IHS Smart Control vs Charnwood Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Charnwood Control
Effortlessly manage your compatible wood-burning stove with this smart controller. It automatically adjusts the fire for optimal efficiency and reduced emissions, sending you alerts when it's time to refuel. Simply load, light, and relax.
- Automatic stove operation
- Real-time fire adjustments
- Optimized efficiency
- Reduced emissions
- Refuelling alerts
- Adjustable output levels
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Charnwood-E Control Simplifying the art of wood burning. Load, light and relax as the stove takes care of the rest. Compatible with the following wood burning stoves: Charnwood Skye E700 Charnwood Aire 300 Charnwood Aire 500 Charnwood Aire 700 Introducing the Charnwood-E Control: an intuitive smart controller that allows you to run your stove automatically from within your home. Charnwood-E Control is an intelligent microprocessor control system that meticulously oversees the fire, reducing emissions and optimising efficiency through real-time adjustments. Simply load, light and relax as the stove autonomously adapts and sends refuelling alerts as and when required. The controller is set to run automatically and can be adjusted allowing you to set specific output levels as required. Charnwood-E Control is currently available for the Charnwood Skye E700, Aire 300, Aire 500 and Aire 700. Charnwood stoves are designed, developed and manufactured in Great Britain by AJ Wells & Sons Ltd: a family business that have been at the forefront of stove design and clean burn innovation for over 50 years.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Charnwood Control at 100% against IHS Smart Control's 20%. IHS Smart Control's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (13.5 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
IHS Smart Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of IHS Smart Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of Charnwood Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IHS Smart Control ships an update every 2 months, Charnwood Control every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IHS Smart Control | Charnwood Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.5 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IHS Innovation ApS | A.J.Wells & Sons Ltd |
Customer experience
IHS Smart Control
Charnwood Control
In-app purchases
IHS Smart Control
No in-app purchases
Charnwood Control
No in-app purchases
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