Comparison

IHS Smart Control vs flamemonitor

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

Head to head
About

IHS Smart Control

This app offers electronic control for wood burning stoves, ensuring optimal airflow for cleaner and more economical heating. It simplifies lighting, restoking, and allows you to set desired room temperatures, providing notifications for refueling and extending combustion for overnight warmth.

Highlights
  • Automatic optimum airflow control
  • Easy lighting and restoking
  • Set and maintain desired room temperature
  • Refueling notifications
  • Reduced firewood consumption
  • Night reduction for extended burn
  • Combustion development tracking
Features
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HWAM SmartControl provides electronic control for your wood burning stove, making it easy for you to have the cleanest and most economical heating possible – giving you both comfort and a clear conscience. If you have a wood burning stove/insert with HWAM SC, download this app to your smartphone/tablet to get the best user experience. Your benefits are many: - Optimum airflow is supplied automatically. No manual regulation of air supply. - Easy lighting and restoking. - Set the desired heat level in the room and keep it from getting too hot. - Notification when the fire needs more wood, which is often later than one would expect. - The combustion does not get more air than necessary, which typically results in reduced firewood consumption and improved burning economy for you. - Activate night reduction to extend combustion and heat for as long as possible while you sleep. - Keep track of the combustion's development in terms of temperature and oxygen content over time. - Menu with a lot of extra knowledge - The app and system are automatically updated when new updates from HWAM are available. The app is available in Danish, English, German, French and Italian Read more in the stove/insert user manual to learn about correct connection, installation and use, or see more on www.hwam.com.

About

flamemonitor

This app monitors your stove's combustion in real-time, analyzing temperature and air flow to ensure clean, low-emission burning. It provides up-to-the-second information on combustion quality and alerts you to the optimal time to add wood.

Highlights
  • Real-time combustion analysis
  • Temperature and air flow regulation
  • Low-emission burning optimization
  • Optimal wood addition alerts
  • Stove lighting guidance
Features
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The new technology revolutionises the way fire is made in a stove. A stove fire is cleaner and more beautiful than ever. The software is integrated in a microcontroller equipped with a WLAN module. The controller is installed in the oven body and is supplied with power via the plug-in power supply unit. The technology uses a sensor to analyse the temperature in the combustion chamber to the second. The microcontroller analyses the data and continuously regulates the various air flows in the stove via fully automated air flaps to create the perfect conditions for clean and low-emission combustion. The flamemonitor app provides up-to-the-second information on the combustion quality of the stove. To start the app, select your stove. A brief animation shows you how to light the stove correctly. Throughout the combustion process, the technology adjusts three different air flows to the fire every second, maintaining perfect burning conditions at all times. The performance in the app shows you the current combustion of your stove. The perfect time to add wood is calculated and displayed in the app. In addition, a soft blue light signal in the stove body alerts you to the right time.

Screenshots

IHS Smart Control4 screens
flamemonitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IHS Smart Control at every 2 months against flamemonitor's every 11 months. IHS Smart Control also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 10%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IHS Smart Control ships an update every 2 months, flamemonitor every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IHS Smart Control versus flamemonitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIHS Smart Controlflamemonitor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews — better10.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.5 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIHS Innovation ApSHase Kaminofenbau GmbH

Customer experience

IHS Smart Control

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative71.4%

flamemonitor

Written reviews29 reviews
Positive10.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative86.2%

In-app purchases

None

IHS Smart Control

No in-app purchases

None

flamemonitor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IHS Smart Control free?
IHS Smart Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is flamemonitor free?
flamemonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IHS Smart Control or flamemonitor have ads?
Neither IHS Smart Control nor flamemonitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IHS Smart Control or flamemonitor?
IHS Smart Control ships an update every 2 months, and flamemonitor every 11 months. Most recently, IHS Smart Control was updated on October 16, 2026 and flamemonitor on October 16, 2026.

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