Embraco ToolBox vs Elitech iCold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Embraco ToolBox
This utility app offers essential tools for refrigeration professionals. It includes product cross-referencing, a refrigerant slider, a distributor locator, and a unit converter. It also provides access to the company's product catalog and troubleshooting guides.
- Product cross-reference
- Refrigerant Slider
- Distributor locator
- Product catalogue
- Unit Converter
- Troubleshooting
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Embraco Toolbox is a free-to-use tool that provides very useful information for refrigeration installers, contractors, engineers and counter salespeople which offers several features such as: -Cross-reference between products -Refrigerant Slider -Distributor locator tool -Embraco’s product catalogue -Unit Converter -Capillary Table
Elitech iCold
This cloud-based platform allows remote, real-time monitoring of temperature, humidity, and location for sensitive goods during transport and storage. It ensures the efficacy and safety of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, food, and chemicals by providing constant condition updates.
- Cloud-based platform
- Remote real-time monitoring
- Temperature tracking
- Humidity tracking
- Location tracking
- Goods condition monitoring
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Elitech iCold is a cloud-based platform designed for Elitech wireless data loggers. You can monitor the temperature, humidity and locations of your goods remotely in real-time. To keep the efficacy and safety of your pharmaceuticals, vaccine, food and chemical goods requires proper handling at an accurate temperature during transportation and storage, Elitech iCold helps you always know where your goods are and in what condition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Embraco ToolBox at 100% against Elitech iCold's 48%. Elitech iCold's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Elitech iCold holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elitech iCold has 86 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Embraco ToolBox's written reviews are positive against 48% of Elitech iCold's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Embraco ToolBox ships an update every 4 months, Elitech iCold monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Embraco ToolBox | Elitech iCold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (6 ratings) | 3.3 (86 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 47.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 86 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Embraco North America, Inc | Elitech Technology,Inc. |
Customer experience
Embraco ToolBox
Elitech iCold
Bugs and requests
Embraco ToolBox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Elitech iCold
Reported bugs
59 issues- Password policy is weak
- Charts only show up to 100 degrees F
- Power consumption option doesn't work
- Cannot connect device to WiFi
- Repeated attempts to connect to WiFi fail
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- Fails to configure WiFi in Smartlink mode
- App suggests using Android instead of iPhone/iPad
- Lot of fields and messages in Chinese
- Humidifying element not working
- WiFi bug causing loss of connectivity
- Cannot record or see data logging history
- App broken in v61 update, not fixed
- Detailed settings page for STC1000 disappeared
- Functionality to change Temp and Humidity Settings removed
- Ability to adjust user parameters removed
- User parameters missing in latest update
- Cannot change parameters from phone after update
- New update makes it impossible to change anything from phone
- Cannot change parameters from phone anymore
- App update error, cannot change anything
- Cannot change parameters from phone anymore after update
- RCW-360 never worked
- App crashes often
- Impossible to add devices
- Bluetooth function obsolete
- Device will not come online to phone
- Device will not pair to WiFi
- Cannot register, code not sent via email
- Cannot sign up, code not sent to email
- Device does not work and won't connect to Wi-Fi
- Cannot get devices to connect to network or Bluetooth
- Device will not change from C to F
- Knocked offline, have to manually reconnect
- Cannot find where to put device back online
- Device does not flash WiFi indicator on power up
- Device will not link to WiFi
- Manual does not tell how to set up mode
- Cannot make WiFi device work
- Cannot log in, possibly server issues
- Cannot register, does not send code
- Cannot enter mobile number, says incorrect
- Old controllers not working after new update
- Devices that were not in use won't respond
- Devices in use won't turn on/off, parameters won't change
- App will not save temp or humidity parameters
- App changed, devices offline, temp fault
- Bluetooth function required for first-time WiFi connection
- App will not let you select a network to login
- Cannot type to enter wireless network name
- Username already exists error, then user does not exist error
- WiFi option to connect from PC doesn't work
- Cannot connect to iPhone
- Cannot connect to WiFi
- Cannot tap on field to select SSID
- Grey text is too dark and small
- Difficult to add devices
- App DOA, cannot get confirmation code emailed
- App takes WiFi network name from device, but must be 2.4GHz
- App requires Bluetooth for first-time WiFi connection
Requested features
13 requests- Option to use Google, Yahoo, iCloud for login
- Schedule on/off option
- Intermittent on/off option for fans
- Option to show humidity reading on main screen
- Scheduling for different temperature settings (day/night)
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- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to switch language
- Fix checkbox out of screen issue
- Add user manual to the app
- Make WiFi symbol more intuitive
- Improve UI design
- Fix spelling mistakes
In-app purchases
Embraco ToolBox
No in-app purchases
Elitech iCold
No in-app purchases
