- Averages are missing
- Humidity and temperature go haywire
- User guide menu does not work
- Readings do not update on iPhone throughout the day
- App is not plug and play
- Confusing for a simple humidity tracker
- Sign in does not show on iPads
- App is very spotty
- Empty blips in hourly measurements
- 6 hour block with no data
- App crashes when adding new sensor
- App does not remember user
- Login failed
- App takes forever to open
- Pairs with iPhone but won't connect to app
- No directions on how to reset
- App cannot load from last iOS update
- App crashed
- App stopped recognizing user
- Required to log in, then wouldn't accept password
- Error messages when trying to reset password
- Lost all historic data
- Device stopped working after 4 months
- Unit had issue during upgrade
- Instructions do not fit issue
- Device does not light nor connect to Bluetooth
- Limited Bluetooth range
- App is free, but tracker costs $
Requested features
10 requests- Updates installed when needed
- Widget for quick reference
- Open Source the app
- Dark mode option
- Russian language support
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- Note section for guitar details
- Wi-Fi enabled second generation
- Manual refresh button
- Suggested install in manual
- Better coordination across devices
UAFX Control
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes after firmware updates
- Pedals not detected or recognized by app
- Registration process often fails
- Bluetooth connection randomly drops
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to freely assign pedal buttons
- Option to view and edit preset settings
- MIDI support for preset changes
- Landscape mode support on iPad
In-app purchases
Humiditrak
No in-app purchases
UAFX Control
No in-app purchases
