Elitech iCold vs SureCost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
SureCost
This app streamlines pharmacy purchasing and inventory management using real-time data. It helps reduce stockouts, ensure contract compliance, and optimize workflows, allowing pharmacies to save time and focus on patient care.
- Real-time inventory management
- Purchase order creation
- Product scanning for receiving
- Contract compliance tracking
- Workflow optimization
- Mobile access to pharmacy tasks
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SureCost unifies pharmacy purchasing and inventory in one flexible software solution that empowers you to manage your entire catalog using real-time data. With the SureCost app reduce out-of-stocks, drive contract compliance and optimize workflows. SureCost unlocks potential savings and saves you and your team time so you can focus on what matters: serving patients. SureCost empowers pharmacies to save more, stay compliant and work smarter. It’s the Smarter Purchasing Solution™ designed and managed by a team of industry experts to help your pharmacy thrive in an increasingly complex purchasing and inventory environment. Now, with the SureCost app, you can put smarter purchasing in your pocket. Ditch the desk and accomplish core pharmacy tasks from anywhere you can use your mobile device. Save time and reduce manual errors when receiving products. Just use the SureCost app to look up purchase orders instantly and then scan received packages in one shot. Create purchase orders and complete cycle counts from your desk, at the loading area or anywhere you take your mobile device. Compare purchase orders with packages “on the spot” so you know you’re getting what you ordered at the price you expected as soon as you receive it. The SureCost app lets you and your staff do the work where the work is—without wasting time and exhausting yourselves going back and forth from your desk. Intuitive design provides a smooth experience with clear icons to indicate progress and share updates. Download the app, log in, and get to work right on your own smartphone or tablet. With the SureCost app, you save time, track vendor compliance and work smarter anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Elitech iCold at 48% against SureCost's 0%. Elitech iCold also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (86 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 2.5. 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 point the same way: 48% of Elitech iCold's written reviews are positive against 0% of SureCost's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elitech iCold | SureCost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (86 ratings) — better | 2.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elitech Technology,Inc. | SureCost, LLC |
Customer experience
Elitech iCold
SureCost
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)
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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
SureCost
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elitech iCold
No in-app purchases
SureCost
No in-app purchases
Questions
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