Temp Stick vs BloodCOMM
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'.
BloodCOMM
This application allows users to wirelessly monitor and manage the temperature of blood products stored in compatible portable medical refrigerators and smart blood coolers. It provides real-time data, historical records, and alerts for temperature excursions, ensuring compliance and product integrity.
- Real-time temperature monitoring
- Bluetooth and cellular monitoring
- Temperature history and graphs
- Excursion alerts and recording
- Downloadable PDF/CSV reports
- Unit nickname assignment
- Low battery notifications
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BloodCOMM is a highly intuitive, blood program management software application that allows users to wirelessly connect to existing APRU 6L Portable Medical Refrigerators and Delta ICE 2L Smart Blood Coolers. It is the next evolution in mobile blood management to ensure compliance with Blood Banks, Hospitals, and Agency Directors. The app extends the functionality of existing APRU & ICE units in the following ways: - Real-time Temperature Monitoring and Recording - Close Range, Bluetooth Monitoring - Remote, Cellular Monitoring (currently available for Delta ICE) - Download, Export, and Email Reports (PDF or CSV) - View Temperature History - View Temperature Graphs - View Exact Excursion Dates, Times, and Temperatures - Record static snapshots of data for sharing or storage - Assign Nicknames to Individual Units - Wirelessly monitor and receive notifications for approaching excursions, low battery, and active excursions. ...and much more! Learn more at the BloodCOMM Resource Center website: https://docs.blood.dev/ Compatible with the following products: - Delta Development APRU 6L - Delta Development ICE 2L ----------------- About the Autonomous Portable Refrigeration Unit (APRU): The APRU provides constant cooling of blood products, vaccines, virus samples, and temperature-controlled medications with superior performance, in military operations, disaster relief response, and emergency medical systems. https://deltadevteam.com/portable-medical-refrigerator/ About the Smart Blood Cooler (Delta ICE): The Delta ICE provides monitored storage of blood products, vaccines, virus samples, and temperature-controlled medications for extended periods of time. Utilizing a smart monitoring system, the cooler will alert of temperature excursions and report when it is time to change the internal ICE pack. https://deltadevteam.com/smart-blood-cooler/ https://blood.dev https://www.deltadevteam.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BloodCOMM at 5.0 against Temp Stick's 3.6. BloodCOMM also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Temp Stick's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BloodCOMM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Temp Stick has 95 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Temp Stick ships an update every 6 weeks, BloodCOMM fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Temp Stick | BloodCOMM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (95 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IdealSciences | Delta Development Team, Inc. |
Customer experience
Temp Stick
BloodCOMM
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
BloodCOMM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Temp Stick
No in-app purchases
BloodCOMM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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