Temp Stick vs SimpleSENCE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Temp Stick
Access all features of your sensor remotely. View real-time readings and historical data from your mobile device. Customize alert rules and message settings for notifications.
- View sensor readings
- Access historical data
- Manage alert rules
- Customize message settings
- Remote sensor access
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This app gives you access to all the features available for your Temp Stick sensor. Login from your mobile device to view sensor readings and history. Manage and customize alert trigger rules and message settings. If you would like to just try the app, login with username 'demo' and password 'demo'.
SimpleSENCE
This app monitors for water leaks and freezing temperatures, sending alerts to your device. It helps protect your home from potential water damage and costly repairs.
- Leak detection
- Freeze alerts
- Real-time notifications
- Home protection
- Sensor monitoring
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SimpleSENCE leak detecting and freeze sensor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimpleSENCE at 4.1 against Temp Stick's 3.7. SimpleSENCE also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Temp Stick's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 8). On price, review sentiment, 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.
SimpleSENCE holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Temp Stick has 89 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Temp Stick's written reviews are positive against 57% of SimpleSENCE's.
Temp Stick ships an update every 6 weeks, SimpleSENCE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Temp Stick | SimpleSENCE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (89 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IdealSciences | Sencentric, Inc. |
Customer experience
Temp Stick
SimpleSENCE
Bugs and requests
Temp Stick
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes when adding new stick
- App crashes constantly
- Inconsistent connectivity
- App crashes when trying to update Wi-Fi
- App crashes when trying to add a new stick
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- App keeps crashing
- App crashes constantly, WiFi unable to be updated
- App will just 'grey out'
- Will NOT connect to a hot spot
- App crashes and lost connectivity
- App cannot log me in
- App no longer works after update
- White screen after update
- Cannot get past app prompt
- App does not open on iPad (white screen)
- Blank white screen and blank gray screen
- App does not seem to be able to download history
- Does NOT send the requested alerts
- Does NOT 'remember me'
Requested features
12 requests- Pull measurement on demand
- Integration with Google Home/Alexa
- Option to pull measurement on demand
- Apple Watch link
- Add data download to the app
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- User modifiable temperature range on graph
- Program device to report readings 'right now'
- Mobile notifications (SMS and email only)
- Get data into other apps
- Alert for low battery
- Instant read feature
- Dark mode option
SimpleSENCE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Temp Stick
No in-app purchases
SimpleSENCE
No in-app purchases
Questions
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