Comparison

Elitech iCold vs tempi.fi

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based platform
  • Remote real-time monitoring
  • Temperature tracking
  • Humidity tracking
  • Location tracking
  • Goods condition monitoring
Features
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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.

About

tempi.fi

This app connects to wireless sensors to continuously monitor temperature and humidity. Receive alerts for out-of-range conditions, store historical data, and export readings in CSV format. Ideal for various environments like refrigerators, nurseries, and greenhouses.

Highlights
  • Wireless sensor connection
  • Continuous temperature/humidity monitoring
  • Out-of-range alerts
  • Historical data storage
  • CSV data export
  • Automatic sensor setup
Features
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tempi.fi's wireless temperature and humidity sensors record a new reading every minute using best-in-class Swiss made temperature and humidity sensing components, sync directly to your smart phone, fit almost anywhere, and last longer than a year on a single coin cell battery. They are ideal for monitoring refrigerators, freezers, children’s rooms, animal & pet conditions, wine cellars, greenhouses, senior living conditions, freezing pipes, art collections, cigar humidors, chicken incubation, musical instruments and more… With this app, you can connect and setup one or more sensors, continuously monitor temperature and humidity, get notifications when the temperature or humidity is out of range, store a virtually unlimited history, and export data in CSV format. How it works: • Automatically setup your sensor by holding it over your phone or tablet • Name your sensor and set your desired conditions (if any) • When in range, the app will automatically upload the sensor data • If temperature or humidity is higher or lower than desirable, you get an app notification • View historical data and create reports anytime

Screenshots

Elitech iCold4 screens
tempi.fi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: tempi.fi at 93% against Elitech iCold's 48%. tempi.fi also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3). Elitech iCold's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (86 vs 19). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tempi.fi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Elitech iCold's written reviews are positive against 93% of tempi.fi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elitech iCold ships an update monthly, tempi.fi every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Elitech iCold versus tempi.fi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElitech iColdtempi.fi
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (86 ratings)4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86 — better19
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB22 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperElitech Technology,Inc.VITALNOMAD LLC

Customer experience

Elitech iCold

All ratings86 ratings
Positive52.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative39.5%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative44.6%

tempi.fi

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and 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)
Show 8 more
  • 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

tempi.fi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Elitech iCold

No in-app purchases

None

tempi.fi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elitech iCold free?
Elitech iCold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tempi.fi free?
tempi.fi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Elitech iCold or tempi.fi?
tempi.fi is rated higher. Elitech iCold averages 3.3 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while tempi.fi averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do Elitech iCold or tempi.fi have ads?
Neither Elitech iCold nor tempi.fi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elitech iCold or tempi.fi?
Elitech iCold ships an update monthly, and tempi.fi every 9 months. Most recently, Elitech iCold was updated on October 12, 2026 and tempi.fi on October 8, 2026.

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